The Ultimate Desktop PC! I need help picking out parts

Holiday · 03-23-2007, 01:29 AM

OK, I'm building (currently just on paper) the Ultimate PC (price is not an object), however I'm not the best with hardware, so I'm going to need some help. Please remember that currently I'm not planing on buying it, because I don't have enough money, but hopefully when I get some more I can!

OK so far here's what I have found. And please, if I don't have the best hardware listed post something better!

$139.99 - Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB Hard Drive (hard drive)
$139.99 - Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB Hard Drive (hard drive)
$199.99 - SOUND BLASTER X-Fi Fatal1ty (sound card)
$499.99 - NVIDIA GeForce 8800 (video card)
$460.00 - 2GB 1200MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 (5-5-5-15) DIMM (Kit of 2) (RAM)
$460.00 - 2GB 1200MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 (5-5-5-15) DIMM (Kit of 2) (RAM)
$699.99 - Sony BWU-100A Internal Blu-ray® Disc Rewritable DrivespacerBWU-100A (DVD Drive)
$79.99 - Sony 18x Internal Double/Dual Layer & Dual Format DVD Burner with DVD-RAM SupportspacerDRU-830A (DVD drive)
$19.99 - Vantec UGT-CR900 All In One USB 2.0 Internal Memory Card Reader (memory card reader)

I still need a Mother Board, power supply, liquid cooling, case, processor and whatever else I forget to mention

.

I think I will go with AMD (if Intel is better let me know) and currently I'm not going to pick out a monitor or speaker setup.
I'm not good with mother boards, but if we are building the ultimate PC we wouldn't want on board Video or sound, would we?
I'm planing on having the two hard drives set up in RAID 0 to increase speed, so the mother board needs to have RAID built in.

I'm also not sure of the best mother board brand, is ASUS the best?

so far current total is $2701.91

This should be fun!
Holiday

g4m3rof1337 · 03-23-2007, 01:43 AM

Id say wait a while...
New gpu is coming out and intel cpu's are dropping.
Monitor?

Holiday · 03-23-2007, 01:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by g4m3rof1337

Id say wait a while...
New gpu is coming out and intel cpu's are dropping.
Monitor?

three things:

I don't know if I'm actually going to get this.
price isn't an object (remember)
there is always something new coming out and if you wait you'll never buy anything

hells3000 · 03-23-2007, 02:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Holiday

$139.99 - Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB Hard Drive (hard drive)
$139.99 - Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB Hard Drive (hard drive)

They cost $199.99

Holiday · 03-23-2007, 02:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hells3000

They cost $199.99

I found a good deal

hells3000 · 03-23-2007, 02:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Holiday

I found a good deal

at?

Burgerbob · 03-23-2007, 02:26 AM

So then, get the QX6700, 680i EVGA, and another 8800GTX. Along with a PC Power and Cooling 1kW PSU.

g4m3rof1337 · 03-23-2007, 02:36 AM

Price may not be an problem for you, but wont it bother you, you could've gotten something better for a little less?

PohTayToez · 03-23-2007, 02:39 AM

Are you going for the ultimate gaming PC? If so, go with smaller hard drives that are SCSI 15K RPM... maybe a couple of those in RAID together and a couple of 750GB HDD in RAID. Also, you'll want the 8800 GTX, which will be closer to $600 or more. Also, by kit of two, do you mean 2 x 2 x 2GB or 2 x 2 x 1GB... 4GB or 8GB total? Might as well throw in a Blu-Ray DVD burner while your there if price is no object.

hells3000 · 03-23-2007, 02:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hells3000

They cost $199.99

At tiger

03-23-2007, 01:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
Holiday Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: US, Maryland Age: 19 Posts: 613	The Ultimate Desktop PC! I need help picking out parts OK, I'm building (currently just on paper) the Ultimate PC (price is not an object), however I'm not the best with hardware, so I'm going to need some help. Please remember that currently I'm not planing on buying it, because I don't have enough money, but hopefully when I get some more I can! OK so far here's what I have found. And please, if I don't have the best hardware listed post something better! $139.99 - Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB Hard Drive (hard drive) $139.99 - Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB Hard Drive (hard drive) $199.99 - SOUND BLASTER X-Fi Fatal1ty (sound card) $499.99 - NVIDIA GeForce 8800 (video card) $460.00 - 2GB 1200MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 (5-5-5-15) DIMM (Kit of 2) (RAM) $460.00 - 2GB 1200MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 (5-5-5-15) DIMM (Kit of 2) (RAM) $699.99 - Sony BWU-100A Internal Blu-ray® Disc Rewritable DrivespacerBWU-100A (DVD Drive) $79.99 - Sony 18x Internal Double/Dual Layer & Dual Format DVD Burner with DVD-RAM SupportspacerDRU-830A (DVD drive) $19.99 - Vantec UGT-CR900 All In One USB 2.0 Internal Memory Card Reader (memory card reader) I still need a Mother Board, power supply, liquid cooling, case, processor and whatever else I forget to mention . I think I will go with AMD (if Intel is better let me know) and currently I'm not going to pick out a monitor or speaker setup. I'm not good with mother boards, but if we are building the ultimate PC we wouldn't want on board Video or sound, would we? I'm planing on having the two hard drives set up in RAID 0 to increase speed, so the mother board needs to have RAID built in. I'm also not sure of the best mother board brand, is ASUS the best? so far current total is $2701.91 This should be fun! Holiday __________________ OS: Win Vista Ultimate 3.00 GHz Intel Pentium 4 Processor With HT NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 1536MB(1.5GB) DDR PC2700 RAM 2x256+2x512 500GB WD HD + 250GB Maxtor HD + 160GB HD BLASTER Live! 24.bit 96kHz/100dB SNR HD SONY Double Layer DVD Writer DRU-720A HP DVD+R\RW DVD Writer LCD 19" Flat panel f1903 Last edited by Holiday; 03-23-2007 at 01:49 AM.

03-23-2007, 01:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
g4m3rof1337 Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 10,526	Id say wait a while... New gpu is coming out and intel cpu's are dropping. Monitor? __________________ Desktop/Laptop nForce 750i SLI FTW Q9450 @ 2.66GHz Water Cooled/ T8100 @ 2.10GHz Two XFX 512MB 8800GTs with Accelero S1s / Two 512MB 8600GTs RaidMax 700Watt OCZ 4GB/ 2GB WD 500GB,200GB,80GB/ 320GB Sceptre 20.1'' or 32'' Sharp Aquos HD LCD/ 17'' Widescreen G15, MX518, N52TE/ 4 Harmon/Kardon Speakers w/ Sub.

03-23-2007, 02:26 AM	#7 (permalink)
Burgerbob Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Private Island Age: 19 Posts: 2,531	So then, get the QX6700, 680i EVGA, and another 8800GTX. Along with a PC Power and Cooling 1kW PSU. __________________ MY Computer AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ Black Edition, Zalman 9700 4096Mb Patriot Viper, ASUS M3N78 Pro 750GB Seagate HDD, eVGA GeForce 8800GT w/Akimbo Antec Three Hundred Logitech MX Revolution, UltraX Media Hanns-G 19in 5ms EEEPC 4G, 1GB RAM, 4GB SD card Dell Inspiron 6000 Pentium M 1.5GhZ, 2GB DDR2, 60GB Seagate, Ubuntu

03-23-2007, 02:36 AM	#8 (permalink)
g4m3rof1337 Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 10,526	Price may not be an problem for you, but wont it bother you, you could've gotten something better for a little less? __________________ Desktop/Laptop nForce 750i SLI FTW Q9450 @ 2.66GHz Water Cooled/ T8100 @ 2.10GHz Two XFX 512MB 8800GTs with Accelero S1s / Two 512MB 8600GTs RaidMax 700Watt OCZ 4GB/ 2GB WD 500GB,200GB,80GB/ 320GB Sceptre 20.1'' or 32'' Sharp Aquos HD LCD/ 17'' Widescreen G15, MX518, N52TE/ 4 Harmon/Kardon Speakers w/ Sub.

03-23-2007, 02:39 AM	#9 (permalink)
PohTayToez Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Age: 20 Posts: 3,335	Are you going for the ultimate gaming PC? If so, go with smaller hard drives that are SCSI 15K RPM... maybe a couple of those in RAID together and a couple of 750GB HDD in RAID. Also, you'll want the 8800 GTX, which will be closer to $600 or more. Also, by kit of two, do you mean 2 x 2 x 2GB or 2 x 2 x 1GB... 4GB or 8GB total? Might as well throw in a Blu-Ray DVD burner while your there if price is no object. Last edited by PohTayToez; 03-23-2007 at 02:42 AM.

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