I need an advice....

[PCnerd]

I am looking for a compter in the price range of $0 to $13000. Any suggestions on a manufacturer, brand, and, in your opinion, will it be a good system or should I look for a more serious price?

[Ygor]

Way too wise opwn there. Please tell us what your intended use is. Cad/graphics, games, websurfing, many other possibilities.

[PCnerd]

I will use it for programming, 3d graphics (hopefully), games, learning (my major is Hardware engineering.

[alpha]

If it isn't compatability you need, go with two alpha 21264s www.alphaprocessor.com (http://www.alphaprocessor.com) (i think) You should build the machine yourself. Dead easy.

If you want an x86, get a 750mhz AMD Athlon based system, with 192mb RAM, 32mb S3 Savage4 Pro, SCSI HDD and CD and tri boot Windows 98SE, NT 4 and Linux. Oh, and throw in BeOS for good measure http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[RobFM]

Am i going mad, or did you say $13000
thats going to be a great PC.

I want one too !

[jad1097]

If you meant $13,000 check this out UGM (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/003465.html). I am sure you mean $1,300 though. You could build an awesome box for $1,300.

[This message has been edited by jad1097 (edited 01-13-2000).]

[PCnerd]

I have seen a magazine at the place where I work and there was a DELL computer. It had 2(two)733Mhz Processors and a Wild Catz(I am not sure how to spell it) video/3d accelerator card. So this is what I am looking at now.

[PCnerd]

Jed1097, that is THIRTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS! My parents are helping me here =)

[bdog]

For that kind of money I would build a beowulf cluster.

[chipbgt]

13,000 dollars.

holy cow.

I dont think it matters what his needs are for a computer at this level...whatever he gets is gonna be sweet...Man, what I would do with that kinda money to invest in a computer....first, I would use the first bit to buy an iBook and run over it with my truck. Just for fun. Then I would spend about 8000 or so on the PHATest computer monitor around. Kinda like the Kate and Leo's on the ScreenSavers....the rest I would use towards the actuall computer i guess....I'll leave the rest of the specs up to others, I just want that monitor..drool.. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[jad1097]

That monitor Kate and Leo has is $10,000. The new one for the new UGM AKA MACH 2. Juat plain awsome!

[PCnerd]

Well, if you have enough patience, then read below about a computer I am looking at. The price is $7485.95, this is not the one I would buy, but it can give you a rough idea of my future computer.


Dell Dimension B Series: NEW Dimension® XPS B800r, Pentium® III Processor at 800 MHz
B80RHBE - [220-8112]
Memory: 512MB PC800 RDRAM at 400 MHz with ECC
512ECC8 - [311-0905]
Keyboard: NEW Microsoft®Natural®Keyboard Pro, Dell Edition
HOTKEY - [310-5232]
Monitor: 21" (19.8" viewable, .24AG) P1110 FD Trinitron®
P1110 - [320-0075]
Video Card: NEW 32MB NVIDIA geFORCE 4X AGP Graphics Card
32NV10 - [320-0931]
Hard Drive: 37.5GB IBM Ultra ATA Hard Drive
37 - [340-2800]
Floppy Drive: 3.5" Floppy Drive
3 - [340-1887]
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 98 Second Edition
W982 - [310-8921][412-3906][420-0300]
Mouse: Logitech MouseMan®Wheel (PS/2v)
MM - [310-3180][310-0589]
Modem: NEW Conexant V.90/56K Telephony Modem for Windows- Sound Option
56KWS - [412-6890][412-8080][313-8626]
Tape Drive: 10/20GB EIDE TR5 Tape Backup
TB10 - [340-2195]
DVD-ROM or CD-ROM Drive: NEW 8X Max Variable DVD ROM Drive with Software Decoding and FREE DVD Movie offer
DVD8SFT - [460-7911][430-0500][313-6551]
Sound Card: SoundBlaster Live! Value Digital with MusicMatch Jukebox Enhanced Version
SB512D - [313-0822]
Speakers: NEW Harman Kardon HK-595 Surround Sound Speakers with Subwoofer
HK595 - [313-4535]
Bundled Software: Microsoft®Office 2000 Small Business Plus Bookshelf 2000:
2KBS - [412-1300][412-8996][412-7365]
Zip Drives: 250MB iomega Zip BUILT-IN Drive with One Disk
ZIP250 - [340-6500]
McAfee VirusScan 4.02 at no additional charge: McAfee VirusScan 4.02
MCAFEE - [412-8429]
Service: 3-Yr Limited Warranty, 1-Yr Next Bus. Day On-Site Service
S3W - [900-1600][900-5112]
Dellnet Internet Access Service: Optional Dellnet Monthly Internet Access Service at $21.95/month
DNMO21 - [412-2114]
Iomega Zip Disk Packs: 2-Pak of iomega 250MB Zip Disks
2PAK - [340-6608]
Storage Devices and Media: 5 Pack of Recordable CD's
5PACK - [313-2353]
Printers: HP OfficeJet T45 $499. Save money: prints, copies, scans and faxes.
HPT45 - [7001-111]
Printers: FREE! HP DeskJet 610CL
HP610P - [7001-121]
Power Protection: APC Back-UPS 500VA
UPS500 - [48413-45]
Scanners: HP ScanJet 6300Cse: Advanced, flexible scanning
HP6300 - [7001-110]
CD-RW DRIVE FOR 2nd Bay: NEW Sony 8x/4x/32x CD-RW Drive for 2nd bay
CDRW82 - [313-0506]

[jad1097]

Why not? You have the funds,right.

[PCnerd]

O.k everybody, I guess we can close this topic tahtnx for the suggestions, I will spend some time looking for a good computer for me. I am sure it will take a LONG time. I am sorry if I offended anybody. But I will check this site out from time to time.

Gotta go now see ya!

[PCnerd]

Jed1097, I don't want to buy online, I will try to find a stre somewhere shich has the best computers, not BestBuy of course http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif. Well see ya! I will let you know when I get it, if I don't forget.

[jad1097]

Holy Sh*t!! Man I wish I had parents like that. I apologize I thought it may be a typo.
Do you want to build one or buy one already manufactured?

If I had the money I would go for a Dell DIMENSION XPS B SERIES, Dell has great reveiws at resellers.com (http://www.resellerratings.com).

I just went to their site and configured one of these and it came out to about $6,000. P3-800,256meg Pc700 rdram,Dvd player,CDRW,34 gig hdd,21 in monitor,etc..

Also like Alpha said tri boot that thing and try to get SCSI drives. Alpha that site is under some serious constrution.



[This message has been edited by jad1097 (edited 01-13-2000).]

[Stan]

Hi

First of all, don't buy Dell. They have good PC, but they are NOT the best around.
And, their support is way below average (personal experience)...

I you have $13.000 to spend, then go SCSI all the way.
I like IBM HD, specially the 18LZX series (9.1Gb or 18Gb, 10000rpm, 4Mb cache).

For performance and/or redundancy, add a Adaptec AAA-133U2 or AAA-131U2 RAID controller (RAID0, 1, 5 and 0/1).
Go for dual CPU. Win2k supports 2 CPU's.

Stan

[Chainsaw]

This is gonna be good, I think I'll keep an eye on this post!
I hope you are going to build it, either way, you came to the right place my friend.
The only initial suggestions that I would have is to define your needs, map your strategy and think about future upgrades.
Best of luck,
......CHNsaw