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Old 06-27-2003, 07:57 PM   #1
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Wink Dream Computer
If you had the money what would be your dream pc?

Intel Pentium 4 3.20 GHz oc~4.0ghz
Ati Radeon 9800 Pro
Danger Den Water Cooling Kit
Maxtor 300GB Hardrive
TDK 420 Indi Dvd +-r/rw
3 gigs Kingston HyperX DDR 434MHz
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum eX
MegaWorks THX® 6.1 Speaker System
Samsung SyncMaster 403T flat panel LCD display
Logitech® Cordless MX™ Duo
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Old 06-27-2003, 08:18 PM   #2
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That would be something a celebrity would buy lol
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Old 06-27-2003, 08:23 PM   #3
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Box Car Racer, you figured out my next build
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Old 06-27-2003, 08:36 PM   #4
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what motherboard can handle all that??
For me it would be the new
Powermac G5
Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5
1GHz frontside bus
512K L2 cache/processor
512MB DDR400 128-bit SDRAM
Expandable to 8GB SDRAM
160GB Serial ATA
SuperDrive
Three PCI-X Slots
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
64MB DDR video memory
56K internal modem

with a 23" Cinema HD Display monitor
23" diagonal viewable image size
1920 x 1200 optimal resolution
16.7 million colors
19.2 x 24.2 x7.3-11.1 inches
25.3 pounds
Two USB ports
Apple Display Connector
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Old 06-27-2003, 09:28 PM   #5
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I will wait to see what will come out in the next 4-5 years, then I let you know.
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Old 06-27-2003, 09:42 PM   #6
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You guys are thinking small time...Desktops...pfft...

Let me show a REAL dream system!
http://www.poetictech.com/aura/index.html
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Old 06-27-2003, 09:57 PM   #7
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Wow!
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Old 06-27-2003, 10:52 PM   #8
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You guys are thinking small time...Desktops...pfft...

Let me show a REAL dream system!
http://www.poetictech.com/aura/index.html
technically,isn't the PC it self on a desktop or standing somewhere?
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Old 06-27-2003, 11:12 PM   #9
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I want one....Now.....
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Old 06-27-2003, 11:49 PM   #10
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technically,isn't the PC it self on a desktop or standing somewhere?
No, that is a "sophisticated high end work station for professionsals"
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You guys are thinking small time...Desktops...pfft...

Let me show a REAL dream system!
http://www.poetictech.com/aura/index.html
That workstations just blew my dream down the drain
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Old 06-28-2003, 12:43 AM   #12
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So how much is one of those? $10,000? $15000? $20000?
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Old 06-28-2003, 08:32 PM   #13
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Old 06-28-2003, 08:43 PM   #14
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So how much is one of those? $10,000? $15000? $20000?
More like 65,000
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Old 06-28-2003, 09:10 PM   #15
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My Dream PC:


P4 2.53GHz
P4P800D
Hercules 9800 Pro
1GB Corsair XMS PC3500
2x WD 80GB 'JB' in RAID0
Audigy2



Not extreme enough, you say? Well, at least I *have* my dream PC.
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Old 06-28-2003, 10:59 PM   #16
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To be satisfied with what you already have...How boring....
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Old 06-29-2003, 01:04 PM   #17
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Gigabyte GA-yDPXDW+ dual Athlon MB - $195
2x Athlon MP 2800+ 2.08GHz - $289
2x Cruccial 512MB DDR PC2100 ECC - $98.99
2x Maxtor 120GB 7200RPM ATA133 w/ 8MB cache - $105
ATI RAdeon 9800 Pro -$388
keep my current case, DVD-ROM and CD-RW
Total - $1478.98

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Old 06-29-2003, 05:04 PM   #18
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To be satisfied with what you already have...How boring....
It's fun to dream about the reaching the unreachable, even for just a little while.
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