Keeping it short and sweet.
I'm going to be building a computer from scratch. The budget is $5,000 dollars.
the rest is up to you folks. So what am i buying..?
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Keeping it short and sweet.
I'm going to be building a computer from scratch. The budget is $5,000 dollars.
the rest is up to you folks. So what am i buying..?
Holy crap... thats a hell of a budget. What are you going to use it for?
Personal home computer? Workstation? Server? Gaming machine? All of the above?
hmmm triple processors with uber ram and God's own video and sound all tucked nicely away in a roll-away cabinet... :P~~~~~~~~~
Would prefer it to be a Gaming Machine.Quote:
Originally posted here by phishphreek80
Holy crap... thats a hell of a budget. What are you going to use it for?
Personal home computer? Workstation? Server? Gaming machine? All of the above?
Dual processors,
scsi raid array
redundant power supply
REALLY nice video card and monitor (sorry not a gamer...but I am sure someone can recommend one)
Min 2 gig RAM
Really nice desk\cabinet to put it in\on
MLF
You can buy a nice low end server from dell that would be affordable...dont think you can match it ...even if you build yourself ;)
edit> nice stable OS
SCSI??? Naw..... not worth it ;).... Since there's so much money going around, I guess it's a good way to waste the money... but meh..Quote:
I'd suggest the Seagate NL-35 Series (Near Line Drives rated for 1Million Hours before Failure).. SATA II and in 250GB and 400GB Models.... Three of those (either size) in RAID 5 gives you the performance increase and also the safety net in case of a drive failure. I've got three of them sitting in my office about to be installed... Very nice drives... I've got the Adaptec 2410SA controller to go with them.... It was cheaper and easily available... I'd recommend one of the 3Ware 9000 series controllers though... very nice cards.
As for your processor... go with this http://www.hothardware.com/printarti...?articleid=682
Athlon 64 X2 4800+.... Essentially 2 4000+ processors.
Anyways.. I can't wait to hear the results of your shopping spree :)
Peace,
HT
Well, I make my own PCs to save money. But with your budget... why not just have it done for you?
Check out this monster...
http://www.alienware.com/ALX_pages/aurora_alx.aspx
Can you say "SWEEEEETTTT!!!!!111111oneoneone"?
http://www.cyberpowersystem.com/
Thats where I got my new computer, it was really easy and cheaper than I thought. They let you configure it the way you want it ( i.e. they give you a list of components going from cheapest to expensive, you pick the ones you want and they build it for you and ship it to you)
HT
MHO...seeing the budget :eek:
SCSIs are fast and reliable....
MLF
Everyone's entitled to their opinion :pQuote:
Originally posted here by morganlefay
HT
MHO...seeing the budget :eek:
SCSIs are fast and reliable....
MLF
We've got over a TB of storage in our Apt... my buddy has nearly that much himself... SCSI drives may be fast and reliable... but they aren't the biggest drives in the world... that's where I'd be concerned... You'd need a lot 2 - 4x as many to compare to the storage of those NL35's... I guess it's a matter of preference...
I'd usually say SCSI in a server (although I picked those NL-35s for our Fileserver (again storage per device was factored in)... as was price)... but for the desktop I don't think their realistic...
I guess it's f2b's choice in the end :) hehe
Peace,
HT
Wow, $5,000...well, I don't know what to tell you as for parts, but I do know what to tell as for where to shop for them. If you love money as much as I do, you want to save as much of it as possible. http://www.newegg.com has a lot of good prices and reliable service :) and no, I'm not at all affiliated with Newegg..
well since u wanna spend dat much for a gaming box... u should have what every gaming box desirably have....
Fanless Cooling System.. them liquid cooling stuff.. ive had friends who spent a lot to have that installed on their system.. apparently its REALLY cools down your system, without the humming of the fan.
definately the SATA route and RAID 5 config too :cool:
sorry MLF but SATA is the future :p
and a big budget = future proofing required
plus the newest games are going to be taking anything upto 3GB EACH :eek:
as for the rest, well whatever you buy will be obsolete [relatively speaking] by the time it is up and running ..............
so get out there and spend ........
which leads to the REAL debate :
buy online
or
in a real shop
with that much in the kitty, I would be hitting the high street for some SERIOUS retail therapy
get the 'basics' online for the deals
but get your hands dirty for the fancy stuff
any shop will deal if you are spending well ...............
Well lets see, i would suggest you make sure that whatever mobo you get is CrossFire ready. In case you are not familiar with what that is, its ATI newish technology that allows you to have 2 video cards working in tandum. All you need is a CrossFire ready mobo, and 2 crossfire enabled vid cards, and they have been maiking almost all of thier vid cards CrossFire enabled before they even released the mobos. They dont even have to be the same speed.
As far as which vid cards to go for with that type of money i say go all the way and run 2 of these bad boys together
ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512 MB Pcie16 Graphics Card
. . . . :D 1024 mb video . . . . yummy
For your proc i have always preferred AMD to Intel, so i would suggest the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ / 2.4 GHZ Processor, dual core all the way.
Liquid cooling would be great.
Probably at least a 550 watt cpu annd with all expensive **** and definatly a ups.
get one of those nice wall mounting HD TVs since those vid cards will have the video out on the back and use it for your monitor.
hi,
well i am building/upgrading my pc all the time and i dont think is cheaper to do it byyourself any more but you have choice to put togather parts you want.
Well i have not seen any advertised pc in australia for gaming which comes close to $5000
in pc user magazine you can find some really good ones and nice reviews for them.
In computer trader i think the beast (most expencive system comes around $5000 mark.
As you are probably aware amd+gaming=lot of heat.As suggested nice investment in cooling and nice case is a must.
Thermaltake has released new fanless cooling system but its not that excpencive(300 mark).
If i was in your position and had that budget i would not go pass this case :))))):
http://www.i-tech.com.au/products/59...Edition_II.asp
I think they are the best cases on market.(why most of people probably dont hear for them is price:(. )
That cases are COOL.
HAHAHAH really cool.
hope you will post the photos when you finish-i think we would be definitelly interested to see it.
Good luck.
Internal Raid 5 (WD raptors) for games and OS, some sort of external storage (NAS?) for less urgent data.
You including monitors in the build money? 2x19" tft.
Soundproofed cabinet?
CPU: AMD FX-57
Price: $1,011
Single CPU core performance for gaming will still beat the dual cores anyday. And when most games do finally catch up to the hardware, this Socket 939 chip can easily be replaced with an X2 series.
Motherboard: ASUS A8N-SLI Premium ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Price: $165
THE motherboard for gamers right now. SLI support and a ton of other goodies. And the PCI-E support on this board gives you the full x16 speed for both slots, as opposed to splitting it up into two 8x slots like most other boards.
Video Card: 7800GTX 512mb (2 of them in SLI)
Price: $1500 total
These cards kick major ass. There really is nothing else to say. SLI wins benchmarks over and over again against the CrossFire series, and nVidia's latest card trumps the X1800XT. If you can afford, you should get it.
Ram: Well, you want to get something with low latency. Probalby two 1 gig sticks to start with. DDR400 should be more than enough, and it is the maximum that board will support. Get four gigs if you really want to.
Price: ~$400 for two 1 gig sticks
Harddrives: Raptors are nice. Don't put them in Raid though, as that will actually decrease their performance. Your best bet would be to get a 74 gigabyte or 36 gigabyte Raptor drive for your OS, and then three or so larger SATA drives like Seagate in Raid-5 for data et al.
Get a good powersupply too. OCZ is pretty good. You'll want to make sure you spend some money on this piece, as it can be the most crucial part of the system. And make sure it is SLI certified; you'll want something above 500 watts.
Save some for a liquid cooling system and a good case. You'll want liquid cooling because that system will be very loud with fans.
Don't forget a monitor. 24 inch LCD from Dell maybe? Get one with a low latency, 12ms or less. And DVI input.
Err, that's all I can think of right now.
And that buddy, is one kick ass gaming system.