What is the Sickest PC build you can dream up?

04/15/2013 03:51:10 PM · #1

Just curious what is the badest "Personal Computer" build anyone can dream up.

Edited to be more specific!!!!

Oh one Catch has to be under $2000 including monitors and keyboards Etc. lets make it hard

Message edited by author 2013-04-15 17:16:39.

Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro

04/15/2013 03:56:18 PM · #2

Wiring together all the world's super computers into the most heinous beowulf cluster ever conceived.

Ann

Olympus OM-D E-M1

04/15/2013 03:59:30 PM · #3

This.

Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD Canon Mount

04/15/2013 04:04:28 PM · #4

Originally posted by Ann:

This.

Ok now that is cheating. I was in ATL back in 2000 at Novels Data center with a co-worker. We were warned some floor tiles were pulled so be careful where you walked I watched "quietly" as my co-worked walked right off into an open space. Glad he was ok cause we were all too busy cracking up to help him.

Mike

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

04/15/2013 05:08:41 PM · #5

what is its purpose?

04/15/2013 05:11:35 PM · #6

Ok - honest answer - dream world: Make my Nexus 10 a device that runs Windows 7 / Android as a dual-boot system, and give me a really great bluetooth keyboard / mouse combo.

04/15/2013 05:11:45 PM · #7

Well, since we edit photos how about Video and photo editing.

04/15/2013 05:13:30 PM · #8

Originally posted by Cory:

Ok - honest answer - dream world: Make my Nexus 10 a device that runs Windows 7 / Android as a dual-boot system, and give me a really great bluetooth keyboard / mouse combo.

That has already been hacked....

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04/15/2013 05:18:58 PM · #9

Originally posted by coronamv:

Originally posted by Cory:
Ok - honest answer - dream world: Make my Nexus 10 a device that runs Windows 7 / Android as a dual-boot system, and give me a really great bluetooth keyboard / mouse combo.

That has already been hacked....

Oh, I'm sorry - I meant make it run Win 7 well. I'd need at least 8GB of RAM, probably more like 16GB, and this small size storage BS would have to go as well. I need a terabyte at a minimum, solid state.

It's not like the technology isn't there, it's just that no-one has built the luxury computer device yet. Apple has tried, but it doesn't really build an uncompromising system, they build for the masses, and that's not what I would desire - even the somewhat more niche Nexus 10 isn't what I want - but it's pretty ok. I like using it for relaxing computer time.

Mike

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

04/15/2013 05:19:55 PM · #10

Originally posted by coronamv:

Well, since we edit photos how about Video and photo editing.

so power consumption and noise isn't an issue?

04/15/2013 05:24:51 PM · #11

Originally posted by Mike:

Originally posted by coronamv:
Well, since we edit photos how about Video and photo editing.

so power consumption and noise isn't an issue?

I have that under my desk. :)

16GB RAM, 8 Cores of Bulldozer 3.2Ghz goodness, video card that sounds like a jet engine, 55" monitor, etc. :)

But, it's not really the "sickest" PC at all, I mean, I built it for something like $500, less the monitor, which I really only mention because it eats energy like nothing else. (and has amazing dynamic range... :) )

In the end, I think this thread is almost silly these days, as the level of computing has reached a place where the quality is so high, and the cost so low, that 'dream' PC's are now commonplace, and really, we've left the time behind (for now) when everyone really NEEDED more PC, and everything was always just a little (or a lot) processor/RAM starved.

I mean, my three year old work laptop will run Photoshop and plugins pretty well, along with plugging into my external monitor as a second monitor in HD, plus playing Pandora. And it's a real lame box compared to this desktop. What can you do with $2000 or more these days? Pretty much anything, but spend more than $1000 and you're being kinda silly, since you won't ever need that power.

Message edited by author 2013-04-15 17:29:13.

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04/15/2013 05:27:12 PM · #12

Originally posted by Mike:

Originally posted by coronamv:
Well, since we edit photos how about Video and photo editing.

so power consumption and noise isn't an issue?

If you are refering to how much energy it uses or the Decibal level then no. You must create a machine that can work. Components that match.

Mike

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

04/15/2013 05:31:02 PM · #13

really any high end video card and as much ram and hardrive space you can fit will suffice and get a great monitor.

in fact don't spend top dollar because it wont be the best and sickest next week. :)

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IAmEliKatz

Nikon D5

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

04/15/2013 05:40:47 PM · #14

Originally posted by coronamv:

Originally posted by Ann:
This.

Ok now that is cheating. I was in ATL back in 2000 at Novels Data center with a co-worker. We were warned some floor tiles were pulled so be careful where you walked I watched "quietly" as my co-worked walked right off into an open space. Glad he was ok cause we were all too busy cracking up to help him.

Been there done that.

Thankfully it was only a 16" space with 13" of cabling. Problem was that it was fiber.

Glad it wasn't my foot :)

Message edited by author 2013-04-15 17:41:11.

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

04/15/2013 05:42:21 PM · #15

Originally posted by Cory:

Originally posted by Mike:

Originally posted by coronamv:
Well, since we edit photos how about Video and photo editing.

so power consumption and noise isn't an issue?

I have that under my desk. :)

16GB RAM, 8 Cores of Bulldozer 3.2Ghz goodness, video card that sounds like a jet engine, 55" monitor, etc. :)

But, it's not really the "sickest" PC at all, I mean, I built it for something like $500, less the monitor, which I really only mention because it eats energy like nothing else. (and has amazing dynamic range... :) )

In the end, I think this thread is almost silly these days, as the level of computing has reached a place where the quality is so high, and the cost so low, that 'dream' PC's are now commonplace, and really, we've left the time behind (for now) when everyone really NEEDED more PC, and everything was always just a little (or a lot) processor/RAM starved.

I mean, my three year old work laptop will run Photoshop and plugins pretty well, along with plugging into my external monitor as a second monitor in HD, plus playing Pandora. And it's a real lame box compared to this desktop. What can you do with $2000 or more these days? Pretty much anything, but spend more than $1000 and you're being kinda silly, since you won't ever need that power.

Ok what if I changed this to a Gamer pc? LOL

cowboy221977

Canon EOS-60D

04/15/2013 05:45:43 PM · #16

Titan

need I say more

04/15/2013 05:53:16 PM · #17

Originally posted by cowboy221977:

Titan

need I say more

My first suggestion triumphs this.

04/15/2013 05:57:54 PM · #18

Originally posted by coronamv:

Ok what if I changed this to a Gamer pc? LOL

Then just grab the ~~next to~~ latest generation of everything, go Intel ~~if you can afford it~~, latest generation on the chip's architecture ~~if you can~~, at least 64GB of RAM 128 is preferred, all solid state drives, monitor with a 240 hz refresh rate or higher, 3D monitor if you want to do 3D gaming, big powersupply, big heat syncs, ~~or if you don't mind the headache~~, go water cooled.

After that, spend between 1k and 150k on control, input, and feedback devices, plus another 15-20k on a mind blowing stereo surround system, custom built of course, using high end components, custom enclosures, and a system configuration that is scientifically engineered for the sound profile of the room in which you are going to install this into.

Message edited by author 2013-04-15 17:58:58.

04/15/2013 06:09:39 PM · #19

Originally posted by Cory:

Originally posted by coronamv:

Ok what if I changed this to a Gamer pc? LOL

Then just grab the ~~next to~~ latest generation of everything, go Intel ~~if you can afford it~~, latest generation on the chip's architecture ~~if you can~~, at least 64GB of RAM 128 is preferred, all solid state drives, monitor with a 240 hz refresh rate or higher, 3D monitor if you want to do 3D gaming, big powersupply, big heat syncs, ~~or if you don't mind the headache~~, go water cooled.

After that, spend between 1k and 150k on control, input, and feedback devices, plus another 15-20k on a mind blowing stereo surround system, custom built of course, using high end components, custom enclosures, and a system configuration that is scientifically engineered for the sound profile of the room in which you are going to install this into.

For under $2000. It does not matter it was just for fun.