The Best Computer Money can Buy !

Here is a peek at the best computer that can be bought presently. Its priced at $10,000 Woooooooo.............

Here is the link
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/09/...e_toms_10k_pc/

Specifications

Chassis Silverstone TJ-03 Aluminum

Power Supply Silverstone Zeus 850 W

Processor(s) Intel Core 2 Extreme Edition
2.93 GHz @ 3.73 GHz, 1.066 GHz FSB, 4 MB L2 cache

Motherboard Asus P5N32-SLI DLX

RAM Corsair TwinX-2048-6400C4
4 x 1024 MB @ DDR666 (CL4.0-4-4-9)

Hard Drive 2 x Western Digital Raptor, WD1500ADFD
150 GB, 10,000 rpm, 16 MB cache, SATA150 (in RAID 0)
1 x Seagate, ST3500641AS
500 GB, 7,200 rpm, 16 MB cache, SATA150

Graphics Cards BFG GeForce 7950GX2 1 GB GDDR3
570 MHz Core
775 MHz Memory (1.55 GHz DDR)

Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS 7.1 Channels PCI

Networking On-Board nForce4 Gigabit Ethernet Onboard Marvell Gigabit Ethernet

Optical Drives Sony 16x DVD-ROM
Plextor 760A 16x DVD +/- RW Dual Layer

Floppy Drive Mitsumi FA404 USB 2.0 Floppy Drive and 8-in-1 Card Reader

Mouse & Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5000 Laser

Speakers Logitech Z-5450 Dolby 5.1 and THX Certified

Display Apple Cinema Display 30" Dual Link DVI (2560x1600)

CPU Cooler Sanyo Denki San Ace MC Liquid

I found it pretty coool. What is your opinion on this ??

It is not "the best" at all...................I can see two glaring misconfigurations.

1. There should be twin DVD burners for redundancy.

2. SATA/150 is lame, it should be SATA/300?

:p:D

Just beowulf a cluster of awesome.

Noooo .... this is my next upgrade :D the Roadrunner

Well even if it isn't the best this is one great configuration to have.

Apart from this the technology is evolving at such a rapid pace that there will be better hardware components available in a matter of months that will pose a challenge to this configuration too.

He-heh, the "best" is in the eye of the beholder. Me? I prefer
throwaways. Gimme an old laptop I can toss off a bridge into
the river at a moment's notice.

It's ALL j-u-n-k.

:)

Not even close to the best. There should be dual 8800 GTX's in there. And why is there only 800 GB of storage? I'd have thought dual (or more) 500GB Seagates would be the way to go... And for that amount of money, I want a dual processor board with 2 Core 2 Duos in there :D

Cheers,
cgkanchi

Moira! beware my dear, they called it "roadrunner" for a reason............ it will run Windows Vista "Extreme, Extreme" edition....................

The BIOS goes "Beep, Beep" then you get a BSOD?

:p:D:cool:

Yes I remember Roadrunner, Wily. E . Coyote, Dick Dastardly, Muttley and the rest.................

Hmmmmmmmm?

It will also be able to achieve "petaflop speeds". One petaflop is the equivalent of 1,000 trillion calculations per second.

Running at peak speed, it will be able to crunch through 1.6 thousand trillion calculations per second.

1.6 thousand trillian calculations per second!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Moira

1.6 thousand trillian calculations per second!

---

What would you possibly do with that?!

I think that most people only need their computer for one of two reasons...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7ZGpgQwYFU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhTxRssxfuI

Bah! What a waste of a super computer to use it for something like that :p

Nasa use these powerful computers, another use for them is to factor massive primes that would otherwise render encryption completely unbreakable, hence the constant need to find larger and larger prime numbers - and the move towards quantum computing. Even then, cracking encryption is usually done via distributed computing - I take part in one such project to try and unravel an Enigma coded message from the war (I do some really useful things with my PCs!)

I suppose when you're the FBI trying to outwit terrorists, then you need the best you can get. Not exactly for the home user perhaps :)

Hey Moira, you will just get to the BSOD more quickly?

:p:D

Well i do have to say that sucks compared to some of the pc's you can build. Here is a great example that i just made in like 15min on newegg:

Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price

Update Thermaltake Tai-Chi VB5000SNA Black/ Silver All aluminum extrusion built chassis ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail
Model #: VB5000SNA
Item #: N82E16811133164

Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

In Stock
$369.00 $369.00

Update TYAN S4881G2NR Quad Socket 940 NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 + AMD 8131 SSI MEB v3.5 footprint Server Motherboard - Retail
Model #: S4881G2NR
Item #: N82E16813151008

Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

In Stock
$1,587.99 $1,587.99

Update eVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail
Model #: 768-P2-N831-AR
Item #: N82E16814130072

Return Policy: Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy

In Stock
$629.99 $629.99

Update HP 291967-B21 PCI-X / 133 MHz Ultra320 SCSI Smart Array 642 Controller - Storage controller - Retail
Model #: 291967-B21
Item #: N82E16816401012

Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

In Stock
$494.99 $494.99

Update PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW EPS12V 1000W Continuous @ 50°C Power Supply - Retail
Model #: Turbo-Cool 1KW
Item #: N82E16817703003

Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

In Stock
$529.99 $529.99

Update AMD Opteron 875 Egypt 2.2GHz Socket 940 Dual Core Processor Model OSA875FAA6CC - OEM
Model #: OSA875FAA6CC
Item #: N82E16819105079

Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

In Stock
$879.99 $3,519.96

Update CORSAIR XMS 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Desktop Memory Model CMX1024-3200C2PRO - Retail
Model #: CMX1024-3200C2PRO
Item #: N82E16820145018

Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

In Stock
$153.99 $2,463.84

Update Seagate Cheetah 15K.4 ST3146854LC 147GB 15,000 RPM SCSI Ultra320 80pin Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: ST3146854LC
Item #: N82E16822111152

Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

In Stock
$681.99 $2,727.96

Update Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3750640AS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: ST3750640AS
Item #: N82E16822148134

Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

In Stock
$399.99 -$20.00 Instant $759.98

Update EIZO S2410W-BK Black 24.1" On/Off Response Time: 16ms Midtone Response Time: 8ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail
Model #: S2410W-BK
Item #: N82E16824136059

Return Policy: Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy

In Stock
$1,629.99 $1,629.99

Update Optoma HD78DC3 1280x720 DLP Home Theater Projector - Retail
Model #: HD78DC3
Item #: N82E16824219019

Return Policy: Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy

In Stock
$3,629.99 $3,629.99

Update PLEXTOR Slot Load 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model PX-716AL/SW-BL - Retail
Model #: PX-716AL/SW-BL
Item #: N82E16827131352

Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

In Stock
$153.99 $153.99

Update PLEXTOR Blu-ray DVD Burner with replaceable beige front bezel -Bilingual Packaging Black IDE Model PX-B900A/SW-BL - Retail
Model #: PX-B900A/SW-BL
Item #: N82E16827131365

Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

In Stock
$850.99 $850.99

Update Creative SOUND BLASTER X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail
Model #: 70SB046600002
Item #: N82E16829102189

Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

In Stock
$182.99 $182.99

Update COOLER MASTER RL-MUA-EBU1 AQUAGATE Mini R120 Liquid Cooling System - Retail
Model #: RL-MUA-EBU1
Item #: N82E16835103165

Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

In Stock
$99.99 -$38.00 Instant $61.99

Update asetek 03-L-1351 CPU/VGA/Chipset cooling kit - Retail
Model #: 03-L-1351
Item #: N82E16835703015

Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

In Stock
$449.99 -$60.00 Instant $389.99

Update Creative GigaWorks S750 700 Watts 7.1 Speaker - Retail
Model #: 51MF7010AA000
Item #: N82E16836116142

Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

In Stock
$429.99 $429.99
Subtotal: $20,413.62


So you are getting:

4X Dual Core Opterons (8 cores there)
16gb ram
4X 15,000rpm drives in Raid
2X 750GB drives
8800GTX
1kw psu
water cooling
best sound card available
7.1 700w speaker system
blue-ray burner
slot loading dvd burner
24.1" lcd for normal stuff and gaming
projector for movies video ect.


still missing a few items i think

Hi alakhiyar,

That looks pretty comprehensive and I don't know the case/chassis details, but I would be looking for a redundant power supply?

Also, although it is external (you did specify a monitor, so I will take my lead from that) I would want a UPS system?

After all, you are building a server ;)

The "best" system? Please. The Commodore 64 blows anything mentioned in this thread away.

System Architecture
Microprocessor: 6510
Clock speed: 1 MHz
Bus type: CBM proprietary
Data bus width: 8-bit
Address bus width: 16-bit

Memory
Standard on system board: 64k
Maximum on system board: 64k
Maximum total memory: 512k cartridge
Memory type and speed: 200ns dynamic RAM
System board memory socket type: 16 pin DIP
Number of memory module sockets: 8 soldered
Memory used on system board: 4164-2/MK4564N-20

Standard Features
ROM size: 20k
Parallel port type: serial
RS232C serial ports: yes

Disk Storage
Internal disk and tape drive bays: none
Standard floppy drives: optional
Optional floppy drives: up to 8
5 1/4 inch 160k: optional

Video & Graphics
Graphics Processor: VIC II 6567 / 40 pin DIP
Screen size: Col x Rows 40 x 25
Resolution: Colors/High 16 - 320 x 200 pixels
Resolution: Colors/Low 16 - 40 x 25
Max colors: 16
Sprites or Missiles 8: 21 x 24 pixels

Sound
Sound Interface device: SID 6581 / 28 pin DIP
Sound generation 3 voices ADSR capable yes

An IBM Blue Gene /L would blow this thing out of the water it needs for cooling. And the Blue Gene /L can run Linux so it's actually useable by people here without some weirdo special OS only big corporate admins have ever heard of.

360 Teraflops was it?

And even then you don't need to go that far, one fo those big as a fridge Sun bxes would pretty much run circles around it regaurdless of it it was running linux or Solaris.

For home users who want to go all out you have two choices to make someone at a LAN party wet themselves:

An Alienware, which you wouldn't just buy one, you'd of course click on configure, and then upgrade everything to the option that adds money to the total price.

Alienware has a nice website and when you configure a machine before purchase you can configure what you want it to come with. Click on everything that adds to the cost to make it faster and more expensive and basically you'd have almost the same thing.

The next choice is for the Apple Mac users, who there and configure their top fo the line I wet myself because I paid as much for this thing as some people do for their cars buttons, then add all the extras and you have another top fo the line machine.

Not that I'd know exact specs, I can't afford either, and if I could, I'd go mid grade with room for upgrade and concentrate mainly on as much RAM as I can shove in this thing, as much HD space as I can fit, and as fast of a processor as I can make it use with water cooling, HD coolers, a video card cooler, and generally hook up liquid nitrogen to the MOBO.

When I bought my Laptop, I didn't have a lot of money, so I was like OK, I want it to be nice but I can't afford REALLY high end, so I took an Inspiron notebook, and configured it myself from Dell, it was cheap, and the grand total was 1200 dollars.

This is how I did it:

I want a fast processor, what good is a laptop I'm going to use at school if I'm waiting for everything to load up? So I went with a Pentium 4 Mobile at 3.06GHz.

Next was RAM, Most of my machines have 512 MBs and that works fine for me, being a Linux user, that gives me the ability to open 19 instances of Firefox with 10 tabs in each + XMMS playing a huge MP3 playlist while watching a video and ripping a CD and talking on AIM.

So I went with 512, and that only costed a little extra, so now the price was still under a thousand dollars.

Next, I said "OK, this is a laptop, meaning a MOBILE PC, it's not much good if the Battery runs out and so a crap battery defeats the purpose of a laptop I can use without being at home, I want to use it in school, but it's hard to do that if the Battery dies" and so I upgraded the Battery in it to a Lithium Ion, which costed an extra 100 dollars.

I said "OK, now I have a Laptop that's 15 inches, it has a decent amount of RAM, so it's useable, it's got a good processor, so it's good on speed, and it has a nice price tag. It also has a getter battery" and the HD was 30 GBs, which is fine, I have 2 MP3 players and an external HD and a USB DVD / CD burner so I didn't spend extra to make it have a CD or DVD burner, and I left the HD at 30 GBs because I run an FTP server on at least one machine so I can store things there and still have room for a few games, some homework, and even a partition for Linux and Windows to play on the HD without having to delete things all the time.

I also made the HD go farther by uninstalling things I don't use. I have some MP3s on it, a few videos, some pics, Doom, Doom 2, Final Doom, Quake, Quake 2, Unreal Tournament, Unreal Tournament 2003, and Wolfenstein, and still have room for software and things I work on.

Now, I have almost 50 gigs of MP3s, and almost the same in movies, so to keep the HD space working for this laptop, I only grabbed MP3s I actually listen to a lot and even allowed a few more for when I want to have a new playlist, for videos, I grabbed a few I like to watch, and downloaded Dawn of the Dead from my FTP server on my desk, and still had like 20 gigs free so I installed Linux, set up an FTP server so I had something to do in class when my friend would bringin a router, we would unhook Cat5 from the PCs in the machine area, set up a mini network, and have fun.

This is a lot of typing, but the thread made me think "hmm, some people may want one of these machines thinking they really need everything top of the line when they don't, maybe I can go over how I went about getting my first laptop, and go over what I did to keep the price down".

The only other thing I paid extra for was the video card. I don't like integrated cards, so I spent the extra money and had it come with an Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 GO card, and that works to play the games I actually play and at the same time work out of the box with Linux.

So there you have it, a machine that didn't suck and costed 1200 dollars. If you don't have a bunch of mp3 players or USB drives and don't have a CD or DVD burner on every other machine you own, or don't have a portable one, you still don't have to spend a bunch on the thing.

This was 2 years ago and I still got one of the fastest processors the thing could handle, so you just have to go over what you're ACTUALLY using it for, and go from there.