$5000 Machine in 5 years?

[gamerman4]

Why let this guy get everyone annoyed, just let him do whatever he wants with his money, if he breaks his computer, sit back and laugh. He obviously wont break 20k with $5000 because the people that break world records have a LOT more than $5000 to spend and they also have help from various computer companies that get them things like nitrogen and stuff like that. They also know what they are doing, if he knew what he was doing he wouldn't be asking about it in this forum.
He will either:
1. Give up and just get a kickass $5000 system that goes obsolete in a few years.
2. Try it and not get 20k 3dmarks and be happy he got more than most of us in the forum.
3. Somehow gets some LN2 and either goes to the hospital or he just dumped $5000 out the window because his comp broke (probably quite literally)

Also, with 2 X1900XTXs in Crossfire...I think he might be able to get a damn high score and with some overclocking.....who knows, with todays technology 20k could be doable with the right amount of tweaking and more than $5000. Volt-modding a 2 X1900XTXs seems a viable solution to possibly getting 20k though.

Also, why try to break a record with older software? Try to break a record with 3Dmark06 since it is new, it could be easier to get the highest score ever, for at least a little while until someone does some really extreme stuff.

 

[Praetor]

i sure will find out from compusa tech shop.
I know some overclockers down there.

No disrecpect intended to CompUSA (never been to one) but from what that sounds like it sounds like a major computer retailer? (correct me if im wrong someone), so i will go on a limb and say two things (pending of course on the validity of my assumption)

1. Virtually nobody to nobody there will know anything about serious cooling. For the most part, the employee base at these kinds of stores fall into the I-think-I-know-something-about-computers category
2. Dunno if you were thinking of buying from there but I wouldnt simply based on (what I think to be) limited selection

Beside the X2 5000+ is clocked at 2.6 GHz and equipped with 1x 1 MB L2 cache. Thats like 2 fx 55.

A few erros

1. No such thing as a X2-5000
2. If you were to connect 2xFX55 (which AFAIK u cant since it's missing CHT links) you'd be connecting as a SMP setup rather than a dualcore setup (meaning the 2xFX55 setup would be notibly superior)

Now i have 5000.00 us dollars to spend. This should be enough to build it to the EXTREME LEVEL

You're kidding right? Have a look at this ... a bigger budget and I still had to skimp out heavily

have you tryed using a $5000 machine from 4 years ago on today games

Hmm whats that .. a thunderbird?

in 4 years a single graphic card will proberly be more powerful then x1900 in crossfire.

"Probably"?

its like 2 fx55.....Why not a FX-60 then? thats a dual core fx...

Glad you caught it Again,
- no such thng as 2xFX55
- If there WAS such a thing as SMP-FX55 then it would (on paper at least) be a better setup than a FX60

I would also like to know where you are going to get your hands on liquid nitrogen.

University, industry

You're asking CompUSA employees about liquid nitrogen cooling...
let me be the first to bust my gut here.

Haha ok so my assumption was right

Dude I already have some of the parts for my setup all i need is the x2 5000+ and liquid nitrogen and that 2 more gigs oc'ed to max out. That guy didnt know how to oc his pc. With 5000.00 i can get that setup!!! and past that 3dmark 05 with 20k+. I'll oc the videocards and the processor when i get the liquid nitrogen

1. What parts? Lets get some details
2. Good luck getting the X2-5000
3. Any reason youre getting a dualcore box for 3dMark05?

that 2 more gigs oc'ed to max out

You do know that the more ram you pack into the box, the less likely you gonna hit the higher OCs right?

Abit fatal1ty a8n sli is made for fx athlon and x2 chips

It's also a (relatively) overpriced, underperforming, underfeatured motherboard

2x SONY Black IDE DVD Burner Model DW-Q30A BK - OEM <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827131264>

MASSCOOL CS-ICS8200ML Black SECC Chassis Thickness 1.0 ATX Mid Tower Air-Conditioning Cooling Computer Case - Retail <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811221002>

2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3500641AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822148108>

ASUS A8R-MVP Socket 939 ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 CrossFire ATX AMD CrossFire Motherboard - Retail <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131584>

connect3D 3057 Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - OEM <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814142065>

ATI 100-435805 Radeon X1900XTX 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814195003>

Creative SOUND BLASTER X-Fi Platinum 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16829102190>

BFG Tech BFGR600PSU ATX 12V 2.01 600Watt Power Supply - Retail <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817702002>

ZALMAN RESERATOR 1 Plus Fanless Water Cooling System (Reservoir+Radiator+Water Pump), - Retail <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835118120>

2x OCZ Gold Edition 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 500 (PC 4000) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model OCZ5002048ELGE-K - Retail <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820227219>

AMD Athlon 64 FX60 Toledo 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADAFX60CDBOX - Retail <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103608>

SUBTOTAL $4,399.83

Get some accessories.

Nice, but skimp on the Sony RWs

 

[Geoff]

Praetor, regarding your $8.5K PC, he wouldnt need the X-Fi, Speakers, or 21" monitor. So that would bring it down quite a bit.

Still, dont excpect to get Liquid Nitrogen, and dont expect to beat the world record.

 

[Praetor]

Praetor, regarding your $8.5K PC, he wouldnt need the X-Fi, Speakers, or 21" monitor. So that would bring it down quite a bit.

Indeed But i still skimped on both the primary and secondary RAID batteries .. but (in reference to my $8.5K box as specd), if anything else, then id mock them for having a totally unbalanced machine

 

[JFlo]

Well sence you only plan on using this machine for 30ish minutes and not gonna use it for gaming, how about when you fail to get 20k you give me the computer? I'll be sure to put it to good use.

 

[34erd]

Well sence you only plan on using this machine for 30ish minutes and not gonna use it for gaming, how about when you fail to get 20k you give me the computer? I'll be sure to put it to good use.

Lol, I already made that bet

 

[redrider773]

wait, you really ONLY want this PC to try and break 20k? then your gonna go back to your

Celeron 400mhz OVERCLOCKED To 800mhz
voodoo2 8mb videocard
128mb ram
100watts powersupply
2gigs of hardrive
intergraded soundcard
1995 year model mobo really old

 

[mymillionpoundpage]

$20,000!!!!

wow, and i thought mine was pricey at £5,000

that would have to be some computer



4Gb pc 4200 DDR II SDRAM
Quadro 4 FX3000G 256mb
Pentium 4 3.8ghz
1.5Tb Hitachi Hard Drive (3x500Gb)
Sony 23" Widescreen LCD Display
SoundBlaster Audigy 4

 

[ReturnToEmpire]

ummm...........

 

[redrider773]

$20,000!!!!

wow, and i thought mine was pricey at £5,000

that would have to be some computer



4Gb pc 4200 DDR II SDRAM
Quadro 4 FX3000G 256mb
Pentium 4 3.8ghz
1.5Tb Hitachi Hard Drive (3x500Gb)
Sony 23" Widescreen LCD Display
SoundBlaster Audigy 4

$5,000, he wants to break 20,000 in 3Dmark05

 

[liquidshadow]

$20,000!!!!

wow, and i thought mine was pricey at £5,000

that would have to be some computer



4Gb pc 4200 DDR II SDRAM
Quadro 4 FX3000G 256mb
Pentium 4 3.8ghz
1.5Tb Hitachi Hard Drive (3x500Gb)
Sony 23" Widescreen LCD Display
SoundBlaster Audigy 4

Not extremely good either...
Whats up with the Quadro FX? That's a workstation card

 

[Pr0]

Well sence you only plan on using this machine for 30ish minutes and not gonna use it for gaming, how about when you fail to get 20k you give me the computer? I'll be sure to put it to good use.

What if Praetor's pc specs 8.5k machine breaks 20k on 3dmark 05! Then ill make sure to keep it if it breaks the worlds record with that machine 8.5k

Ok just got paid 1800.00 in 2 weeks. commission job. Now its 6600.00 to spend on a pc machine. still now there yet for 8.5k. Thank god i dont pay the bills.

Celeron 400mhz OVERCLOCKED To 800mhz
voodoo2 8mb videocard
128mb ram
100watts powersupply <---- I never had this sig. Its just my sig joke
2gigs of hardrive
intergraded soundcard
1995 year model mobo really old

 

[Pr0]

Praetor, regarding your $8.5K PC, he wouldnt need the X-Fi, Speakers, or 21" monitor. So that would bring it down quite a bit.

Still, dont excpect to get Liquid Nitrogen, and dont expect to beat the world record.

Your forgeting the videocards i dont need them i have 2 of them already the same onces. BFG-techs
and a better sound card X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS

 

[ceewi1]

What if Praetor's pc specs 8.5k machine breaks 20k on 3dmark 05! Then ill make sure to keep it if it breaks the worlds record with that machine 8.5k

Praetor's pc won't break 20k on 3dmark. For one thing, it's only got a single video card, and 3dmark loves SLI setups. Also, it's designed as a balanced system (huge amounts of storage that won't be needed for a record breaking attempt). And I don't think that RAM is designed for serious overclocking either!

 

[ReturnToEmpire]

yea dude your throwing away your money im done even reading this post. your a fool.

 

[redrider773]

You wouldn't need that 8.5K PC for 3dMark'05. It wouldn't utilize:

Fujitsu MAU3073NP 74GB 8MB ($364.00)
Fujitsu MAU3073NP 74GB 8MB ($364.00)
Fujitsu MAU3073NP 74GB 8MB ($364.00)
Maxtor DiamondMax10 250GB 16MB SATA3.0 ($101.00)
Maxtor DiamondMax10 250GB 16MB SATA3.0 ($101.00)
Maxtor DiamondMax10 250GB 16MB SATA3.0 ($101.00)

which cuts out like, $1350, and the nearly $500 monitor isn't gonna help you either. Praetor built that ocmp for some1 who is actually gonna use it.

 

[Praetor]

Celeron 400MHz OVERCLOCKED to 800MHz

I already question that part...

Not extremely good either...
Whats up with the Quadro FX? That's a workstation card

LOL ... gut reasonse: "SO?"

Thank god i dont pay the bills

By ths point, that's redundant information

Your forgeting the videocards i dont need them i have 2 of them already the same onces. BFG-techs

Pssstt... the mobo I picked only has 1xPCIx16 slot



Personally I'd put however much money it takes to get some form of computer certification (say something baseline like MCSE) and then you'd know something or two about computers...