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High End Video editing/gaming computer budget?

post #1 of 18
3/10/04 at 4:16pm
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I'm planning on building a liquid cooled, dual processor and overclocked opteron system for video editing/photoshop/ and gaming and I'm curious what you'd expect to pay for these specs (please don't give me stupid remarks, Im doing some research here ).

Dual 1.8 GHz Opterons (Oc'd to 2.0 GHz and watercooled)
1 GB registered PC 3200 corsair RAM
1 Water cooled 160 GB harddrive (SATA)
1 water cooled 10K RPM HD - 15 GB (system Drive)
Radeon 9800XT 256 mb video card
Windows Professional
19 inch LCD panel
TV tuner
Composite video in
2.1 channel speakers
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
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post #2 of 18
3/10/04 at 7:07pm
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post #3 of 18
3/10/04 at 7:09pm
900+ bucks buddy
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post #4 of 18
3/10/04 at 7:09pm
www.pricewatch.com
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post #5 of 18
3/10/04 at 8:24pm
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You misunderstand me. I meant how much would you (as in you're going to buy a new desktop) pay for one of these already assembled. It will definately be 900+ ( ) dollars
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post #6 of 18
3/10/04 at 8:25pm
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I already know the cost, Im just seeing if there's any market for this (I build custom desktops).
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post #7 of 18
3/10/04 at 9:37pm
newegg.com buy stuff from there its cheap they got a++ things every product gets a 5 outa 5
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post #8 of 18
3/10/04 at 10:12pm
Id expect to spend 2 grand for that and a monitor, its probabley worth more but thats all I could / would pay.
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post #9 of 18
3/10/04 at 10:44pm
Hey.. do your programs support Dual CPU's? If they do, thats a pretty gnarly setup, if they don't, I suggest waiting a few months, getting a socket 939 AMD64 FX-53 (1-2 more months I believe) or FX-55 (if you can wait till the end of this year).
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post #10 of 18
3/10/04 at 10:56pm
dual processor eh? pretty insane
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post #11 of 18
3/10/04 at 11:24pm
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To be honest fiction, I'm just finding all this stuff out. I've never built a dual processor rig before, but supposedly windows XP Pro supports dual processir rigs out of the box and it manages tasks intelligently (sort of like hyper-threading just not). This is not a pipe dream, it may take me a little while to build it (I've got other rigs to build too), but when I do, you'll be sure to see me compare it too a single processor computer and check out the performance differences (no one ever compares a single processor x86 (or x86-64) to dual processor ones).
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post #12 of 18
3/11/04 at 2:54am
although yes xp pro does support dual processors many programs do not... also most games dont...so whenever you buy a gaming server and it says dual processors in it, doesn't really mean both are working cohesively together...that is a little food for though...

also why not build a dual intel rig...probably won't need to be watercooled since Intel's run cooler than AMD's just a thought though...i used to have a dual P3 gaming setup in my room ran pretty cool with like 2 extra case fans.
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post #13 of 18
3/11/04 at 10:26am
Yes, AMD's get hot. But water cooling is so gnarly. My brother had it, but then he realized it was a pain in the ass. Buying Distilled water, one of the tubes didn't fit on the radiator, then he moved up North for school (I'm in Florida) and now he just has like 3 case fans, and 3 internal fans. Also, most programs do not support Dual CPU's, so you might not get the _full_ potential, but of course it would be better than just 1 Opteron.
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post #14 of 18
3/11/04 at 6:53pm
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I chose the opterons primarilt because they support 64 bit operating systems, and also because they work more efficiently in multiprocessor environments because of AMDs efficient hypertransport (or so i've heard).
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post #15 of 18
3/11/04 at 7:02pm
WHY DONT U GET AN ITANIUM THEY ARE SO CRAZY COOL 64 BIT WEEeeeeee.. :/

Can you even buy Itaniums? didn't see any on Newegg.
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post #16 of 18
3/11/04 at 7:40pm
honestly for video editing i wouldnt buy that junk.

you want at least 2 hd's cause transfering files on and del;eting gonna wear the hd down and dif its the primary drive , you take it in the ass hard

build a decent system and most dual proc systems have to have the program written for it and 1 or two may but you cant afford the prog even on a budget
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post #17 of 18
3/11/04 at 7:51pm
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From what I've heard, Itaniums are not worth the amount of money that they cost. Also, they use a proprietary 64 bit architecture which won't allow you to use any of your applications on it whithout significant performance drops. It is purely for Servers.
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post #18 of 18
3/11/04 at 7:55pm
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Actually, there should be a subtantial performance increase with windows with a dual processor system. It can natively manage backround tasks between processors. The second processor won't help you at all on most applications, but a few CAD and graphic intensive programs should be able to make use of it. I build normal computers too, I'm just seeing if there is any interest in this. Considering the amount of hype Go-l gets for vaporware, I figured people should be interested in this also (of course this isn't the best place to ask).
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