3000 dollar pc for computer club

dubesinhower

dubesinhower

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we're building this sick ass pc for my computer club for college. check out the specs. then commence shitting bricks.

antec twelve hundred
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129043&Tpk=antec twelve

asus p6t6 ws revolution
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131358&Tpk=asus p6t6

corsair 1000hx
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139007

intel core i7 965
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115200

2 x corsair xms3 6gb triple channel ddr3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145220

western digital caviar black 1 tb 7200 rpm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284

2 x western digital velociraptor 150 gig 10k rpm for raid 0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136296




and this is the only truly sad piece...
visiontek ati 3850 256 mb
http://www.cdwg.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1368426&ContractID=0



the only reason we got that shitty gfx card, was because we had to order through cdw, and we ran out of money lol.

as soon as we get the parts, we'll take pics.
 
JTM

JTM

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just a noob said:
why the i7 965? you could have gotten two gtx 285's and an i7 920 in place of that :(
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It's gonna be a desktop server for the most part. We are gonna use it to push out Altiris images onto old pc's and refurbish them. We wanted CPU power, and since it's not a server board, we went with the top i7. It also will be used to test out thin-client technology.
 
IBEPCWIZ

IBEPCWIZ

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? I mean think about it.... To me its not that different from the am3 x4 phenom and is like 800-900 dollars more.... stupid money to me
 
dubesinhower

dubesinhower

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IBEPCWIZ said:
? I mean think about it.... To me its not that different from the am3 x4 phenom and is like 800-900 dollars more.... stupid money to me
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did you miss the part where the i7 is the top of the line intel chip? ddr3, quick path interface, unlocked multiplier, 8 core hyper threading? all i see about the am3 is that it supports ddr2 memory. last time i checked, ddr3 is the newest.
 
2048Megabytes

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Many of the AMD Phenom II processors do use DDR3 memory. There were only two of the Phenom II processors that used DDR2 memory I believe.

Yes, the Intel i7 processors are the fastest out there presently, but you will pay for money them. As I have stated previously I personally don't like the i7 processors because they are 130 Watt and above. If Intel ever refines the i7 processor technology to be 100 Watt or lower it will look tempting to me.
 
dubesinhower

dubesinhower

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2048Megabytes said:
Many of the AMD Phenom II processors do use DDR3 memory. There were only two of the Phenom II processors that used DDR2 memory I believe.

Yes, the Intel i7 processors are the fastest out there presently, but you will pay for money them. As I have stated previously I personally don't like the i7 processors because they are 130 Watt and above. If Intel ever refines the i7 processor technology to be 100 Watt or lower it will look tempting to me.
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why would that stop someone with no budget limit from buying one?
 
dmw2692004

dmw2692004

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2048Megabytes said:
Many of the AMD Phenom II processors do use DDR3 memory. There were only two of the Phenom II processors that used DDR2 memory I believe.

Yes, the Intel i7 processors are the fastest out there presently, but you will pay for money them. As I have stated previously I personally don't like the i7 processors because they are 130 Watt and above. If Intel ever refines the i7 processor technology to be 100 Watt or lower it will look tempting to me.
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I just read in my maximum PC that using DDR2 or DDR3 with the respective AMD chips leads to no real performance difference.

Nice looking build, what are you going to do with all that processing power?

Overclocking goals? anything?
 
dubesinhower

dubesinhower

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dmw2692004 said:
I just read in my maximum PC that using DDR2 or DDR3 with the respective AMD chips leads to no real performance difference.

Nice looking build, what are you going to do with all that processing power?

Overclocking goals? anything?
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well heres the thing. we want to use this computer for three main purposes.

the first purpose is for use with the club. we're going to use altiris enterprise software to help reformat and recycle used computers to give to students in need.

the second purpose is for use with testing out thin client technology. as a club, we are interested in thin clients, as they appear to be very energy effiecient and cheap. this computer will provide a backbone server for the thin clients.

and the third purpose is to host dedicated servers for our lan party at the end of august LOL.
 
dmw2692004

dmw2692004

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dubesinhower said:
well heres the thing. we want to use this computer for three main purposes.

the first purpose is for use with the club. we're going to use altiris enterprise software to help reformat and recycle used computers to give to students in need.

the second purpose is for use with testing out thin client technology. as a club, we are interested in thin clients, as they appear to be very energy effiecient and cheap. this computer will provide a backbone server for the thin clients.

and the third purpose is to host dedicated servers for our lan party at the end of august LOL.
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hahaha at least you guys are gonna use the power that i7 has to offer in some ways.

not like at my highschool, were te computer club made websites on frontpage.
 
dubesinhower

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were really trying to focus on getting the thin clients to perform well with video intensive computing. thin clients are built with a limited amount of onboard video ram. we want to be at a point where we can run 3d modeling programs or animations programs on several thin clients at once by only using one server.
 
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