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Your Dream Power System for 2006?

 
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Real Reality



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 8:53 pm    Post subject: Your Dream Power System for 2006? Reply with quote

What would you have on a performance computer that you order or assemble in 2006?

Software
1. Operating System
2. Office Suite (word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, etc.)
3. Security (antivirus, firewall, etc.)
4. Game (only one please)

Hardware
1. Processor
2. RAM
3. Hard Drive
4. Graphics Card
5. Display

Estimated price (in Korea):
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SuperHero



Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout

PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think the beaver has posted about the computer he's going to assemble this summer. *drool*
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Derrek



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 11:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RR is the beaver?
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Demophobe



Joined: 17 May 2004

PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

2006?

Impossible to say right now....really, impossible.

Dual-core AMD64s, "Cell" CPUs, DDR3 system memory, RDRAM (yellowstone) systems, ATIs version of SLI, or SLI, SATA2....all these things are coming....and then some.

When talking about tech, one can only put together a speculative system and even then, it may not pan out.

Tomorrow never comes.....
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Thunndarr



Joined: 30 Sep 2003

PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I predict that by 2006, computers will be twice as powerful, and a thousand times bigger, and only the 5 richest men in the world will be able to afford them.
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itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

reality is. you dont need that much power..

simple p4 or centrino processor
4gig speed would be sweet
2GIG RAM
1 x 250 gig drive
1x 500 gig drive

spend 500 bucks on a graphic card
and 500 bucks on a sound card!
and your good to go for another 4 years!
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Demophobe



Joined: 17 May 2004

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

itaewonguy wrote:
reality is. you dont need that much power..

simple p4 or centrino processor
4gig speed would be sweet
2GIG RAM
1 x 250 gig drive
1x 500 gig drive

spend 500 bucks on a graphic card
and 500 bucks on a sound card!
and your good to go for another 4 years!




Reality is....



different for each person.
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thorin



Joined: 14 Apr 2003

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

itaewonguy wrote:

reality is. you dont need that much power..


Agreed.

itaewonguy wrote:

simple p4 or centrino processor
4gig speed would be sweet


My AMD64 is just as fast and runs cooler.

itaewonguy wrote:
2GIG RAM


Overkill.


itaewonguy wrote:

1 x 250 gig drive
1x 500 gig drive


what???!! HAHAHAHA!!!!
less than 100 terras???? HAHAHAHA!!!!
you pu$$y!!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!!
(my best itaewonguy)
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Demophobe



Joined: 17 May 2004

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thorin wrote:
My AMD64 is just as fast and runs cooler.


Prove it.

This ought to be funny.....seeing as there are no P4 4GHz chips. Even funnier as "AMD64" is meaningless if we are talking speed.

Too much power? Well, I suppose you drive a single-stroke Lada, seeing as everything else is too much power.

Ugh...too much power. I'm afraid in the world of CPUs, there can not be too much power. A faster chip will always do everything faster....thus, efficiency, thus better.

Technology always improves and this includes doing current tasks better. Yes, I am talking seconds here, but you canot deny that even a second is time, and a second saved, is time saved.
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the_beaver



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 2:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Derrek wrote:
RR is the beaver?


Not as far as I know.
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thorin



Joined: 14 Apr 2003

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 5:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Demophobe wrote:
thorin wrote:
My AMD64 is just as fast and runs cooler.


Prove it.


Ok, on the count of 3, everyone open Photoshop and count 1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi...
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jay-shi



Joined: 09 May 2004
Location: On tour

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't care what it is as long as it comes in one of these:

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1823675,00.asp
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Demophobe



Joined: 17 May 2004

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 12:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thorin wrote:

Ok, on the count of 3, everyone open Photoshop and count 1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi...



Read my whole post and see why you are making my point.
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thorin



Joined: 14 Apr 2003

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 4:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've got a Lada (500 MHz Mac) a Sonata (2.6 GHz Pentium) and a new SM5 (AMD +3200 2.0 GHz). While the Lada reads and writes slower, it saves a lot of time by avoiding installing/uninstalling/rebooting. The SM5 feels faster than the Sonata and it doesn't overheat. All three handle rush hour traffic much like a Ferrari.
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Demonicat



Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Suwon

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 5:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the thing is, computers are like cars; more power is good on a primevil level. It doesn't matter if its miliseconds in processing or milimeters in a drag race, the bigger, badder, stronger device is simply...cooler. If you disagree, please check your *beep* at the door on the way out.
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