Budget $5000

[The_Other_One]

15000RPM drives aren't new at all. At least not for SCSI. Now if there's an SATA version, yeah, that's new.

Hey, get one of those fridge cases!

 

[The Astroman]

This computer definitely needs a RAID-0 15K SCSI drive setup.

4 of these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822141139

on this controller card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16816118028

 

[davie23223]

$6000

CPU AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 CPU Dual Core FX60 2MB L2 Cache
Memory 4096MB DDR400 PC3200 Memory (OCZ Gold Series Gamers eXtreme) (1024MB x 4)
Mother Board ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Motherboard
Hard Drive 1 Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000RPM Serial ATA 16MB
Hard Drive 2 Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000RPM Serial ATA 16MB
Hard Drive 3 Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000RPM Serial ATA 16MB
Hard Drive 4 Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000RPM Serial ATA 16MB
Optical Drive 1 Plextor 16X PX-716SA DVD RW +- Dual Layer SATA
SLI Video ASUS EN7800 GTX PCI E, 512MB DDR3,2xD HDTV,TV-Out, VIVO
SLI Video ASUS EN7800 GTX PCI E, 512MB DDR3,2xD HDTV,TV-Out, VIVO
Audio Creative Sound Blaster SB0550 X-Fi Elite Pro
Network Card Onboard Network Card
Case Thermaltake Tai-Chi w/ S. Window Super Tower + Water Cooling (heavy item)
Neon Light Sunbeam Cold Cathod Neon Light (blue)
Power Supply 680 Watt Thermaltake SILENT Power Supply Dual Fan
LCD Monitor SamSung 191T+ 19" LCD, Digital 1280X1024 (black)
Keyboard & Mouse Logitech Cordless MX DUO Bluetooth Keyboard & Mouse

 

[P11]

probably wont need the xbox controller...and instead of a logitech gaming router the D-link 4300 wireless gaming router...its awsome..
and for HDD how about the new 15000 rpm drives by hitachi, and 2 or 1 500gb seagate...
also wat about the case?? how about this...http://www.xoxide.com/zalman6.html
no ned for fans or water cooling...but im not sure if it will all fit
could your client wait?
if he/she can then wait till the new socket AM2 comes out..

Ya, my bad on that one....i meant the D-Link Gaming Router, I musta been up too late last night.

 

[Thechefxxxv]

You should get a server mobo with dual socket 940s and get him 2 opterons. Most mobos with dual processor support also have room for 8 or more gigs of RAM. If he wants to supermultitask, you should go with 2 processors. If he games, the FX-60 is prefect. OC it to like 3 Ghz and use water cooling.

 

[34erd]

This was fun

DFI LP nF4 SLI-DR eXpert $199.00
AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 $1,399.00
2 X OCZ 2 Gb EL (4 Gb) $606.88
2 X BFG 7800GTX 512 $1,498.00
2 X WD Raptor 150 Gb $599.98
X-Fi Elite Pro 8 $385.00
PC P&C 850 SSI $499.99
Scythe Ninja $39.99
2 X Panaflo 80 mm $25.98
3 X Panaflo 120 mm $50.97
Lian Li PC7077B $199.99
2 X Sony DRU810A $119.98
Samsung Floppy $8.50
NEC LCD2170NX $859.99
Logitech G7 $65.98
Logitech G15 $69.95
Logitech Z-5450 $329.98

Total: $6,959.16

You may want to buy the FX-60 from monarch computer because its alot cheaper.

Maybe skimp on some of the components and get him a nice phase change unit

 

[shupola]

Logitech Z-5450 $329.98

insetad of those, i would go with the Z-5500's. they sound amazing and you dont have to use a lot of your budget on speakers. that is if he/she doesnt mind wires.

 

[diduknowthat]

did anyone put a sound card out there yet?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102191

 

[P11]

did anyone put a sound card out there yet?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102191

Everyone put a sound card.

 

[diduknowthat]

Everyone put a sound card.

oops, sorry, i didn't have enough time to reread all the posts

 

[vortmax]

in this price range you have to know what he's looking at using it for.

You could easily build up a quad itanium, dual GPU box that would DESTROY everything. You may also consider adding some solid state memory. It's really nice, just insanely expensive. Let you load your OS almost as fast as the computer can post. If you want to overclock it, don't bother with water cooling. Stick with freon. I've seen freon based coolers that can hold chip temp at -30C at full load. There is no way you'll ever have thermal issues with that.

 

[liquidshadow]

Thank you everybody, also where would i get a Freon cooler?
I think I'll go with this

AMD Athlon 64 FX60
DFI uT SLI-DR Expert
WD Rapter 150GB 10K HDD
PC Power and Cooling 850W PSU
2 * BFG 7800GTX 512MB
4GB OCZ Enhanced Bandwidth DDR-500 RAM
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty Sound Card
Logitech X-5500 Speakers
Razer Copperhead Mouse
Logitech G15 Keyboard
Not sure about the monitor.

 

[34erd]

Make sure you get a monitor that can display at least 1600 X 1200 because otherwise your wasting the potential of the rig.

Freon coolers (The corect term is phase change, and they dont usualy use Freon, usualy wierd gasses with names like RC-445...) can be purchased from Asetek and Prometeria. OCZ is also coming out with one later on. The Prometeria mach II has the best performance of a prebuilt one. I think its like ~$900 for one with a CPU head and two graphic card heads.

IMHO its not worth it unless your client is trying to brake OC world records.

 

[P11]

Thank you everybody, also where would i get a Freon cooler?
I think I'll go with this

AMD Athlon 64 FX60
DFI uT SLI-DR Expert
WD Rapter 150GB 10K HDD
PC Power and Cooling 850W PSU
2 * BFG 7800GTX 512MB
4GB OCZ Enhanced Bandwidth DDR-500 RAM
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty Sound Card
Logitech X-5500 Speakers
Razer Copperhead Mouse
Logitech G15 Keyboard
Not sure about the monitor.

I would HIGHLY suggest waiting till the end of this month or the end of Febuary because the new G71 series will be comming out. As for the monitor i suggested before the Samsung 32" HDTV LCD

 

[ReturnToEmpire]

id like to break some of those. lmao, bein rich must be awesome.

 

[liquidshadow]

Alright, I'll wait for the M2 and the Nvidia Geforce 8800GTX
The Samsung 32" monitor looks awesome. Thanks

 

[P11]

Alright, I'll wait for the M2 and the Nvidia Geforce 8800GTX
The Samsung 32" monitor looks awesome. Thanks

ya, im buying the tv myself. Here is a link: http://www.samsung.com/Products/TV/LCDTV/LNR328WXXAA.asp

 

[34erd]

Thats TV can only display 1366 x 768 pixels though... that rig will be able to play at least 1200 X 1600.

 

[P11]

Thats TV can only display 1366 x 768 pixels though... that rig will be able to play at least 1200 X 1600.

Dont forget it has HDTV and can second (but its primary use) as a TV (HDTV) with amazing quality.

 

[Xycron]

Get one with higher resalutions, those resualtions suck, come on my old G72 IBM moniter can displayy higher then that!