Dream Computer

[danpaul88]

A PC built around an Intel Knights Corner CPU clocked at 3GHz or higher per core.

http://newsroom.intel.com/community/int ... -computing

[darkdarr]

my dream computer works!

[JustTalentx]

Ya, I remember on my first build I was so scared thinking I might static discharge everything...

[BaDFiShy]

I finished my dream build "For the moment its never finished"
Amd 6 core overclocked to 3.8
16 gigs ddr3 1600
Asus M4N98TD
Soundblaster X-Fi Platinum
1-Velociraptor 150 gig c: <----Windows 7
1-Velociraptor 300 gig d: <----Games
1-WD 1TB e: <----Storage
2-Evga 460 Sc <----Sli
Samsung 24" Monitor
Logitech G110 , G9x
Coolermaster CM690 II

[toadsdaki]

Ahhhh that sounds awesome! It can just tank games lmao. I'm tryin so hard to get a new computer....the only game i've ever ran max graphics on was Renegade

[BaDFiShy]

buy parts here & there , look for the good sales thats how I start. Also alot easier to hide a true cost of a pc that way

[danpaul88]

Indeed, it also helps if you can just upgrade a few parts at a time, rather than buying everything all at once. The stuff in my current build is anywhere from 10 yrs old (my trustly old WiFi-G PCI card) to less than a year old... things like hard drives (especially for storage), DVD drives and assorted expansion cards can be reused over and over again, cutting down on the cost of upgrades.

My current machine has 8gb of RAM and a 3.2GHz PhenomII X2 processor, built on an ASUS M4N72-E motherboard. Graphics card is much more reasonably priced than x420xFishys, being a single GeForce 9600GT, but it manages near-max settings on almost all the games I have played at reasonable framerates (20FPS and up)... plus it's driving two 24" monitors all by itself. It's a busy little card, but it gets the job done!




Also, it's worth pointing out that you should try to avoid the 'more cores = good' mind set. A lot of applications and games are still doing the bulk of their processing in one or a couple of threads, so a 4, 6 or 8-core 2.6GHz processor would actually perform a lot worse than a dual core 3.2GHz processor when running those.

[toadsdaki]

Ya see I've just never built a computer...So I just buy it all at once I'd definitely like to build one though. I'd like to say most game won't even use 4 cores will they? I just see i7 blowing everything else away. But I do some hardcore video editing with premiere so 6 cores would be nice i'd imagine