Win a $30,000 Computer

[BlackArrow]

Or at least check out what you can buy for $30,000

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,141628/article.html

[th3st1ck]

i want one.

[Duke{CLR}]

That's one heck of a machine.

[drunken_chef]

"Labor for building and troubleshooting -- 100 hrs at $50/hr - $5,000."

lol. give me the 5 grand and I'll make my own machine thanks.

[CarbonFire]

Such a ridiculous list....

? Labor for building and troubleshooting -- 100 hrs at $50/hr - $5,000.

100 hours.....really.....
I guess they have to "test" all the software to make sure it works correctly.
I mean, COD4, TF2, Crysis and Flight Sim X aren't going to test themselves

[-IRC-MIKE]

I'm sure that the "100 hours testing and troubleshooting" are including the Gameplay, Benchmarking, software comparisons, Game comparisons... all the little test utilities and tweaking for top end results. This could easily take 100+ hours.

[Trooper110]

Less talking, more me winning that PC

[TheSilentAssassin]

ME WANT!!!!

[TheSilentAssassin]

By the way, are there any pics?

[Trooper110]

Meh, with the hardware in that thing I'd take a bright pink Hello Kitty case, lol.

[Rand{CLR}]

They could have gone with a better printer and more expensive speakers too.

-Rand

[RobotBanana]

? 3 NEC LCD2490WUXi-BK 24.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor - $3,866.97

Yes please!

[darth_nevus]

rofl this this is a best. but one that will never fly. rofl.

Ultra X3 ULT40070 1600-Watt Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, PCI-E Ready, Energy Efficient, Modular - $499.99

Anyone else see a problem there? Classic case of "order the most expensive, biggest baddest producing numbers parts" and dub it good.

and this:

2 LG Super Multi GGW-H10NI BD burner HD DVD reader - $1,999.98

A pair of Blueray drives are 1/3 the cost, with a far better chance of winning the format wars at this point.

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800 PCIe NTSC/ATSC/QAM tuner - $149

More junk. all there is to that one. nothing but problems with the HVR-1800s.


Iomega UltraMax Pro eSATA 1.5TB - $504

Junk. there are far better models out there than this thing...

APC Back-UPS RS 1500VA LCD ? 249.95

This will keep the system running for what? 30 seconds?

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64 - $379
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 - $249.99
System Commander 9 - $69.95

Perfectm for the geek who wants the lend of functionality, and non functionality. why not just submerge the PC in a vat of hot molten lead. it'll work faster.

Labor for building and troubleshooting -- 100 hrs at $50/hr - $5,000.

i.e. 20 geeks @ 1/2 hour to build time. 1 geek to build it, 19 to drool over it.

Cables Unlimited UV Reactive Mode Kit with Dual Tube UV CCFL Lights, Fans, Floppy Cable and ATA133 Cable

Best of all, right there. how many geniuses writing this article realize there have no ATA133 drives?

i gotta say, i am SOOOO totally unimpressed by this rig. Novices... ROFL.

[Rand{CLR}]

and this:

2 LG Super Multi GGW-H10NI BD burner HD DVD reader - $1,999.98

A pair of Blueray drives are 1/3 the cost, with a far better chance of winning the format wars at this point.

These ARE Blu-Ray drives. They are Blu-Ray burners, but are also combo drives that can also read HD DVD. They're expensive because they are combo drives. They're only slightly more expensive (each) than a combo player-only standalone unit.

It gets confusing. Blu-Ray is often simply reduced to "BD" for Blu-Ray Disc in listings. Makes it a lot harder to find what you may be looking for if you're an average consumer.

-Rand

[darth_nevus]

whoops! i thought bd was part of the model identifier! thats what i get for not looking the part up.