I want to buy a monster PC...

[DanTheMan]

Hello, I just got an email a bit ago that told me some people responded to the thread. I must of had it so that i got emails when people responded or something....
Anyway. I was told to not buy a new computer until some processor called the "Conroe" came out. I heard it was Intel's new processor. When does the Intel Conroe come out? I just saw a Core 2 Duo online. Is that any good? Or what.
Thanks for whoever revived the thread and reminded me about this...

Cheers,
Dan

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

Hello, I just got an email a bit ago that told me some people responded to the thread. I must of had it so that i got emails when people responded or something....
Anyway. I was told to not buy a new computer until some processor called the "Conroe" came out. I heard it was Intel's new processor. When does the Intel Conroe come out? I just saw a Core 2 Duo online. Is that any good? Or what.
Thanks for whoever revived the thread and reminded me about this...

Cheers,
Dan

The Core 2 Duo is out now. I highly suggest you go with one. I think you can squeeze the Core 2 Duo Extreme in your $80,000 budget, lol.
I can come up with a build for you if you like.

 

[H-Bomb]

check the bottom part of my sig for inspiration.

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

check the bottom part of my sig for inspiration.

Umm, the graphics cards wouldn't work in SLI. The board doesn't support it. I would change it to two X1900XTX's in Crossfire. But, that would be close to what I would come up with.

 

[DanTheMan]

What is better chipset?
P965 or 975X?


Edit: I am going to overclock

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

What is better chipset?
P965 or 975X?

I would shoot for the 975X.

 

[H-Bomb]

Umm, the graphics cards wouldn't work in SLI. The board doesn't support it. I would change it to two X1900XTX's in Crossfire. But, that would be close to what I would come up with.

Your right i didn't notice that. I knew quad sli was unlikely.

 

[DanTheMan]

ok, can someone whip up a PC for me... don't worry about budget... best u can do (without making it into a server type PC)

 

[Ku-sama]

look at my sig Dan

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

ok, can someone whip up a PC for me... don't worry about budget... best u can do (without making it into a server type PC)

look at my sig Dan

That's about as good as it gets. I would make some changes in the hard drive configuration though.

 

[H-Bomb]

I changed my sig so that it does work but it doesn't matter. Ku-samas pc shud definately be your point of reference.

 

[Bobo]

That's about as good as it gets. I would make some changes in the hard drive configuration though.

I would wait for the SLI Conroe boards to come out, and do quad SLI with 7950s

 

[H-Bomb]

Thats exactly what i put in my sig. Take a look at the mobo and tell me if its any good: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131031

 

[Impr3ssiv3]

geez people


did i really get this topic back up

 

[Ku-sama]

That's about as good as it gets. I would make some changes in the hard drive configuration though.

whats wrong with my harddrives? i get a little less then 300GB worth of 15k stoarage

 

[Filip]

I would wait for the SLI Conroe boards to come out, and do quad SLI with 7950s

lol, 1st it was wait for conroe, now its wait for quad SLI compatible boards, lol, whats next? If it continues like this, guy will never buy a PC -_-

 

[H-Bomb]

You can already buy prebuilt Conroe + Quad SLI setups from people like iBuyPower so theres no good reason why you you shouldn't be able to build one.

 

[34erd]

You can already buy prebuilt Conroe + Quad SLI setups from people like iBuyPower so theres no good reason why you you shouldn't be able to build one.

Well, technicly neither conroe nor quad SLi have hit the retail market yet

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

whats wrong with my harddrives? i get a little less then 300GB worth of 15k stoarage

I didn't see the 15,000RPM drives, my mistake.

 

[Dr Studly]

• Processor:Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 2.93GHz / 4MB Cache / 1066MHz FSB / Dual-Core / OEM / Socket 775 / Processor - $1,150
• Motherboard: ASUS P5W DH DELUXE/WIFI-AP Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard - $270
• RAM: G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM Unbuffered DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - (get 2 of this pack) $468x2=$936
• Video Card: XFX PVT71UZDF9 Geforce 7950GX2 1GB 512-bit (256-bit x2) GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Xtreme Video Card - $610
• Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - $385
• Drives:
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  • C: Seagate Cheetah 15K.4 ST3146854LW 147GB 15,000 RPM 8MB Cache SCSI Ultra320 68pin Hard Drive x2 RAID - $2,200
  • D: Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive x3 RAID - $930
  • E: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3750640AS 750GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s (The First Perpendicular Recording) Hard Drive x3 RAID -$1,200
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  • G: PLEXTOR Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 6X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 4X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 8M Cache IDE Slot Load 16X DVD±R DVD Burner - $147
• Case: COOLER MASTER Stacker 830 RC-830-SSN1 Silver Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case - $230
• Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW EPS12V SLI, SSI Power Supply - $500
• Cooling Setup:
  • Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - $16
  • CPU Cooling: ZALMAN RESERATOR 1 Plus Fanless Water Cooling System (Reservoir+Radiator+Water Pump) - $230
  • Case Cooling: SILVERSTONE FM121 120mm 2 Ball Case Cooling Fan - get 9 of these $16x9=$144
• Operating System: Windows Vista Beta 2 - Free
• Speakers:if what is in ur sig, is what u really have... keep that... that is better then anything else ur gona get
• Monitor:keep your setup

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