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Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Buzzons, 14 Dec 2006.

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  1. Lazlow

    Lazlow I have a dremel.

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    I should have quoted just that, my bad - as the largest HDD will yield the highest capacity.
     
    Lazlow, 14 Dec 2006
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  2. specofdust

    specofdust Banned

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    Indeed. As for the "What will he do with 24GB of ram" people - I have thing to say: Ramdisk.

    He can use say 4-8GB of his RAM as RAM, and use the remaining 16-20GB as a phenominally fast disk.
     
    specofdust, 14 Dec 2006
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  3. Buzzons

    Buzzons Minimodder

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    could make him a SAS farm? :p that would be fast ;) with fiber in/out
     
    Buzzons, 14 Dec 2006
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  4. Mother-Goose

    Mother-Goose 5 o'clock somewhere

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    My vote goes for having two rigs in one case, he can have a pretty god two player lan then ;)
     
    Mother-Goose, 15 Dec 2006
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  5. Highland3r

    Highland3r Minimodder

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    If he's asking you to spec him a machine it sounds like he has limited knowledge. Therefore it needs to be something quick and something low maintenance. Forget watercooling, forget fancy vapo's etc. Something quick and simple.

    Quad core, 680i SLI mobo, 8800GTX SLI, 4gb ram (4*1gb, some 6400 or similar Corsair/OCZ/Crucial), 30" TFT, 850w+ PSU, decent surround setup, single 74g raptor boot, + 750gb drive for data. Case to suit.
    Clean, simple, hella quick by maintainable, not too noisy etc...
     
    Highland3r, 15 Dec 2006
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  6. Mother-Goose

    Mother-Goose 5 o'clock somewhere

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    alternatively, max out at alienware :thumb:
     
    Mother-Goose, 15 Dec 2006
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  7. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    I agree with Highland3r tbh. All he wants is a very fast PC that'll last him a while, not some crazy-ass rig that he'll have to keep fiddling with every 5 minutes to keep running.
     
    Krikkit, 15 Dec 2006
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  8. overdosedelusion

    overdosedelusion I mostly come at night, mostly..

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    Or you could max out at Vadim.co.uk ^^ i love that place
     
    overdosedelusion, 15 Dec 2006
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  9. Mother-Goose

    Mother-Goose 5 o'clock somewhere

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    Jesus I managed to get it up to £6500 for the highest of everything that alienware offers! :eeek:
     
    Mother-Goose, 15 Dec 2006
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  10. overdosedelusion

    overdosedelusion I mostly come at night, mostly..

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    lol, head over to vadim, alienware are ridiculously expensive considering whats actually inside, and you can customise everything ;)
     
    overdosedelusion, 15 Dec 2006
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  11. Mighty Yoshimi

    Mighty Yoshimi Motormouth

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    avoid 750gb HDD's for a speccy pc unless they are for storage, the seek times tend to be horrible unless you get 15k rpm drives (hell of a noisey). Better getting a couple of smaller high rpm drives for installing .exe's on.
     
    Mighty Yoshimi, 15 Dec 2006
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  12. rowin4kicks

    rowin4kicks a man walked into a bar ...

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    rowin4kicks, 15 Dec 2006
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  13. ajack

    ajack rox

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    That's not going to work is it, the shopping cart is individual to each person who goes to the site, we won't be able to view yours.
     
    ajack, 15 Dec 2006
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  14. rowin4kicks

    rowin4kicks a man walked into a bar ...

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    oh damn 1 sec then ......

    BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB Silent WaterCooled - x3 £1,499.97 (£1,762.47)

    OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-9200 1150MHz WaterCooled Dual Channel DDR2 x2 £699.98 (£822.48)

    Western Digital Raptor X 150GB x1 £134.99 (£158.61)

    Seagate Barracuda ES 750GB x3 £854.97 (£1,004.58)

    Asetek WaterChill Xtreme CPU/VGA/Chipset Cooling Kit - Triple 120mm Radiator £273.95 (£321.89)

    LiteOn LH-2B1S-490C 2x BD-R/RE Blu-Ray SATA DVD Writer x1 £449.99 (£528.74)

    NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter x1 £21.99 (£25.84)

    Intel Core 2 Quadro Extreme Edition "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.66GHz x1 £569.99 (£669.74)

    Asus Striker Extreme nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard x1 £214.99 (£252.61)

    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro x1 £171.99 (£202.09)

    Lian-Li PC V2000 PLUS Silver Aluminium Full-Tower (No PSU) x1 £129.99 (£152.74)

    Enermax Galaxy 1000W EGA1000EWL ATX2.2 Modular PSU x1 £194.99 (£229.11)

    AcoustiFan DustProof Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin x1 £31.90 (£37.48)

    Dell Ultrasharp 3007WFP 30" Widescreen LCD Monitor x2 £2,757.00

    Sub Total : £8,006.69

    Shipping : £
    Vat : £1,401.17
    Total : £9,407.86[/SIZE]
     
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    rowin4kicks, 15 Dec 2006
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  15. Noni

    Noni What's a Dremel?

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    Build a modestly powerful PC and donate some PC's to charity.
     
    Noni, 15 Dec 2006
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  16. Boswell

    Boswell Minimodder

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    rowin4kicks we have just taken into account that watercooling isn't for this guy... read the other posts!! Highland3r is totally right here! He needs something simple .. that will last him e.g. not raid,- not saying raid won't last him, but I can imagine one rainy day him looking at all the settings of the raid setup and deleting the array! "I wonder would format disc 2 means... hmm this is taking a while [restarts computer] [then crys]". See my point.

    Don't get alienware or anything like this to make the pc...soo pointless (unless you really don't know how to build a computer).. what could they achieve that is better than the spec Highland3r just told us..(apart from maybe a free case carryer!)!

    Ed
     
    Boswell, 15 Dec 2006
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  17. Mother-Goose

    Mother-Goose 5 o'clock somewhere

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    Ah i know, some poeple just like warrenties (those be dirty people on these forums lol)
     
    Mother-Goose, 15 Dec 2006
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  18. DreamTheEndless

    DreamTheEndless Gravity hates Bacon

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    No comments on the whole mac pro thing? Simple. Will run forever. 4* 3.0ghz cores. 2* 30 inch monitors......

    And, they look pretty.
     
    DreamTheEndless, 15 Dec 2006
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  19. overdosedelusion

    overdosedelusion I mostly come at night, mostly..

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    has anyone told you how creepy your avatar is dreamtheendless
     
    overdosedelusion, 15 Dec 2006
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  20. DreamTheEndless

    DreamTheEndless Gravity hates Bacon

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    Haven't heard that yet - no....
    Actually, I have the same thing (without the christmas hat) as a tattoo....
     
    DreamTheEndless, 15 Dec 2006
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