Dream PC

[Kamal]

Last time I built one was back in 04. Clearly the single core chipsets are headed the way of the dodo and I decided to slowly start buying pieces to build another beast but ironically, not to game in, but for my media center / media server. So far I've pieced it up close to $1200 (still contemplating on what kind of burner to stick into it)

- Core i7 2.66 Ghz Processor
- Kingston HyperX 6 GB DDR3 Triple Channel Ram
- Asus 9600 GT Fanless Video card
- Corsair 620 Watt modular PSU
- Asus P6T Deluxe V2 Mobo
- Antec 300 Case

I know I could've gotten a much better Lian Li case but decided to under cut the budget a bit considering I've gone past the $1000 limit and I dont even have a monitor / keyboard / optical drive yet.

This is going to be game on.

[Corven]

Re: Dream PC

not the dream pc i have in mind but its good enough to last for the next couple of years i think

[Kamal]

Re: Dream PC

not the dream pc i have in mind but its good enough to last for the next couple of years i think

really? wow I thought that was a pretty nutty system. the next core i7 processor is twice the price and the next one above (there are only 3 released so far) is nearly 7 times the price. with the ram and considering the 6 TB of media space that I was planning to dump into this, I thought it was dreamy enough. (At least a dream PC that I can afford).

[demonAfro]

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Nice setup, but seems a bit of overkill for a media center / media server? I'd be going for high efficiency and low power and noise with a nice chunnk of storage in a good raid setup.

[Kamal]

Re: Dream PC

well I wanted to get something that will last me in the years ahead. I have a dual core AMD with 3 gig ram and its suffering under pressure of rendering 1080p. The fans go bananas in the box. Thats why I wanted to get a powerful CPU that will be a good option in the years ahead.

[Digger]

Re: Dream PC

hum mine is a q6600@2.4ghz, 8800gt, 4gb, with a monitor of 19" so far so good, it cost me around 650USD so so......

[Corven]

Re: Dream PC

the i7 processor is pretty sweet .. from what i read with a little overclocking the lowest speed i7 processor could easily match the speed of the fastest i7 processor

in terms of dream pc i was thinking more of doing a triple-SLI with three XFX GTX 295 1792MB DDR3 cards and adding another 2more gb of memory ... sounds crazy but it would be sweet

[Kamal]

Re: Dream PC

yea that would be a great gaming rig but this one will only be for media purposes.

[res0nat0r]

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Why don't you go for some small form factor stuff? you can get premade shuttle XPC stuff for maybe a bit cheaper than that, plus they are made for 1080p viewing etc. i want to get/build one of these tiny guys with a bunch of HD space in them and put it under my tv and replace my dvd player w/ it. that way i can watch full 1080p HD movies right off my pc.

here is some prebuilt stuff:

http://us.shuttle.com/Dvo.aspx

[Kamal]

Re: Dream PC

HD space is a commodity that evaporates quickly when you delve in hidef world of mkvs and the likes of. hard to stick 5 or 6 HDs into the XPC

[res0nat0r]

Re: Dream PC

yeah for sure. i was wanting to look into some type of external raid enclosure or just a tray that i could stick behind the small htpc and just use sata connections to it, and just software raid it together. havent looked into it much b/c i dont want to spend the $ on it right now but has been something ive wanted to do for a good while now.

[floridaorange]

Re: Dream PC

here is some prebuilt stuff:
http://us.shuttle.com/Dvo.aspx

wow, good stuff, will probably buy one of these....which one are you considering?

[dusk]

Re: Dream PC

Sorry to jump on so late... what did you decide on then Kamal?

I'm very interested in rigs that people put together and how it all pans out. I would love to build a media center pc myself for streaming high def stuff.

[Kamal]

Re: Dream PC

Sorry to jump on so late... what did you decide on then Kamal?

I'm very interested in rigs that people put together and how it all pans out. I would love to build a media center pc myself for streaming high def stuff.

my purchase has been temporized because I was able to secure a cheaper option (for the time being). I ended up buying the Linksys DMA2200 Media Center extender. It doesn't stream .mkv content but it does pretty much anything else that my Media Center PC will do. And at $94 (with free shipping), it was a logical option.

[dusk]

Re: Dream PC

Definitely the logical option... I may have to take a look at it as well, considering that I have no time on my hands for a proper build.