My Dream Machine:
Motherboard:Tyan Thunder K8S
CPU1:1.8GHz AMD Opteron (or faster)
CPU2:1.8GHz AMD Opteron (or faster)
RAM: 2048MB (2GB) (1GB for a ramdisk)
SCSI: Adaptec u320 raid controler card (Not sure which model yet..)
Harddisk1: Seagate 18GB 15K RPM u320 SCSI (raid 0)
Harddisk2: Seagate 18GB 15K RPM u320 SCSI (raid 0)
Harddisk3: Seagate 18GB 15K RPM u320 SCSI (raid 0)
Harddisk4: Seagate 18GB 15K RPM u320 SCSI (raid 0)
Harddisk5: Seagate 18GB 15K RPM u320 SCSI (raid 0)
Harddisk6: Seagate 18GB 15K RPM u320 SCSI (raid 0)
Harddisk7: Western Digital 200GB 7200RPM IDE
CD1: DVD-RW (not sure on make/model at this time)
CD2: 52x CD-RW (not sure on make/model at this time)
Floppy: Generic 3� 1.44MB
Sound: Creative Labs Soundblaster Audigy 2
Video1: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Video2: Matrox G450 Dual Head (PCI)
Monitor1: Viewsonic VPW500 50" Plasma
Monitor2: Viewsonic VPW500 50" Plasma
Monitor3: Viewsonic VPW500 50" Plasma
Modem: Any 56K.. if I even installed one..
NIC:Dual onboard Gigabit NICs on the Thunder K8S
OS:Windows XP x86-64 edition (if it ever ships), some x86-64 GNU/Linux distro.
Others: Lots of various mods and tweaks and such..
CPU Notes: Seeing at the Opteron is just comming out and
its intergrated memory
controler only supports DDR I might wait till the Opteron
with a DDR2
compatible intergrated memory controler comes out.
Notes: The machine is as stated a dream machine.. and very unrealistic. Some of the specs
are subject to change as time goes on. Again not as it matters as it would be over
$30,000 (usd) to build this machine.. note most of that goes to about $25,000 for
three 50" plasmas. This machine is overkill.. and just a dream.. I am still rather
happy with my 466MHz celeron machine. Im sure there are things Ive left out.. blah
last updated April 22 2003.