What is the BEST PC currently available?

**I Am Herenow** · 05-17-2007, 17:43

Hello everyone :)

**edyzmedieval** · 05-17-2007, 17:55

Computer - Do it yourself PC
CPU - Intel Quad Core / Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme X6800
Graphics card - nVidia 8800GTX Ultra
Motherboard - MSI 975X Platinum/nForce
Harddrive - WD Raptor 150GB in RAID 0
Sound card - Creative Labs?
Physics card - What do you mean?
Operating system - Microsoft XP Professional/Microsoft Vista
Monitor - 22" (or the one Beirut has...)
Keyboard - depends on preferences
Mouse - Razor Copperhead/Logitech G5 (or M5?)
Printer - depends
Speakers - ALTEC LANSING 5.1 system
+ custom made Water cooling
+ custom made case
+ ENERMAX Galaxy 1000W source (triple quad - 24 HDD, 4 video cards, 4 processors - SIMULTANEOUSLY!!!)

It depends on what you want. I ordered a similar one.

**Omanes Alexandrapolites** · 05-17-2007, 18:04

Hi I am Herenow,
I'm no real expert, so, I'm sorry to say that I can only suggest a Printer brand. My sincere apologies.

Printer -
HP Printers are pretty reliable. I've had the printer I have now, HP DeskJet 840c, for eight years (1999), and it's still carrying on, not breaking once during it's highly extended lifetime. I've also read good reviews of HP in certain magazines too, but it was a while ago, so I don't remember which one, sorry.

Epson printers, on the other end of the spectrum, are possibly the worst I've heard about/used. I have a friend who bought an Epson printer and it broke the week after the guarantee (one year) ran out. Also, the Epson printers at my workplace are not doing to well either. I know that the one that I used fouled up after six months, but on another note, after it was repaired, it has so far carried on another year, and is still living now. In the same magazine as the HP printers were featured in, however, they were marked as the worst printers of the selection tested (which also included HP, Canon and Lexmark, Canon and Lexmark came join middle).

**Phatose** · 05-17-2007, 18:20

Best I can think of:

Intel Core 2 Quad
SLIed 8800 Ultras
Apple 30' Cinema LCD

**I Am Herenow** · 05-17-2007, 18:47

Originally Posted by Phatose

Best I can think of:

Intel Core 2 Quad
SLIed 8800 Ultras
Apple 30' Cinema LCD

Cheers, guys!

I assume the Core 2 Quad is a processor and 30' is a monitor - but what are 880 Ultras? Thanks!

Also, in regards to the physics card, it's just an optional additional thing you could add on the Dell site when customising one of their high-end PCs - not sure if it's a particularly useful thing, and that was the first and last time I ever came across one. Plus, Dell only had model x or nothing as a customisable option (compared to 10 or so chips) for their top-of-the-line PC, so I suppose it's not a widely used thing (at the moment, at least).

**Omanes Alexandrapolites** · 05-17-2007, 18:57

Hi again,
Geforce 8800 Ultra is a make of graphics card produced by Nvidia. It features the "latest generation architecture featuring the most powerful graphics processors available and support for Microsoft DirectX 10" [shader model four - I think it's a sort of thing which effects the lighting effects, such as shadows, on games which can do it].

**Mikeus Caesar** · 05-17-2007, 19:12

Fits right there on your titanium-reinforced desk, with a stunning 8 bytes of memory!

Coming soon - a black and white display set, with stunning clarity!

**I Am Herenow** · 05-17-2007, 19:16

Originally Posted by Omanes Alexandrapolites

Hi again,
Geforce 8800 Ultra is a make of graphics card produced by Nvidia. It features the "latest generation architecture featuring the most powerful graphics processors available and support for Microsoft® DirectX® 10" [shader model four - I think it's a sort of thing which effects the lighting effects, such as shadows, on games which can do it].

Cheers, but what does "SLIed" mean?

**Gawain of Orkeny** · 05-17-2007, 20:26

Well if your looking for readily available off the shelf models check here
Top 5 Power Desktop PCs

Heres their top one

CyberPower Gamer Infinity Ultimate
This overclocked system is blisteringly fast and comes with the works, justifying its high price.
The Gamer Infinity Ultimate may lack the exotic looks and customized touches that uber-gaming systems from high-end boutiques like Voodoo and Alienware possess, but it makes up in function and price for any shortcomings in form. At $4399 as of March 16, 2007, including ViewSonic's VG2230WM (a $320, 22-inch, flat-panel display), the Gamer Infinity Ultimate costs thousands of dollars less than some gaming systems, yet delivers top-flight performance and first-rate hardware.

For gamers, performance is king, and the Gamer Infinity Ultimate qualifies as royalty. Its WorldBench 6 Beta 2 score of 129 was the highest of the eight power systems running Windows Vista that we tested recently. The Gamer Infinity Ultimate runs on Intel's latest quad-core, Core 2 Extreme QX6700 CPU, which CyberPower overclocked to 3.46 GHz. Notably, the system scored very well on the multitasking portion of WorldBench 6 Beta 2--second only to the Xi MTower IGE-SLI, which runs on Intel's dual-core Core 2 Extreme X6800 CPU.

Using dual SLI XFX GeForce 8800GTX graphics boards, our Gamer Infinity Ultimate scored very well: Frame rates while running Doom 3 and Far Cry were very high for most resolution settings; in some cases they were second only to the Xi MTower IGE-SLI, which used a single 768MB XFX GeForce 8800GTX graphics board.

In lieu of occupying an exotically sculpted case, our test PC came in a relatively staid Cooler Master CM Stacker 830 tower. Unlike many aluminum cases, the CM Stacker feels sturdy, and--as the name implies--it offers excellent cooling. Every face, including the bottom, has vents in it; and the interior holds five fans. Speed-hungry overclockers who aren't fans of liquid cooling systems will like the included Vigor Gaming Monsoon II CPU cooler, which combines airflow with a powerful Peltier cooler.

Data storage should be no problem for even the most inveterate digital packrats. Our review model came with two high-performance 150GB, 10,000-rpm Western Digital Raptor hard drives configured in a RAID 0 array, an additional 500GB hard drive, and a LiteOn Blu-ray DVD drive that can stores up to 25GB of content per disc. The $557 Blu-ray drive included with our test model is nice, but a frugal buyer could substitute a far less expensive DVD drive to lower the overall system cost. Gamers will like the Logitech G15 gaming keyboard, which carries its own LCD display for gaming stats plus 18 programmable buttons for gaming shortcuts.

Latches enable you to release both side panels for quick access to the case's interior, and the bank of four cooling fans located under one side panel pops off easily. You can add a card or drive without tools, but the bulky graphics cards block several of the expansion slots, and you have to remove a graphics card to reach the hard-drive bays.

The ViewSonic VG2230WM flat-panel display that accompanied our review unit displayed crisp details and rich colors, though we had to adjust the contrast to brighten the screen for DVD movie playback. Small type (6.8-point font) was sharp and readable at 1024 by 768 resolution.

The Gamer Infinity Ultimate may be expensive, but it packs a lot of value for gamers and power users who need speed, storage, and the ability to upgrade.

**Gawain of Orkeny** · 05-19-2007, 01:37

Well if you want the best i found the machine for you. Actually I believe is a stand alone graphics card.

Nvidia Quadro Plex 1000

Maybe Nvidia's recent tough talk following the acquisition of ATI wasn't just talk. They're backing up those words with some serious graphics muscle: a unit called the Quadro Plex 1000 that can pump 80 billion pixels per second for pro graphics needs. Like, really pro graphics needs. Before we hurt ourselves trying to figure just exactly how many Marios that is, we'll run the rest of the specs by you. The Quadro Plex comes in a desktop (pictured) or 3U rackmount configuration, and is designed for working with 12-megapixel HD video, 3D graphics, scientific visualization, simulations and whatever else needs that type of GPU power. One node involves eight Quadro FX cards, jammed into two Plex 1000 systems and paired up via SLI, all of which is hosted by a 32-bit Intel or 64-bit AMD machine running Windows or Linux. All that juicy Quake II power (we keed! we keed!) can be yours starting at a mere $17,500, and should be available beginning next month.

Notice you can run two of them

8800Ultra Pffft

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