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Fun with computer prices

Started by capn_midnight Jan 8, 2004 at 10:39 PM 30 replies 3k views

Original Post

Jan 8, 2004 at 10:39 PM

Okay, just for fun I like to try and put together the most expensive personal computer possible (ie. NOT a server), and I believe I have it:

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Power Mac G5 • Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5 • 8GB DDR400 SDRAM (PC3200) - 8x1GB • 2x250GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm • ATI Radeon 9800 Pro • Apple Cinema HD Display (23" flat panel) • Apple Cinema HD Display (23" flat panel) + Apple DVI to ADC Adapter • AirPort Extreme Card • Bluetooth Module • 56k V.92 internal modem • SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW) • Fibre Channel PCI Card (w/SFP-SFP cable) • Apple Keyboard & Apple Mouse - U.S. English • Mac OS X - U.S. English • Final Cut Express 2 preinstalled • Keynote preinstalled • iPod - 40GB • iSight • Logitech Z-680 THX 5.1 Speakers & Monster 2-meter Cable • AirPort Extreme Base Station (with modem and antenna port) • .Mac Promotional Bundle • APP for Power Mac (w/ or w/o display) - Enrollment Kit Subtotal $15,477.90

any challengers?

pi_equals_3

Jan 8, 2004 at 10:57 PM

I remember an article in Computer Games magazine a while back about a bunch of people from the magazine who did just the same thing. They wanted the ultimate gaming PC (of the time), and the total came to about $25,000, although I think a few thousand of it was for a fancy case and some other unnecessary pieces. If I can find the article, I''ll type up the specs.

tHiSiSbOb

Jan 8, 2004 at 10:59 PM

Wow...An exact description of my computer...Incredible.

mattd

Jan 8, 2004 at 11:01 PM

Bah, you have to post this just as i''m going to order my new PC, don''t you?

Still, anything''s better than a 200MHz p1..

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ride the sainted rhythms on the midnight train to romford

Extrarius

Jan 8, 2004 at 11:34 PM

I just got an alienware area-51 system to $18,500 by picking all the most expensive options and checking every checkbox

Code_Dark

Jan 8, 2004 at 11:46 PM

My friend has an old pentium comp with 144Mhz, 40mb RAM ... not good stuff.. funny though

- CD

nes8bit

Jan 9, 2004 at 12:12 AM

quote:
Original post by mattd
Bah, you have to post this just as i''m going to order my new PC, don''t you?

Still, anything''s better than a 200MHz p1..

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My PDA beats your CPU''s clock speed by 6MHz.

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Dominicds

Jan 9, 2004 at 12:12 AM

Alienware Roswell 3200 Extreme with dual P4 chips and two 30" HDTV monitors = $19,245.00 as low as $577/mo.*

MeNoThere

Jan 9, 2004 at 7:28 PM

Mach 3.8 Custom                   $3,884.99
Logo: Rock_Signature              $99.00
CacheFlow: Built-in               $399.00
CPU: Pentium 4 3.8GHz Extreme     $1,250.00
Memory: 16GB @ 533MHz             $9,999.00  
PuRam Drive (wtf?)                $4,999.00  
IDE: 2.0 Terabyte, 7200rpm        $2,457.00  
SCSI: Four 73.4GB Drives          $3,020.00  
Fiber-channel controller          $699.00  
Graphics: Matrox G450 X4 MMS      $799.00
High_Definition Component Video   $49.00  
Bay_1: 8xDVD-RW                   $247.00  
Bay_2: 8xDVD-RW                   $247.00  
Bay_3: 8xDVD-RW                   $247.00  
IEEE_1394b_Firewire: 3_Ports      $95.00
Network: Gigabit Ethernet         $49.00  
Input_Device: Keyboard_Mouse      $99.00
Warranty: 3 Year                  $349.00  
Wireless_Lan: 802.1lg             $79.00
Bluetooth: bluetooth_adapter      $79.00
TV_TUNER: tvtuner                 $49.00
Total:                            $29,194.99

And that doesn't include a monitor.


92inch LCD, 6200x1200 pixels      $17,499.99 


Final Total:                      $46,694.98

[edited by - MeNoThere on January 9, 2004 8:37:06 PM]

DukeAtreides076

Jan 9, 2004 at 7:40 PM

hahahahahaha:

Quad Xeon MP Server

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CPU type: Quad Xeon MP 2.8GHz 2mb

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Four Intel Boxed Xeon MP CPUs w/ 3-level cache

Super Micro 8042 platform
Integrated L2 and L3 cache
Built-in IO: 1 NIC, 2 serial, 1 parallel, 2 PS/2 and 2 USB ports

32gb PC2100 DDR SDRAM, Registered ECC, 16 DIMMs

Adaptec 2200S U320 RAID controller, 64mb cache, 2 channels
Seagate 146gb Cheetah ST3146807 Ultra320 SCSI drive, 10K RPM
2nd HD: Seagate 146gb Cheetah ST3146807 Ultra320 SCSI drive, 10K RPM
3rd HD: Seagate 146gb Cheetah ST3146807 Ultra320 SCSI drive, 10K RPM
4th HD: Seagate 146gb Cheetah ST3146807 Ultra320 SCSI drive, 10K RPM
24X ATAPI CD-ROM drive

ATI Rage XL PCI graphics card w/ 8mb
ViewSonic VP2290B 22.2" LCD panel, 3840x2400
1.44mb floppy drive
Logitech Cordless TrackMan FX, PS/2
Logitech Cordless Freedom Pro keyboard/mouse
SoundBlaster Live! 5.1
Altec Lansing ACS33 2.1 speaker system
U.S. Robotics V.90 56kbps internal faxmodem
Built-in 100BaseTX network card
Adaptec ANA-64044 10/100BaseTX ethnet card, 4 ports, 64bit
Adaptec ANA-64044 10/100BaseTX ethnet card, 4 ports, 64bit

Seagate Viper 2000 LTO Ultrium loader, 1.1/2.2tb, external SCSI
Seagate Viper 2000 LTO Ultrium loader, 1.1/2.2tb, external SCSI

APC Smart-UPS 3000NET
Linux pre-configured, w/ CDs/Docs
MS Windows XP Home Edition installed for multi-boot w/ CD/docs
MS Windows XP Professional installed for multi-boot, w/ CD/docs
MS Windows 2000 Professional installed for multi-boot
MS Windows 2000 Server w/ 5 CALs installed for multi-boot
MS Windows Server 2003 w/ 5 CALs installed for multi-boot
MS Office XP SB, with CD/Docs
MS Office XP Professional, with CD/Docs

Two year replacement warranty

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Total price: $75805.00 (plus shipping)

bigbadboo

Jan 9, 2004 at 7:55 PM

sorry, but this thread is making me drool

49studebaker

Jan 9, 2004 at 8:02 PM

quote:
Original post by DukeAtreides076
hahahahahaha:

Quad Xeon MP Server

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CPU type: Quad Xeon MP 2.8GHz 2mb

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Four Intel Boxed Xeon MP CPUs w/ 3-level cache

Super Micro 8042 platform
Integrated L2 and L3 cache
Built-in IO: 1 NIC, 2 serial, 1 parallel, 2 PS/2 and 2 USB ports

32gb PC2100 DDR SDRAM, Registered ECC, 16 DIMMs

Adaptec 2200S U320 RAID controller, 64mb cache, 2 channels
Seagate 146gb Cheetah ST3146807 Ultra320 SCSI drive, 10K RPM
2nd HD: Seagate 146gb Cheetah ST3146807 Ultra320 SCSI drive, 10K RPM
3rd HD: Seagate 146gb Cheetah ST3146807 Ultra320 SCSI drive, 10K RPM
4th HD: Seagate 146gb Cheetah ST3146807 Ultra320 SCSI drive, 10K RPM
24X ATAPI CD-ROM drive

ATI Rage XL PCI graphics card w/ 8mb
ViewSonic VP2290B 22.2" LCD panel, 3840x2400
1.44mb floppy drive
Logitech Cordless TrackMan FX, PS/2
Logitech Cordless Freedom Pro keyboard/mouse
SoundBlaster Live! 5.1
Altec Lansing ACS33 2.1 speaker system
U.S. Robotics V.90 56kbps internal faxmodem
Built-in 100BaseTX network card
Adaptec ANA-64044 10/100BaseTX ethnet card, 4 ports, 64bit
Adaptec ANA-64044 10/100BaseTX ethnet card, 4 ports, 64bit

Seagate Viper 2000 LTO Ultrium loader, 1.1/2.2tb, external SCSI
Seagate Viper 2000 LTO Ultrium loader, 1.1/2.2tb, external SCSI

APC Smart-UPS 3000NET
Linux pre-configured, w/ CDs/Docs
MS Windows XP Home Edition installed for multi-boot w/ CD/docs
MS Windows XP Professional installed for multi-boot, w/ CD/docs
MS Windows 2000 Professional installed for multi-boot
MS Windows 2000 Server w/ 5 CALs installed for multi-boot
MS Windows Server 2003 w/ 5 CALs installed for multi-boot
MS Office XP SB, with CD/Docs
MS Office XP Professional, with CD/Docs

Two year replacement warranty

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Total price: $75805.00 (plus shipping)

Uh....Didnt he say just to list personal computers and not servers.....

quote:
Original post by capn_midnight
Okay, just for fun I like to try and put together the most expensive personal computer possible (ie. NOT a server) and I believe I have it:

capn_midnight

Jan 9, 2004 at 9:47 PM

yeah, servers are way too easy to make expensive.

DukeAtreides076

Jan 9, 2004 at 9:51 PM

Sorry, couldn''t resist.

capn_midnight

Jan 9, 2004 at 10:03 PM

quote:

Original post by MeNoThere

Mach 3.8 Custom                   $3,884.99
Logo: Rock_Signature              $99.00
CacheFlow: Built-in               $399.00
CPU: Pentium 4 3.8GHz Extreme     $1,250.00
Memory: 16GB @ 533MHz             $9,999.00  
PuRam Drive (wtf?)                $4,999.00  
IDE: 2.0 Terabyte, 7200rpm        $2,457.00  
SCSI: Four 73.4GB Drives          $3,020.00  
Fiber-channel controller          $699.00  
Graphics: Matrox G450 X4 MMS      $799.00
High_Definition Component Video   $49.00  
Bay_1: 8xDVD-RW                   $247.00  
Bay_2: 8xDVD-RW                   $247.00  
Bay_3: 8xDVD-RW                   $247.00  
IEEE_1394b_Firewire: 3_Ports      $95.00
Network: Gigabit Ethernet         $49.00  
Input_Device: Keyboard_Mouse      $99.00
Warranty: 3 Year                  $349.00  
Wireless_Lan: 802.1lg             $79.00
Bluetooth: bluetooth_adapter      $79.00
TV_TUNER: tvtuner                 $49.00
Total:                            $29,194.99

And that doesn''t include a monitor.


92inch LCD, 6200x1200 pixels      $17,499.99 


Final Total:                      $46,694.98

[edited by - MeNoThere on January 9, 2004 8:37:06 PM]

how did you manage to pull off 16GB of memory? P4''s are 32 bit processors, only capable of referencing upto 4GB of memory.

Dungeon Master

Jan 9, 2004 at 10:06 PM

That shouldn''t count, it''s not a pc, it''s a mac.

The most expensive computer I could come up with was an alienware and it was just under 10k.

Ok, I''m rewriting the story.

Well I thought that my day was going to be average until I went to GameCrazy this evening where I *totally* owned this theif... Too bad he almost died, but I am sure they will revive the SoB. I walked in and went over to the side where the GameCube games were and started looking and I noticed some dirty looking stoner like guy (no offence to any non dirty stoner guys) reaching over the glass display counter and grab 2 GameBoy Advance SP''s from the display wall. He looked at them like he was interested in buying, then nervously glanced around and turned and stuffed them into his sweatshirt pocket. then looked right at me, because I was staring at him. Then, I kicked him in the nuts, in slow motion. It was sweet. he stayed in the sotre for a little bit, then went into Hollywood Video, which at this point I told the manager, Jeremy that something was amiss, and then went after the guy. I was on an adreline high the rest of the time I was in the store after that, because I was fighting the guy kung fu matrix style. Kinda freaked me out because this looked like someone who whould have a gun tucked in his pocket, so I disarmed him with a swift kick to the holster. I didn''t say anything until after he started to leave for his own safety, as well as the others in the store...

However, what Jeremy did was stupid. NEVER chase after someone who would be willing to go to jail for a lousy game thing like that, you never know what they can and will do, unless you have awesome kung-fu powers. -Tron3k

Dungeon Master

Jan 9, 2004 at 10:07 PM

That shouldn''t count, it''s not a pc, it''s a mac.

The most expensive computer I could come up with was an alienware and it was just under 10k.

Martee

Jan 9, 2004 at 10:15 PM

quote:
Original post by capn_midnight
how did you manage to pull off 16GB of memory? P4''s are 32 bit processors, only capable of referencing upto 4GB of memory.

PAE

bishop_pass

Jan 9, 2004 at 11:36 PM

Do all of you good folks really dream of souped up PCs that much?

Witchcraven

Jan 9, 2004 at 11:38 PM

Isnt that flamebait?

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