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The Ultimate Dream Computer

Discussion in 'Building a new PC' started by Praetor, May 29, 2004.

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  1. Waymon3X6

    Waymon3X6 Regular member

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    Dont you already have a 30" dell sam???? What screen is this one?
     
    Waymon3X6, Jan 9, 2008
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  2. tripplite

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    i jut started running two 20 inchs on dvi and am already behind!!!
    thumbs up on the monitors
     
    tripplite, Jan 9, 2008
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  3. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    My monitor has one DVI, with no Upscale support. That has
    two DVI (HDCP)
    VGA
    Composite
    Component
    S-Video
    HDMI
    Displayport
    Not to mention, 3000:1 dynamic contrast, 8ms response and 117% Color Gamut.
     
    sammorris, Jan 9, 2008
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  4. Waymon3X6

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    After doing some searching, I see it's $2k USD. Start saving...
     
    Waymon3X6, Jan 9, 2008
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  5. sammorris

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    Heh, it's alright. When I got my existing one they were £1500 or $2500. I found mine on ebay for £777. I just need to wait for them to become popular and get a bit of spare cash and I'm sorted... :p
    Nah seriously it'll be a while before I get one of those, I like my existing monitor too much!
     
    sammorris, Jan 9, 2008
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  6. dsgtrain

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    I know what you mean. My brother managed to pick one of these up from where his dad works. What a beast, shame his GPU can only support the low resolution images, not the full 2560 x 1600 so it looks like crap! I will be sticking with my 19" Widescreen though, more than enough for me.
     
    dsgtrain, Feb 14, 2008
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  7. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    That's appalling, you gotta buy him a 7300GS at least so he can get the full res out of it!
     
    sammorris, Feb 14, 2008
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    I've offered to sell him my X1650 XT as I wan't to buy something better, any idea if that supports it?
     
    dsgtrain, Feb 14, 2008
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    Yup, AFAIK anything from the 7000 or X1000 series upwards supports 2560x1600.
    Seriously, 1280x800 on my monitor looks awful compared to the real deal, it has to be seen to be believed.
     
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  10. dsgtrain

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    Wicked. I will talk him into buying it from me. I feel a HD 3850 coming my way, maybe in a few months.
     
    dsgtrain, Feb 14, 2008
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    I think this would be an ok system,

    X38/X48 board
    Quad 45nm (not memorised model numbers yet) :p
    Corsair HX 620W
    NVIDIA 9800GX2
    Crucial ballistix 1066mhz
    Seagate 15,000rpm hd for OS
    A seagate barracuda 32mb cache 500gb for storage
    Watercooled

    ^ Will most likely be my next build (i can sell off some of the stuff i allready have)

    The upgrade bug has allready hit me............ :p

     
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  12. sammorris

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    You realise the 15000rpm drives can only be used over SAS?
     
    sammorris, Feb 14, 2008
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  13. GregI6

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    -_-

     
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  14. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    Yup, unless you want to fork out for a PCI serial attached SCSI controller (it'll have to be PCIe for proper peformance) you have to use Raptors or normal 7200rpm drives.
     
    sammorris, Feb 15, 2008
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    Raptor then. Just a quick q, what is your super pi 1 mil calculation time? Mines is 14 secs.
     
    GregI6, Feb 15, 2008
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    When I get back to my PC tonight, I'll tell you! :)
     
    sammorris, Feb 15, 2008
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    Shoving up 0.6Ghz got my time from 17 to 14 :p
     
    GregI6, Feb 15, 2008
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  18. sammorris

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    currently 19.625s but at 3.0Ghz, since I set it to that to see if it helped my juddery gameplay.
     
    sammorris, Feb 15, 2008
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    My Ultimate Dream PC:

    Case: Apevia X-Telstar Aluminum Full Tower 420W Case w/ Temp Display and Fan Control.
    CPU: Quad Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 @ 3.00GHz 1333FSB 12MB L2 Cache
    Mobo: Asus Striker II Formula nForce 780i SLI Mainboard FSB1333 DDR2 3 x PCIe X16 SATA RAID w/ USB2.0, IEEE1394, & 7.1Audio
    RAM: 4GB PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Mushkin Xtreme w/ Heat Spreader)
    Vid Cards: 3-Way SLi-Enabled NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB 16X PCI Express (XFX Extreme Edition)
    HARD DRIVE: 150GB Gaming Western Digital Rapter 10, 000RPM SATA150 16MB Cache WD1500ADFD
    Power Sup: Thermaltake ToughPower 750W
    Cooling: Asetek Liquid CPU Cooling System w/ 2 case fans.
    Sound: Creative Labs X-FI XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro 24-BIT PCI Sound Card
    Network: Killer M1 10/100/1000 Gigabit High Speed Online Gaming PCI Network Interface Card

    Estimated Price, $5000
     
    esrever, Feb 18, 2008
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  20. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    Nice parts, except for the case, and the fact that PSU probably isnt powerful enough to run that lot!
     
    sammorris, Feb 18, 2008
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