Best computer for $5000

[Pentaborane]

Lets build an imaginary computer for $5000

[ No monitor, no speakers, no keyboard / mouse ]

** This is just to see how good we can do with the price given

[PyX]

For that price, you can get about the best of the best home computer.

AKA

Hardware..........................Price (CAD)

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1x AMD Athlon64 4800+.....1x825

4x 250GB WD SATA2.........4x125

2x 7800 GTX 512MB...........2x1000

2x 2GB OCZ DDR400.........2x280

1x A8N-E...........................1x120

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TOTAL...............................4005

Damn... Didn't manage to make it... The motherboard doesn't work with the SLi though :p

[WooSH]

yeah and the ~1000 dollars u wud save cud be directed in two ways...

u cud buy an awesome display to go along with ur awesome pc (doesnt look nice to use economy fuel in a mercedes...) or u cud give it to me :p

no seriously.....

i wud recommend this...(i dunno the prices)

Inter Pentium D or Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition

2x PC2-5300 DDR2 2GB Ram Gold Plated

2x ATI X1900GT or 2x Nvidia 7900

Liquid Cooling and a Wicked case (for looks more than anything, and a little performance)

Soundblaster sound Card...the best out there i dunno which one

30" Sony Dual Screens

[digweed]

$5000 on a computer.. a slightly ridiculous budget.

[TEX4S]

  digweed said:

$5000 on a computer.. a slightly ridiculous budget.

What ?!?!!? - remember everything is relative - what you consider ridiculous other might consider ordinary.

Enjoy your Honda Accord

[foxconn287]

P3 1GHz x 400

How's that sound

[PyX]

5000$ is a ridiculous budget for a tower considering that you can get a great one for 1300$ (like mine)

I know I'll be flamed for posting such a comment :p

But seriously, I'd love to use a 5000$ computer though. It'd excite me~

[seta-san]

i can remember a time when a ****ty tandy cost that much :p

[bryan001]

to get closer to 5000 just add an fx60 instead of the 4800

2.6 ghz is better than 2.4

[Starcom826]

With 5000 dollars it might just be better to spend only some of it on the computer and the rest on a super monitor or a plasma screen haha.

[NextGen_Gamer]

These are always so fun and pointless, yet I can't bring myself to not post something!

(All Prices Rounded Up)

Cooler Master Praetorian 730 Silver All-Aluminum Mid-Tower Case - $140

..... 2 x Acousti Products AcoustiFan DustPROOF 80x80x25mm Fan - $30 Each

..... 1 x Acousti Products AcoustiFan DustPROOF 120x120x25mm Fan - $35

PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 Express/SLI Power Supply Unit - $200

ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Motherboard - $205

AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 Processor - $1,040

..... Thermalright SI-120 Heatsink - $50

..... Acousti Products AcoustiFan DustPROOF 120x120x25mm Fan - $35

2GB (1GB x 2) DDR400 OCZ Technology Titanium Edition Memory Kit - $255

2 x BFG NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX OC 512MB Video Card - $560 Each

Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic Sound Card - $115

2 x 150GB Western Digital Raptor SATA-150 Hard Disk Drive - $280 Each

Plextor PX-716SA Serial ATA CD-RW/DVD?RW/DVD?R DL Optical Drive - $120

Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition OEM Full Version - $140

Total - $4,075.00

Man, I couldn't even get it to $5000. There is really no reason to spend any more money than that. Adding more memory would just slow down performance. I chose the BFG GeForce 7900 GTX just because the heatsink is far sexier then the slightly more overclocked XFX and eVGA versions. I suppose you could add another 150GB Raptor and make a RAID 5 array (as opposed to my RAID 0 one), but RAID 5 suppport is only provided as beta in the nForce4 series on AMD motherboards.

BTW, my config would be nice looking (look at the that sexy Cooler Master case!), and very quiet.

[.weir]

TYAN S2895A2NRF Dual Socket 940 NVIDIA nForce4 Professional SSI EEB v3.5 Server Motherboard - $419.99

2x AMD Dual-Core Opteron 280 Italy 1GHz HT Socket 940 Dual Core Processor - $1,878.00

8x Crucial 2GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) ECC Registered - $4,320.00

2x BFG Tech Geforce 7900GTX 512MB - $1,118.00

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite 7.1 - $385.00

4x Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 - $1,124.00

2x PLEXTOR Black IDE Slot Load 16X DVD?R DVD Burner Model PX-716AL/SW - $299.98

Zalman TNN-500AF Fanless Case (Noise Free) - $1,299.00

PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW EPS12V 1000W Power Supply - $469.99

Total $11,313.96

Guess I killed your budget:whistle::

[hifive]

Quad SLI that sucker.

[.weir]

I'd take dual Opteron 280's and 16GB's of ram over quad sli any day, mind you I don't play games

[Dark Reaper]

AMD Athlon X2 4800+ $825

8 x 150 GB WD Raptor X $2800

2 x Nvidia Geforce 7900 GTX $1200

2GB (2x1GB) DDR400 Ram $400

Phase Cooling $1000

Total=$6225

Went a bit overboard there. You can cut back on the HDD. The phase cooling hopefully would help you OC the 4800+ into the 4 GHz area.

[TEX4S]

I think its funny how people get on here and talk about how dumb the idea of spending $5000 on a computer is.... others think the idea of considering price as a factor is ridiculous - me ?? Im ridiculous !

Edited March 14, 2006 by cwalker2734