Wisdom of the Masses

Building the Best PC

Published on February 21, 2005 By Akoloutheo In Personal Computing

One day in a (hopefully) not to distant future I will build the ultimate in desktop computers. All the nations will cower before the computing might of my mega computing machine and I will...
Sorry... a little... OTT

If you (the great and wise WC masses) could build your ideal PC what would you put inside it? Which MoBo? Which processor? Ram and what type? What Graphics card? Why?

Indulge in your wildest dreams (and help a future PC builder understand whats Hot and whats Not)

Thank you

Comments (Page 2)

Bebi Bulma

on Feb 22, 2005

Btw, When I do become a member [would have been today but the banks were closed and mine hasnt posted my deposits yet..GRRRR!]

Will I be able to do that cool yellow highlighting that all of you seem to love to use when your throwing words back in someones lap??

Just highlight the text you want to make the cool yellow highlighting and then click on the Quote button.

Akoloutheo

on Feb 22, 2005

heh heh, Thanks guys. "Stay away from the magnets" good thing you told me! I was thinking how useful it would have been when I took my laptop apart the other week! I have never used an AMD. Back in the "old day when I was a lad" I remember them not even comparing to an Intel. Sounds like they have done a bit of homework.

Thanks for the info.

If you want another bout. Radeon or Nvidia? (Talking about the big boys i.e. 256mb)

Double Zero

on Feb 22, 2005

Well, perhaps Kona would like to offer his opinion of that, I personally have used ATI products for the past 10 years or so, the only reason I opted to buy the Asus this time around was due to the fact it boasted to be a better product than the ATI's Radeon of the same class, at about half the cost, while using ATI's graffix chip set. There are a TON of Vid cards out there that do indeed use ATI chips, bundled with xtra features of their own creation, Jafo's Vid card is a perfect example of one such manufacturer, Gigabyte, was another consideration of mine, along with Power Color,,etc,,etc,,
I cannot possibly offer any insight into Nvida because I have actually never even studied the product, other than witnessing it's popularity.
ATI has been a solid Vid card manufacturer for quite awhile, I have never been "sorry" for choosing to use their product, I have never had a reason to go from ATI to Nvida, until that happens..::laughs:: I personally will stick with what I am happy with, and that is ATI.

Double Zero

on Feb 22, 2005

Akoloutheo, just wanted to throw a link your way, it's one of the sites I go to and read reviews/benchmark results and learn about things to come in the world of computing. This is a link to an article on the site about building your own PC in 05 and should give you a fair amount of information regarding the things to come, when they may become available and what not to waste your money on.. I hope you find it useful, I know I have
Link

As for the processor discussion that Kona and I were having, AMD vs Intel, you may want to also read the reviews at the very same site about those before making a final decision. The decision does revolve around what you will be applying the processor for, Gaming-Business-graffix work. Kona claims the AMD is a Intel crushing CPU, I personally disagree. Although AMD performs better in certain applications, the newer Intel chips outperform the AMD in other applications, and although similar in design with minor differences it is by no means a AMD "Clone" as Kona believes. The site will prove that to anyone that reads the testing, I am just a relay of information.
One other thing, and of course this a dirty rotten business tactic probably related to Intel itself, the AMD 64 has not been given a fair chance to really show what it's capable of due to Microsoft lagging on the release of 64bit applications, such as Windows, etc.. Sooo, if you are one that went for the 64bit AMD right from the gate, you have waited awhile to actually use that chip at it's full potential,the 64bit version of Windows is available but still not as dependable as the 32bit is, with the release of the Intel chip, 64bit OS's and applications will become more dependable as everything slowly makes the transition to the 64bit platform..
Sooo weigh your options carefully, would it be great to have an Intel Crushing Monster CPU that you cannot use at it's full potential due to Intel having the support of Microsoft and other "big boys" in the computing community, or would it be more logical to stick with what you can have little trouble at all using at it's full potential? The choice ultimately resides with you, I make no recommendations at all towards either chip, I simply state the obvious and offer my personal opinions.

There is a ton of useful information at that site, Extremtech.com, I hope you and anyone else interested find it useful.

Zero.

Double Zero

on Feb 22, 2005

Bebi, Being a little pre-occupied I forgot to thank you for the lesson of how to do that cool yellow backround...:laughs::

Just highlight the text you want to make the cool yellow highlighting and then click on the Quote button

Lookie there, it works!..::laughs:: Thanks so much,

Take Care,
Zero.

Akoloutheo

on Feb 22, 2005

Wow! You guys are a great help. Thanks for the link

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