Broins new system

[likwidtek]

Here is a sample system I put together for you.  This would be a badass gaming machine.

The highlights of this system are:  

AMD Athlon 64 3500 processor
2 Gigs Dual Channel DDR
In my opinion the best video card on the market, Nvidia 6800 ultra pci-e vid card
Raid 0 raptor harddrives for super fast load times.
16X dual layer DVD burner.

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Estimated Cost:   $2,087.00
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motherboard ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 $184.00 local
cpu AMD Athlon 64 3500 Boxed Socket 939 $279.00 local
ram1 1 GB DDR PC3200 duel chan $142.00 local
ram2 1 GB DDR PC3200 duel chan $142.00 local
case Antec Super Lanboy Case w/o psu $85.00 online
psu Enermax EG701P-VE 600 Watt Noisetaker $149.00 local
raid1 Westner Digital Raptor 740GD 74 GB SATA raid0 $186.00 local
raid2 Westner Digital Raptor 740GD 74 GB SATA raid0 $186.00 local
floppy Sony 1.44 MB Black $7.00 local
video nVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra Video Card pci-e $500.00 online
optical Liteon 1673BK 16X DVD RW Black $62.00 local
software Microsoft Windows XP Professional w/SP2 $137.00 local
software Norton Antivirus 2005 OEM CD Only $28.00 local
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Here are some pics of the case:
http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=11-129-145-04.JPG/11-129-145-07.JPG/11-129-145-06.JPG/11-129-145-05.JPG/11-129-145-02.JPG/11-129-145-01.JPG/11-129-145-03.JPG/11-129-145-08.JPG&CurImage=11-129-145-07.JPG
Even comes with a cool carrying strap.  It's awesome.

If I made any mistakes or left anything out please feel free to correct me.

If anyone else wants to offer their opinion on a system that he might want please add to this thread.

Hope this helps Broin!

[Eroz]

I say screw the floppy and make it a simple $2080. I haven't had one for over a year and don't miss it at all.

[Lithium]

Ok few suggestions...

1. Do you really need 2 74 drives. If you get 2 36 you save yourself 200 bucks. Broin is only using this for mxo... its a waist in my opinion.
2. You could save almsot anotehr 200 bucks if you get only 2 512 ramchips instead of 2 1gig. Again dc ddr 1 gig is MORE than enough.
3. 600 watt psu... again you can save anout 75ish if you get a more reasonable psu around 400 ~ 500.
4. If you wanted to cut down the cost another few bucks get a standard case if blinkey lights don't thrill you...

[Anonymous]

He said he has $10,000 to throw at it...... I don't think the setup there will put a dent in his pocket.

[likwidtek]

rofl

[Eroz]

10 grand to put down. And its not running duel processors and SLi why?

[Anonymous]

http://www.alienware.com/Configurator_Pages/aurora_7500_sli.aspx?SysCode=PC-AURORA-7500&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT

Hmm

[likwidtek]

The exact same computer I designed him through alienware would cost him $3,000

lol

alienware sheesh.

[Anonymous]

Alienware in the computer market is the equivalent to Nike in the footwear market......

It's way above price of what it actually cost to make it and it's sooooo commercialized.

[ArchNemesis]

dual processors is bleh.. not really a big deal check out the benchmarks and all that stuff.

[Eroz]

buts its just cool

[Anonymous]

RAM is King.. Put as much RAM in is as you can I have 4Gigs and I never lag. Trust me a great video card an little RAM will still cause rubberbanding.  I do this for a living, more on that see my bio.  I have been in the computer business since '96. RAM RAM RAM.. Its cheap currently and you will never get a bigger bang for your buck.  

Also go with an Intel Chipset Motherboard.  Whatever is the most current. Intel chipsets are far superior then any other chipset on the market currently. ASUS makes a nice board and so do Intel themselves.

Also I would go with the Radeon x850 again the one with the most RAM the 256.

An Intel chip.  If you have the money go intel far superior speed if you are going with a Xeon.  (I dont care what the independant benchmarks say.  You have to check the entire system to find the bottlenexk not just the CPU.  And putting an AMD CPU in an Intel chipset motherboard bottlenecks it.  The same is true vice versa, a motherboard that has a chipset that works faster with AMD will benchmark faster with an AMD chip.  But the fastest motherboard / CPU combo on the market today when you look at the actual technical white papers is Intel Chipset Motherboard with Intel Xeon CPU.

If this if for the Matrix only, you will have no advantage with Dual CPU's it will not take advantage of the second chip.

Let me know if you want reviews, etc to back any of this up and I will be glad to point you in the right direction.

[Broin]

Thanks for all the suggestions guys... Truley I appreciate it.  For those who don't know I was in game and mentioned on TS that I would be looking to get a new system in about a month or so and quite a few people stepped forward to give me advise on what to do and get.  Once again thanks.

[Anonymous]

I have been slowly saving up for parts to build a new system, but with my recent lay off I gotta kinda put it on hold while I search for another form of income.

169.00 MoBoard http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=13-121-226&DEPA=0
429.00 Video Card http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-130-215&depa=1
229.99 Memory http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-141-136&depa=1
160.00 Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=22-148-065&DEPA=1
  8.49 Case Fan http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-999-456&depa=0
  6.49 Power Fan http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-999-126&depa=0
184.00 Processor http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-116-200&depa=1
105.99 DVD Drive http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-131-329&depa=1
 39.99 CASE http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-145-062&depa=1


 92.95 WindowsXP http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=37-102-151&DEPA=6

1425.90 TOTAL

(I threw windows on the list because I don't have a bootlegged copy or anything, would need to get an OS from scratch....)

[Anonymous]

why would u want an nvidia graphics card, even with the 4gig ram, its like putting a jet engine on a tricycle, especially for mxo, stick to radeon, their always one step ahead.