The absolute best Hardware thread

[CptStern]

k lets build a "sky's the limit" pc with the best parts possible, I'll start with:

Case:

Zalman’s TNN300 No Noise Chassis: $799.99 canadian or go for broke and purchase the Zalman TNN500AF for $1449.99 canadian

 

[joule]

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103608

 

[Hazar]

Hard drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822111151

as many as you'd like, prolly 4 or so D:

 

[Ren.182]

CPU Cooler: http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=1217&redirect=yes
Might need a bit of case modding (though this isn't compatable with the AMD processor )

 

[Icarusintel]

CPU Cooler: http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=1217&redirect=yes
Might need a bit of case modding (though this isn't compatable with the AMD processor )

F*ck me - I thought my CPU fan was huge - though this would actually be a feasible solution for the damn heat problem on my Intel

Video Cards - http://www.pricegrabber.com/p__ATI_Radeon_X1900_XTX_Video_Card,__16310423
How's about two of these bad boys in CrossFire configuration?

 

[CptStern]

PSU:

PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool� 1KW TC1KW 1000w Power Supply $476 US

1000 W of pure power

 

[D€vIL²]

WOW, maybe if you have like quad sli or somthing...

 

[bryanf445]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131568
mobo - $250

best i could find on newegg

 

[WhiteZero]

Blam! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136012
Boom! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102671

 

[xombine]

Hard drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822111151

as many as you'd like, prolly 4 or so D:

lol White...I think we'll use that HD

RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820144208

 

[Glirk Dient]

http://www.frozencpu.com/cas-193.html

theres our CPU cooling.

We will also have that site mod our PSU to put orange UV sleeving on the wires. Keeps things tidy and we can pick up a few UV cathodes for a sweet effect.

 

[xombine]

argh forgot the sound
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2177,CONTENTID=10928
gotta be able to hear the frags

 

[Hazar]

not till we get this

and better speakers http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16836116142

 

[Icarusintel]

Almost forgot the sound card -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102191

edit: dammit Hazar, you beat me to it!

 

[WhiteZero]

lol White...I think we'll use that HD

RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820144208

PFFT!
Who wants to deal with terminating SCSI n' shit?

SATA is hot-swapable. And that the Rapor actually out-performs some SCSI drives.

 

[Naudian]

argh forgot the sound
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2177,CONTENTID=10928
gotta be able to hear the frags

What!?

Why not something like this:
http://www.axiomaudio.com/epic80_600main.html#

(Select Black Oak finish and 7.3 Dolby setup and you have THIS)

But I'm sure there are better home theater setups, I just found that to show that this computer deserves living room-style speakers...
Liiiike: http://www.jbl.com/home/products/series.aspx?SerId=SLS Iunno...

And for RAM, if you go with a non-DDR2 mobo (which it will be if it's an AMD system) : Four of THESE

 

[sinkoman]

Monitor.

http://www.businessbroker.net/franchise/theater_xtreme.ihtml

 

[Dumb Dude]

Thats no monitor...

But this is: http://www1.us.dell.com/content/top...ors/topics/en/monitor_3007wfp?c=us&l=en&s=gen

Only donwside is the fact that no card can play at that resolution with decent settings, hahah.

 

[Naudian]

I found a nice CPU/MOBO combo.
It may not be compatible with everything, but it's quick...

'bout 8THz quick...
http://www.manufacturing.net/ctl/article/CA491825

 

[sinkoman]

Thats no monitor...

But this is: http://www1.us.dell.com/content/top...ors/topics/en/monitor_3007wfp?c=us&l=en&s=gen

Only donwside is the fact that no card can play at that resolution with decent settings, hahah.

My video editing class got one of these not too long ago (allong with a quad cpu g5).

Well, it's a 30" apple, but both apple and dell use the same panels so they (should) be exactly the same.

But, PFFFT!

Who in gods name would play on an asian dick like that when you could game in a theatre?

 

[longhorn88]

mouse
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16826104203

edit: found a floppy drive and a keyboard

floppy
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16821104104

keyboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823126176
it comes with with a wireless mouse....which can be thrown

 

[The Brick]

keyboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823126176
it comes with with a wireless mouse....which can be thrown

That's no keyboard. Go for the Logitech G15
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2166,CONTENTID=10717

As for the graphics, a quad SLI 7800gtx 512 will do fine for the time being.

EDIT: Mousepad http://www.overclockers.com.au/article.php?id=248009

EDIT2: chair http://www.egrindstone.co.uk/aeron_review.htm

 

[CptStern]

you guys call that a keyboard? that's cheap crap ..we want the very best of the best

here's a keyboard that would be a good start


http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/evol_track.htm



this is my choice but it hasnt been released yet

http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/



and what the hell ..Dell? DELL of all companies ..I spit on dell

that's not a monitor, THIS is a monitor:

http://www.9xmedia.com/Pages-Portable-media-center/2000-Portable_media_center.html

 

[VictimOfScience]

Don't do any of this yet. DX10 GPUs and hardware PPUs will be out later in the year and then we can start talking about the absolute best in hardware.

Why discuss components that can't take advantage of all of the features of games in development right now? That doesn't sound like the "absolute best" to me....

 

[The Brick]

Don't do any of this yet. DX10 GPUs and hardware PPUs will be out later in the year and then we can start talking about the absolute best in hardware.

Why discuss components that can't take advantage of all of the features of games in development right now? That doesn't sound like the "absolute best" to me....

We play games that are released already, but I don't know about you.

 

[xombine]

floppy
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16821104104

Regardless of the fact that it would indeed increase the price of this imaginary beast, I think that a floppy drive would only hurt this machine. It's so 1990's. :hmph:

 

[VictimOfScience]

We play games that are released already, but I don't know about you.

I do too--don't get me wrong--but you also have to try to the best of your ability to future-proof your rig and if that takes a little added patience on my part, then that is something that I am more than willing to throw into the equation.

 

[The Brick]

Then we shall always wait for the next piece of hardware.

 

[CptStern]

I do too--don't get me wrong--but you also have to try to the best of your ability to future-proof your rig and if that takes a little added patience on my part, then that is something that I am more than willing to throw into the equation.

ya but if you can afford a $12,000 computer I dont think future proofing is all that much of a concern ..what's another $1000 gpu when you spend $1400 on a case alone?

 

[Icarusintel]

this is my choice but it hasnt been released yet

http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/

Holy shit, that is the coolest keyboard ever, I want one the second it comes out!

 

[Angry Lawyer]

All you could ever need.

-Angry Lawyer

 

[CptStern]

I had one of those

 

[Angry Lawyer]

Pinnacle of gaming, don't you agree? I had one too.

We're both getting old, aren't we, Stern?

-Angry Lawyer

 

[CptStern]

well we're certainly not getting younger old bean

heh but I also had this ...well my high school did

 

[Angry Lawyer]

I had my own one of this http://www.zianet.com/kromeke/pastcomp/flea/atari800.jpg

MY OWN ONE BIZATCH!

I'm secretly a 30-something Canadian man trapped in a 20 year old's body.

-Angry Lawyer

 

[CptStern]

are you my twin?


I had one of these


and before that I had one of these





top that! :E

 

[Adabiviak]

I have a Cheetah hard drive and it's damn fast. However, you have to consider the interface card - most of the SCSI cards are PCI-x, which is typically (not always) only found on server motherboards. There's a PCI-e SCSI card here for between $700 and $800, but I bet it would let that drive run at most of its available bandwidth. I have an IDE (7200rpm), SATA(10000rpm), and SCSI(15000rpm) drive on my computer and the SCSI still owns and it's not even running at full bandwidth! My computer doesn't have a PCI-x port and I don't want to spend the kind of money necessary to plug it into the spare PCI-e port. The card mentioned above has a couple of channels - maybe stripe a couple of Cheetas?

 

[CptStern]

ok it's official Adabiviak is our official harddrive-setter-upper :E ...collect your parts and just hand me the bill

 

[Revisedsoul]

lol White...I think we'll use that HD

RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820144208

somehow i dont thing 4gigs of pc2100 ecc ram will be all that great

 

[The Brick]

somehow i dont thing 4gigs of pc2100 ecc ram will be all that great

Yup that's a bad idea. I don't see the point in getting more than 2gb of ram, but if I were to buy 4 gigs, I'd definately go with Idonotbelonghere's solution.