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LaziBoi

LaziBoi

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Dream PC [Dare 2 Dream]

I've been looking around for the newest updates for computer hardware and wonder what would a dream pc have in it.
Everyone, please post a list of PC base components that you considered to be your dream PC. and also a estimate of your machine.
Here is mine.

Case: Thermaltake Eclipse DV VC6000BWA Black Coating Aluminum ATX Mid Tower $150
PSU: Thermaltake W0116RU Complies with ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS 12V version 750W $190
Mobo:MSI K9A Platinum Socket AM2 ATI CrossFire Radeon Xpress 3200 ATX AMD Motherboard $130
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor $425
Memory: CORSAIR Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory $480
Video Card:ATI 100-435843 Radeon X1950XTX 512MB GDDR4 PCI Express x16 CrossFire [x2] $900

Grand total: $2275
[Dare2Dream?]​
 
holyjunk

holyjunk

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I am sorry but I am not going to dream but I am going to point out that your system, to put is blunt, sucks. In terms of performance against core 2 duo that is. With that you could get a core 2 duo that kicks the junk out of the computer. Though I like that system it is just to old.
 
LaziBoi

LaziBoi

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u wanna prove that
i am a intel fan recently until OC took over my life by storm
try to do that to a core 2 duo
 
holyjunk

holyjunk

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LaziBoi said:
u wanna prove that
i am a intel fan recently until OC took over my life by storm
try to do that to a core 2 duo
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???? core 2 duo are known to be the best overclockers of all time.
Ex. E6300 -
Original speed : 1.83 ghz
Known to overclock to : 3ghz easily and more.
 
LaziBoi

LaziBoi

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yea i agree but sum1 did just that and the shit overheated
he had liquid cooling n everything
ends up buying another core 2 duo
 
holyjunk

holyjunk

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LaziBoi said:
yea i agree but sum1 did just that and the shit overheated
he had liquid cooling n everything
ends up buying another core 2 duo
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Core 2 duo outperform most everything and when I say this I mean everything. There are quite a few people on this forum that have overclocked their core 2 duo's by at least - at least - 1 ghz and more. Check out these benchmarks and compare everything the core 2 duo has to everything else.
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html
Also, the E6600 and probably the E6400 would outperform the 5200+ at almost half the price! Also, I will state in advance someone will back me up on these statements.

EDIT: ^^^^ I was also going to mention that too lb562high :)
 
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goosy22

goosy22

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check HERE to see benchmarks... although they don't show an AMD X2 5200+... the X2 5000+ is trumped by the E6700 and the EX6800 in almost all tests...
 
Geoff

Geoff

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LaziBoi said:
I've been looking around for the newest updates for computer hardware and wonder what would a dream pc have in it.
Everyone, please post a list of PC base components that you considered to be your dream PC. and also a estimate of your machine.
Here is mine.

Case: Thermaltake Eclipse DV VC6000BWA Black Coating Aluminum ATX Mid Tower $150
PSU: Thermaltake W0116RU Complies with ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS 12V version 750W $190
Mobo:MSI K9A Platinum Socket AM2 ATI CrossFire Radeon Xpress 3200 ATX AMD Motherboard $130
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor $425
Memory: CORSAIR Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory $480
Video Card:ATI 100-435843 Radeon X1950XTX 512MB GDDR4 PCI Express x16 CrossFire [x2] $900

Grand total: $2275
[Dare2Dream?]​
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For aruond $1500, I bought the setup in my sig, which is much better then yours.

For starters, buy an E6600 for around $300, which is a much better performer and OCer.

Two, dont spend $480 on 2GB of RAM when a $220 set will do just fine.

Three, use the money savings from the RAM and buy an 8800GTS/GTX.

What hard drive are you getting?
 
Grey410

Grey410

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Core 2 Duo PWNS

It's not about liking AMD or Intel. I own both. It's about performance for your $. If you want the best bang for your buck buy a Core 2 Duo. Your AMD 5200 costs $425 and the C2D E6300 costs $181. The E6300 will also overclock higher and STOMP it in the benchmarks. Not to mention the E6600 is only $309. Soooo I'd say that's not "hating on AMD" but bang for buck. I mean why pay $30,000.00 for a Ford Ranger when $25K will get you a really nice sports car? That's more the argument....common sense....which can be well....tough to communicate :p :D :p

I recommend you do some research before spending your $$ as you will be happier in the long run. Also yes it is possible to burn up ANY cpu when overclocking even with watercooling. IF you're not smart about it and just go off half cocked raising the Voltages like crazy or maybe he didn't have his waterblock seated right for the best cooling or he had no flow who knows. OC'ing is a very slow and tedious process.
 
LaziBoi

LaziBoi

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man, sound like i need to redo my whole dream machine
probably go with the intel x6800 and Nvidia 8800GTX [x2]
300 gb SATAII [x2]
 
Grey410

Grey410

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Overkill

LaziBoi said:
man, sound like i need to redo my whole dream machine
probably go with the intel x6800 and Nvidia 8800GTX [x2]
300 gb SATAII [x2]
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I'm not knockin your deam machine. I just would like to see you get the best performance for your $. Also what screen size are you going to be running on? What resolution? Becuase an E6300 and 8800GTS would push anything up to 1900x1200 at max settings. Unless you're running HD resolutions of 2568x1600 or higher you don't need an 8800 anything SLI'd. It's overkill. Just like the X6800 is overkill. Get the E6600 and overclock it to 2.93GHZ then BAM same CPU for $632 cheaper. Pretty sweet huh?

I'd drop your system specs to a reasonable level and spend the extra cash on maybe oh a 37" HD LCD 1080P Monitor or something. That's what I did. It compliments my sweet rig a lot better than something smaller. I mean why drop $2000 on a sweet system only to have a rinky dink monitor. Because the monitor is what you're ALWAYS looking at anyway :D .

I like the idea you have for your rig. You're on the right track I'd just really spend some time seeing what the best way to drop your hard earned money is. Remember it's SO easy to overkill right now. You DO NOT NEED anything over a 7900GS to run 1280x1024 resolutions. :p :D :p
 
LaziBoi

LaziBoi

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Here's the newly updated dream machine

Case: Thermaltake Eclipse DV VC6000BWA Black Coating Aluminum ATX Mid Tower $150
PSU: Thermaltake W0116RU Complies with ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS 12V version 750W $190
Mobo: ASUS Striker Extreme Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX The Ultimate Gaming $410
CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Conroe 2.93GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557X6800 $965
Memory: CORSAIR Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory $480
Video Card: eVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP [x2] $1260
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3250620AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s [x2] $160

Grand total: $3615
[Dare2Dream?]
 
Ku-sama

Ku-sama

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LaziBoi said:
Here's the newly updated dream machine

Case: Thermaltake Eclipse DV VC6000BWA Black Coating Aluminum ATX Mid Tower $150
PSU: Thermaltake W0116RU Complies with ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS 12V version 750W $190
Mobo: ASUS Striker Extreme Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX The Ultimate Gaming $410
CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Conroe 2.93GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557X6800 $965
Memory: CORSAIR Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory $480
Video Card: eVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP [x2] $1260
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3250620AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s [x2] $160

Grand total: $3615
[Dare2Dream?]
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Lol, the one I'm getting, for $400 more is much more of a beast
 
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