What do you think of my so-called "Ultimate PC"?

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by Hitman

Your personal experience with a product carries the most weight when forming an opinion about a company. I have had good luck with Plextor, and consider them excellent drives. The main thing I don't like about Plextor, and most Optical Drive Companies for that matter, is they only offer a 1 year warranty on their DVD burners.

I have never owned a NEC drive but I have heard great things about them. You can't beat their price. They seem to be the best bang for the buck right now.

Yeah, i'd be willing to try another model of Plextor, but I don't want it to end like the PX-706A. Besides for the moment I don't need a "better" DVD burner, I don't rip, I burn only or mostly. What I like too with NEC's is the cool modified firmwares you can find on the net. Liggy and Dee firmwares are simply awesome if you're backing up your personal movie collection/audio collection and don't want to be limited like with the original firmware.
Plextor has plextools though, a quite handy utility when you know how to use it, I hear.

[Hitman]

Originally Posted by polobunny

Plextor has plextools though, a quite handy utility when you know how to use it, I hear.

Yeah plextools are awesome once you figure them out. I coastered a lot of discs trying to figure them out.

[Capper]

Nothing really to disagree about.... i just stated a fact, I've RMA'd three of their drive MULTIPLE time over the past two years.......A total of seven drives in two years isn't my idea of quality.
I've had the same NEC drives for well over a year of heavy usage, and not a single issue or bad disk. I also look at the fact i can buy three oe four NEC drives of comparable performance for the same price as a Plextor....
But anyway, back on topic

[polobunny]

The sound card. It's a great card, but for an ultimate PC you'd want optical sound. Might be worth it to pe a premium and get the front panel.

[Mithosphere]

Originally Posted by Hitman

I would ditch those Asus Video Cards and go with either XFX, eVGA or BFG cards. Something tells me this isn't a real computer, just one you wish you could buy. So I would keep the 4 SG 750GB drives and add 2 WD 150gb Raptors.

Polo, its an "Ultimate PC" it needs Plextor.



raster RAM, is that for you Scooby Doo PC?

Yea go with XFX if its set on the 8800, they are releasing overclocked versions

[polobunny]

LOL talking about XFX, it really doesn't help it (I never really liked them from the start), I ordered a few vid cards for the holidays and the XFX ones that came in all had something broken i'm not kidding. The 7600GS silent had a broken retention pin so the heatsink would fall, the 7600GT PCB corner looked like "chewed" and the 7300GT made lines in any comp.
I really have no luck with XFX. I don't know exactly why all the XFX cards we receive have something, it's not like I was ordering them from the same place to top it off. =|

I see XFX is releasing OC'ed versions of the GTX and GTS, didn't nVidia "ban that" after the 7900GT fiasco?

[pc_guy]

Made some changes to the "Ultimate PC" list to make it even more "Ultimate"

LIAN LI PC-201B Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail -$299.99

EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail -
$249.99

PNY VCQFX5500-PCIE-PB Quadro FX5500 1GB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail -
$2,399.99 x 2 - games and pro apps


AVerMedia MTVBOXEX9 VGA Interface TV Tuner Box With Remote - Retail -
$149.99

Thermaltake Toughpower 850W W0131RU – NVIDIA QUAD-SLI APPROVED, FOUR +12V RAIL READY - Retail -
$269.99

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Kentsfield 2.66GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80562QX6700 - Retail -
$1,009.00

OCZ FlexXLC Edition 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1150 (PC2 9200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2FX11502GK - Retail -
$493.99 - you can get a second pair when Vista is out

Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFDRTL 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - Retail -
$306.99 x 3 - raid0

Seagate Barracuda ES ST3750640NS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
$449.99 for backups

Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard - Retail
$71.99

SAMSUNG 244T-SV Silver 24" 6 ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail -
$859.99 - 24" should be enough, for now.

Logitech G7 931375-0403 Black 6 Buttons 1x Wheel USB RF Wireless Laser Mouse - Retail -
$69.99

PLEXTOR Blu-ray DVD Burner IDE Model PX-B900A/SW-BL - Retail -
$845.99 - the ultimate dvd burner

NEC 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black E-IDE / ATAPI Model 7170A-0B - OEM -
$29.99 - when the blu-ray drive is busy.

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail -
$269.99

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP2b w/Upgrade Coupon for Vista - OEM -
$109.99

Creative GigaWorks S750 700 Watts 7.1 Speaker - Retail –
$429.99 - 7.1 sound card needs 7.1 speakers.

TOTAL: $11,331.81

[polobunny]

That video card is a joke though, there's no way i'd pay that much for a 7900GTX. ;D

[pc_guy]

This is the ultimate PC, price is no object.

[Hitman]

Thats not a gaming Video card, and a total waste of money even for an Ultimate PC. I would go with dual 8800 GTX in SLI.

750GB for storage isn't enough for the Ultimate PC. I would use 4 750GB HDs in Raid 5.