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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. rickyjb

    rickyjb Member

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    lol look back at the first post back on 04 that stuf seems realy old now, thchnolgy is amazing
     
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    abuzar1 Senior member

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    This would be my "Ultimate Setup" within reason.

    Q9450
    Rampage Formula
    2x 4870s in Crossfire
    Corsair 1000HX(Heh, it IS an ULTIMATE setup)
    4GB of PC2-8500
    CM Stacker
    Thermalright heatsinks on EVERYTHING
    A few velociraptors here and there
    I dont know much about DVD Burners

    It's not the best, but I'm not much on going TOTALLY overboard.
     
    abuzar1, Jul 18, 2008
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  3. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    My current ultimate build:

    QX9770, IFX-14 + 140mm fan setup
    X48-DS4
    2x HD4870X2 Crossfire X
    4x2GB PC2-8500 Corsair
    Zalman ZM-1000-HP
    2x300GB Velociraptors (one for XP Pro SP2, one for Vista Ultimate x64)
    6x1TB WD Greenpower
    NZXT Khaos
    Dell 3008WFP
     
    sammorris, Jul 18, 2008
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  4. shaffaaf

    shaffaaf Regular member

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    shaffaaf, Jul 18, 2008
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  5. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    Lol! Over the maximum shipping weight! I guess OcUK haven't heard of double consignments then... lmao
    A few thoughts...

    a) if you were really going to spend four grand, at least wait for the 4870X2s to come out!
    b) can you really fit 12 120mm fans in that thing?
    c) Laing pumps are quiet, but not very reliable, my housemate has first hand proof of this, one of them overloaded and damaged his PSU, not to mention leaked...
    d) two litres of coolant? Fezer one's good stuff and all, but you don't really need two bottles, said housemate has filled his PC twice over and still has some to spare from one.
     
    sammorris, Jul 18, 2008
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  6. creaky

    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    shaffaff - please ensure that any future screenshots are small enough to fit properly at 1024x768. That ensures anyone can read them without the page margins being messed up, which is happening currently.
     
    creaky, Jul 18, 2008
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  7. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    It even messes up my page margins... (I don't fullscreen Afterdawn much)
    Still can't comment, I do it too often as well.
     
    sammorris, Jul 18, 2008
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  8. shaffaaf

    shaffaaf Regular member

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    sam, i have 2 loops running there, one for the CPU and chipset, and the other for the crossfire cards (and yes id wait for the X2s aswell), and with a 120.4 rad, it'll take 4 fans, thats 8 then, and replace the case fans aswell.

    what PSU did he have?
    and the two different freser coolant, for different colours for the different loops.


    creaky, im sorry, wont hapen again, im running a 24" monitor, so i didnt realise (1920x1200), should i edit my post then?
     
    shaffaaf, Jul 18, 2008
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  9. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    Ah, fair enough. Snazzy... I don't see any UV cold cathodes though? The stuff looks very bland unless lit up with UV lighting.

    He runs:
    X2 4200+ 939
    DFI Lanparty RDX200
    2x1GB G-Skill PC3200 CAS2
    Samsung 250GB SP2504C
    Corsair HX 520W
    Swiftech Apogee CPU block, Koolance Rad, D-tek Db-1 pump, XSPC reservoir, and I think XSPC tubing as well, but don't count me on that. He also has an HIS X1900XT-X in the loop, not sure what manu. the GPU block is.
    Case is a Koolance PC-S2, the type based on the Chieftec Dragon, cooled with two Nexus 80mms.
    Radiator is cooled using two Aerocool 140mm Streamliners.
     
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  10. shaffaaf

    shaffaaf Regular member

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    seems good enough to power, maybe its one off as i have known many a person who use it w.o fault.

    i shall be wary though.

    and yeah i forget the UVs LOL, damn, but i really cant be bothered to re do it it took long enough as it was HAHA
     
    shaffaaf, Jul 18, 2008
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  11. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    Oh you meant the PSU that got damaged? That was an OCZ PowerStream 520W.
     
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    shaffaaf Regular member

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    doesnt that say it all?
     
    shaffaaf, Jul 18, 2008
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  13. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    It's not that bad a unit is it?
     
    sammorris, Jul 18, 2008
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    shaffaaf Regular member

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    they wernt PC P&C at the time, i wouldnt trust them, now yes, as their units are made by PC P&C, caus OCZ bought PC P&C
     
    shaffaaf, Jul 18, 2008
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  15. sammorris

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    Well the GameXStream and StealthXStream I'm pretty certain are FSP units, as they were also conceived before the merger, and I daresay they're the top selling models. It's also worth noting that one of the only units that looks like it is based on PCP&C designs, the ProXStream did not fare well in benchmarking, powering down well below its rated wattage.
     
    sammorris, Jul 18, 2008
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    oh well, although fo the price ocz units are very good
     
    REAM, Jul 21, 2008
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  17. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    The StealthXStream is worth a look, but realistically, there are too many other better options, Corsair, BeQuiet, Enermax etc.
     
    sammorris, Jul 22, 2008
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  18. shaffaaf

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    [​IMG]
     
    shaffaaf, Aug 4, 2008
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  19. sammorris

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    Ten grand and only 2.1 speakers?
     
    sammorris, Aug 4, 2008
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  20. abuzar1

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    Skulltrail = LAME

    You get better performance in gaming by using ONE quad core.
     
    abuzar1, Aug 4, 2008
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