What's your <extreme> dream machine ?

[GT98]

Originally posted by eftychios
Man what is wrong with you guys and abit??
MY BX6 5 years old is still running smoothly
Never had any HW issues with it. ABIT RULES

Now seriously is it that bad?? At least my impression from my current board is very positive.
Actually I was so happy with it I bought a BX6ver2 for my PC at home.

Well for the most part Abit BX440 boards are pretty decent, though they use Crappy Caps on them. My BH6 gave up the ghost after 3 years because of this.

[Greebe]

Ditto here Scott, totally agree

Their caps are crap. There are a few websites who which cater specifically to cap replacement on Abit boards, which I might add fixes them right up.

[isochar]

My Dream-duallie come November/December:

Dual Intel Xeon DP 3.06ghz 1mb cache Processors ~$1200
Supermicro X5DAE (Placer Chipset = PCI-X, AGP8x, Dual Channel PC2100) ~$600
6x 512mb Crucial PC2100 ECC = $900
Adaptec 2200S Ultra 320 RAID = $650
Seagate 4 x X15.3 73gb = $4000
3Ware Serial ATA Controller 8500-4 = $377
4xSeagate 120gb 8mb cache Serial ATA Drives = ~$1000

=$8727

Everything else identical to my current setup...

[Sinistral]

Originally posted by Dogbert
Sinistral and Wombat,

I said:
I used stuff that was available in a single store where I usually buy my PC hardware.

- Eh... Sorry, but if i can buy it... It isnt a Dream Machine . -

[Wombat]

I've never managed to build a machine from one store. Even now, I know I couldn't get everything from one vendor. When you know <I>exactly</I> what you want in a system, you need more than one channel.

[Dogbert]

True

[WyWyWyWy]

Dream machine... IBM AS400? Or Honda Integra Type-R...

[Evildead666]

Here's my idea of a dream machine:

AMD K8 CPU
NForce2 chipset (r there others yet?)
1-2Gb DDR 3500 222
2x160Gb Maxtor 7200rpm
NV30 (I'm a 3Dfx fan, and hoping for something new!!)
If (PCI-X) Exists
Then (Welcome back SLI) -> 2xNV30
6.1(7.1) sound card
3Com 3C905C-TX-M NIC
RAID card, (if not included on Mobo)
Apple LCD 23" Cinema Widescreen (+adapter)
Oh, and my own 2.3Mbit ADSL line.....unlimited Up/Down Bwidth.

[VJ]

isochar:
I am also waiting for mainboards with the Placer chipset. How do you know it will be available by november/december ? (I can't seem to find information on that Supermicro; I myself was waiting for Tyan...)

Jörg

[isochar]

That's what the little birdie at the 2cpu forum said. (Also, the Intel roadmap has it set for Q4 )

X5DA8 and X5DAE

intel E7505 ( Placer )
Dual XEON up to 2.8GHz+ 533/400 MHz
12 GB ECC Reg. DDR266/200 in 6 DIMMs
( 2-way interleaved memory )
8X AGP Pro 1.5V (1)
64 bit PCI-X 133MHz (1)
64 bit PCI-X 100MHz (2)
32 bit PCI (2)
Adaptec 7902W Dual Ultra320 SCSI Zero Channel RAID
intel 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet
AC97 Audio CODEC
ATA 100
USB 2.0 up to 6 ports
4Mb Phoenix Flash ROM

[Dogbert]

mmm, tasty...!

[Admiral]

it's not extrem, but here it goes:

mobo: ASUS P4S8X (SIS 648/963, AGP x8, Serial ATA, 333 DDR official/400 DDR unofficial, Ez-plug for using of conventional ATX 2.01 PSU)
CPU: P4 Northwood B 2.8 GHz
memory: 512mb Corsair XMS PC 3200 or 3500
vid-card: Hercules 3D Prophet 9700 Pro
s-card: Audigy 2
hdd: 80GB Seagate Baracuda ATA V (S-ATA)
case: Chieftec Apollo AL-01BK
monitor: 21" SONY F520

[VJ]

Isochar:

Hmm, according to this:

http://freespace.virgin.net/m.warner/RoadmapQ402.htm#Placer

The Placer will be the E7507. But yes, it has moved in the roadmap to Q4/02.


Jörg

[Mehen]

myself being a gamer would go for an o/c p4 2.8, its much better for games than a dual or even quad cpu machine, although 4 cpus would be nice