fastest home computer

[cysus]

Originally posted by maface
If price is no object I would get
CPU: Intel 3.4 Extreme Edition 800mhz 2MB L3 cache- $940
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-8KNXP Ultra (SCSI U320 controller)-$350
RAM: Cosair XMS 1GB 4000-$400
Hard Drive: Seagate U320 15,000 73GB-$540
Video: 9800XT - $400

Appox $3000

lol.


go with this

mobo- MSI K8T Master2-FAR $205
cpu- 2x Opteron 2.2ghz $1422
hard drive- 2x WD raptor 34gb 10k rpm hd $242, WD 250gb IDE 7200rpm $213
ram-2048mb corsair xms ddr400 dual channel kits (4x 512) ecc $662
video card- Sapphire radeon 9800xt 256mb $413 (or this )
expansion cards- ATI TV wonder remote pro $100, Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Pro $209
case- Lian Li PC-65B (black) $104
power supply- thermaltake 560wat psu $105
cooling- 2x zalman copper opteron cpu coolers $48, 3x thermaltake 80mm smartfans $27, Thermaltake active(fan) ram cooler $14
media drives- 2x lite-on 52x24x52x16x cd-r/dvd-rom drives (black)$91, lite-on dvd-rw drive (black)$92, floopy drive (black) $7
contol panels- lian-li T-3B cpu temp monitor 3.5 bay 2 monitors $22, Digital Doc 5 temp monitor/ fan speed and voltage monitor $44
acceriories- lian-li 3x cd-rom covers $14, lain-li floopy drive cover $4, RatPadz GS mouse pad $15
monitor- viewsonic 20.1" 16ms responce time lcd monitor $1,174, NEC 22" Diamondtron CRT monitor $549
keyboard/ mouse/ input devices- logitech mx 500 mouse $45, logitech elite gaming keyboard $38
speakers- creative gigaworks 7.1 speakers $440
(I was going for a somewhat refined system look, so as not to be very flashy, and more be beautiful because of it, that’s my personal preference but you can choose a case and other components that you like instead)

Total cost for complete premium dual opteron system (w/o monitors) $4552 (use the $500 for OS, software and little extras to your system), monitors total $1723

Feel free to change any components to your desires, good luck.

[TheHardDriveMan]

Even if you didn't go with a 64 bit solution, getting pentium would be a mistake, with a DFI NFII ULTRA Infinity or Lanparty and a mobile 2500+ you can go beyond 500mhz fsb and it will beat all p4 except ones overclocked to 4.4 ghz which is damn near impossible without vapochill or better. Just make sure you have some pc3200 memory with bh5 modules and you can keep 2-2-2 timings with 500mhz and higher. And it's many hundreds of dollars cheaper than the retarded p4 which gives lower performance.

[dlh75]

I know this has been seen here before and way more than the 1500 budget but thought I would share again http://www.go-l.com/store/hardware/cinerama.htm
Pretty sweet.

[HeadBand]

personally i would go with dual xeon 3.06....unless has anyone heard when the 64 bit xeons will be availible to buy...i know intel announced them last month sometime

[Ryanoffski]

Originally posted by HeadBand
personally i would go with dual xeon 3.06....unless has anyone heard when the 64 bit xeons will be availible to buy...i know intel announced them last month sometime

they've shown that the opterons can outperform the xeons. A dual opteron system would probably be the best.

[cysus]

A good dual xeon gaming mobos cost about $400-$700 and the better proc's are over $1000, which I think is somewhat rediculus.

[Ryanoffski]

I agree. Anything Intel will be overpriced.

[natbeys]

Originally posted by cysus


lol.


go with this

mobo- MSI K8T Master2-FAR $205
cpu- 2x Opteron 2.2ghz $1422
hard drive- 2x WD raptor 34gb 10k rpm hd $242, WD 250gb IDE 7200rpm $213
ram-2048mb corsair xms ddr400 dual channel kits (4x 512) ecc $662
video card- Sapphire radeon 9800xt 256mb $413 (or this )
expansion cards- ATI TV wonder remote pro $100, Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Pro $209
case- Lian Li PC-65B (black) $104
power supply- thermaltake 560wat psu $105
cooling- 2x zalman copper opteron cpu coolers $48, 3x thermaltake 80mm smartfans $27, Thermaltake active(fan) ram cooler $14
media drives- 2x lite-on 52x24x52x16x cd-r/dvd-rom drives (black)$91, lite-on dvd-rw drive (black)$92, floopy drive (black) $7
contol panels- lian-li T-3B cpu temp monitor 3.5 bay 2 monitors $22, Digital Doc 5 temp monitor/ fan speed and voltage monitor $44
acceriories- lian-li 3x cd-rom covers $14, lain-li floopy drive cover $4, RatPadz GS mouse pad $15
monitor- viewsonic 20.1" 16ms responce time lcd monitor $1,174, NEC 22" Diamondtron CRT monitor $549
keyboard/ mouse/ input devices- logitech mx 500 mouse $45, logitech elite gaming keyboard $38
speakers- creative gigaworks 7.1 speakers $440
(I was going for a somewhat refined system look, so as not to be very flashy, and more be beautiful because of it, that’s my personal preference but you can choose a case and other components that you like instead)

Total cost for complete premium dual opteron system (w/o monitors) $4552 (use the $500 for OS, software and little extras to your system), monitors total $1723

Feel free to change any components to your desires, good luck.

do u think this spec will it be fast enough(cpu)?
will it beat p4 3.4 ee or amd athlon fx- 51.... dual if theres mobo for this cpu?

[bullgator]

I vote for the dual xeons: Something like this:

Intel Xeon 3.2GHz 533MHz FSB 1MB Cache - Box * 1
3001510 Dynatron DC1207BM-X/X Intel Xeon 603/604 Pin Heatsink & Fan * 1
4030290 Intel Xeon 3.2GHz 533MHz FSB 1MB Cache - Box * 1
3001510 Dynatron DC1207BM-X/X Intel Xeon 603/604 Pin Heatsink & Fan * 1
4017290 SuperMicro XDAL-TG2 Dual Xeon Intel E7505 ATX - Retail * 1
0576920 Dual Xeon EATX server board, * 1
7007850 1GB 266MHz DDR PC2100 Reg ECC DIMM CL2.5 Kingston * 4
4015083 Asus GeForce FX5700 V9570TD 256MB DDR TVOUT DVI - Retail * 1
6220220 Sony 52x32x52x CD-R/RW CRX230E-B2 OEM - Black * 1
622021B NTI CD Maker Gold V6.5 for Sony CDRW drives * 1
6221298 Sony DVD+-RW DW-U14A/10 EIDE OEM - Black * 1
6005012 Seagate 120GB ST3120026AS Serial ATA 7200RPM 8MB OEM * 1
3004378 Serial ATA Power Cable 6 Inch (4-pin - 15-pin) * 1
6005012 Seagate 120GB ST3120026AS Serial ATA 7200RPM 8MB OEM * 1
3004378 Serial ATA Power Cable 6 Inch (4-pin - 15-pin) * 1
6005012 Seagate 120GB ST3120026AS Serial ATA 7200RPM 8MB OEM * 1
3004378 Serial ATA Power Cable 6 Inch (4-pin - 15-pin) * 1
6005012 Seagate 120GB ST3120026AS Serial ATA 7200RPM 8MB OEM * 1
3004378 Serial ATA Power Cable 6 Inch (4-pin - 15-pin) * 1
9990638 Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Keyboard + Optical Mouse - OEM - 1 pack * 1
5035192 Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro w/ External I/O Hub + Remote Control - Retail * 1
9990481 Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1a - OEM - 1 pack * 1
INS0013 Microsoft Windows XP Pro installation * 1
0001830 Three year parts and first year on-site limited warranty * 1
0001710 Two year on-site service warranty (three year parts and two year on-site) * 1
9011189 Intel Pro/1000 MT PCI 10/100/1000Mbps Management NIC (w/ WOL function) - Bulk * 1
4017314 SuperMicro SC733T-450 Tower Case SATA 450W - Black * 1
401700C Supermicro SATA Zero-Channel RAID Card - (DAC-ZCRINT) * 1

For the monitor it would definitely be an NEC Plasma ,some thing like this:
http://www.necvisualsystems.com/appl...Product_id=339

Total System Cost $ 5400.00 approx.
Monitor: $ 4495.00 approx.

[ArcticFox]

I'd go with either:

Intel 3.4Ghz Extreme Edition P4, 800Mhz FSB or plain 3.4Ghz 800Mhz FSB ($425)
Case of your choosing $150-ish
Asus P4C800 Deluxe $170
Mushkin Dual Pack 1GB (512MB x2) PC4000 $313
ATI FireGL 9800 ($760) or Radeon 9800XT ($445)
PCPower & Cooling TurboCool 510 Deluxe (expensive)
Four 74GB Western Digital Raptors in RAID 0 $912 total
Two 250GB Western Digital 8mb cache IDE drives in RAID 0 $428
SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 5.1 speak's
Plextor Premium CD burner
Sony 8x dual-format DVD burner
XP Pro

Give us some benchmarks if you build that thing! Sorry I'm in a hurry and can't give prices for everything, but that is the ultimate normal, gaming-oriented PC (read: non-specialized) I can conjure up at this moment.