I can only hope that you didn't spend $1000+ for a quadro FX. Those aren't good for frame rates in gaming. Congradulations on blowing over $1000.00. :chk:
The PC of our dreams
- Thread starter Matt
- Start date
I can only hope that you didn't spend $1000+ for a quadro FX. Those aren't good for frame rates in gaming. Congradulations on blowing over $1000.00. :chk:
Matt555
iMod
Indeed :P although maybe the rig was for rendering / high-end graphics degisn.
PS - Nice rig 5sfbr :good:
The PC of my dreams would be:
A light-weight case made out of a giant diamond
A nanoscale biomechanical chip that can evolve (Advanced A.I.)
A nanoscale biomechanical motherboard
RAM that operates using enzyme-based feed back mechanisms
HDD that can USB with our bio-neural interface
A self-regulated cooling system based from the process of homeostasis
I'm an advanced bioscience/bioengineering student (3rd yr undergrad though). If you want to know the entire rig I would design for the PC of my dreams...send me a PM before the 26th of this month...Well, if you can catch me before I drink my life away at the bars, then you'll have a good shot at getting a drawing in there.
EDIT: Thanks Matt. If I told you what it ran me, you might flip a shit. But I did it all because I don't plan on going quad core or using the DX10 cards for a long time. I think this set up will last at least 4 years. If any additional support is needed on the graphic end by 2010 - I'll break down and go with a new DX10 card. ( I have a question about that too...might post it up in a new thread).
A light-weight case made out of a giant diamond
A nanoscale biomechanical chip that can evolve (Advanced A.I.)
A nanoscale biomechanical motherboard
RAM that operates using enzyme-based feed back mechanisms
HDD that can USB with our bio-neural interface
A self-regulated cooling system based from the process of homeostasis
I'm an advanced bioscience/bioengineering student (3rd yr undergrad though). If you want to know the entire rig I would design for the PC of my dreams...send me a PM before the 26th of this month...Well, if you can catch me before I drink my life away at the bars, then you'll have a good shot at getting a drawing in there.
EDIT: Thanks Matt. If I told you what it ran me, you might flip a shit. But I did it all because I don't plan on going quad core or using the DX10 cards for a long time. I think this set up will last at least 4 years. If any additional support is needed on the graphic end by 2010 - I'll break down and go with a new DX10 card. ( I have a question about that too...might post it up in a new thread).
Update:
The machine is for high end graphics, not gaming. We ended up going with the 7950gx2 sli instead of the FX1500 (MUCH BETTER CHOICE)
and the cpu is 2.4 dual core, 2gb ddr2. anyways does anyone know of any good Zalman solutions for the 167F heat of the monster 7950 card?
The machine is for high end graphics, not gaming. We ended up going with the 7950gx2 sli instead of the FX1500 (MUCH BETTER CHOICE)
and the cpu is 2.4 dual core, 2gb ddr2. anyways does anyone know of any good Zalman solutions for the 167F heat of the monster 7950 card?
Big B
HWF Godfather
Yeah, I just figured out a beast with 1TB+ RAID5 and dual Woodcrests...to the tune of $13k+ shipping. It'd be more expensive than that, but I can't find a dual Woodcrest board that has two x16 PCIe slots (and I mean that in the electrical sense, not just physical) or I'd run Quad SLI/Dual Radeon X1950's. Anyway, here it is (proof that it can be built):
Motherboard: SuperMicro X7DAE-O $444.99
CPUs: Intel Xeon 5160 3.06GHz ($856.99x2) $1713.98
Memory: Crucial 1GB PC2-5300 FB-DIMM ($179.99x4) $719.96
Video Card: Asus GeForce 7950GT $274.99
Hard Drives: HP 300GB SCSI Ultra320 ($1099.99x6) $6599.94
Optical Drive: Plextor Slot-load 16x DVDRW $146.99
Tape Drive: Quantum BHBAM-BR SATA 320GB $829.99
SCSI Host Adapter: LSI Logic 320x2128 PCI-X Host Adapter $599.99
Sound Card: Creative X-Fi Platinum 7.1 $178.99
Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1K QuadSLI $499.99
Case: Lian-Li PC-G70B $199.99
Speaker: Creative GigaWorks G550W 5.1 $335.99
Monitor: Samsung 204-B 20.1" $349.99
Total: $12, 895.78 (+shipping)
Yeah, SLI/Crossfire was out and I had to make sure I could use the lone PCI slot, or I would've used a Radeon X1950 or GeForce 7950GX2. Yeah, there is a 2nd PCIe x16 slot, but it's only setup for 4x operation.
Motherboard: SuperMicro X7DAE-O $444.99
CPUs: Intel Xeon 5160 3.06GHz ($856.99x2) $1713.98
Memory: Crucial 1GB PC2-5300 FB-DIMM ($179.99x4) $719.96
Video Card: Asus GeForce 7950GT $274.99
Hard Drives: HP 300GB SCSI Ultra320 ($1099.99x6) $6599.94
Optical Drive: Plextor Slot-load 16x DVDRW $146.99
Tape Drive: Quantum BHBAM-BR SATA 320GB $829.99
SCSI Host Adapter: LSI Logic 320x2128 PCI-X Host Adapter $599.99
Sound Card: Creative X-Fi Platinum 7.1 $178.99
Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1K QuadSLI $499.99
Case: Lian-Li PC-G70B $199.99
Speaker: Creative GigaWorks G550W 5.1 $335.99
Monitor: Samsung 204-B 20.1" $349.99
Total: $12, 895.78 (+shipping)
Yeah, SLI/Crossfire was out and I had to make sure I could use the lone PCI slot, or I would've used a Radeon X1950 or GeForce 7950GX2. Yeah, there is a 2nd PCIe x16 slot, but it's only setup for 4x operation.
Big B
HWF Godfather
I almost did, but having a tape drive would allow for a greater backup than Blu-ray does. You'll notice the 320GB capability of the drive I chose...which is good considering the 1.8TB array (1.5GB capacity with RAID 5 enabled) in use.
It's crazy, but practical at the same time.
My buddy has it, but not in SLi. LOL, his PC is like server...