Buying Ultimate Gaming Machine

mmmmmm...

Mach 3.8 Custom
$3,351.99 $3,351.99
Logo: Rock
CacheFlow: Built-in $299.00 $299.00
SuperBIOS: Built-in
CPU: 3_8GHz_Extreme $750.00 $750.00
L2_Cache: 512K
Memory: 256_500MHz
PuRam: Built-in $4,999.00 $4,999.00
3_8_Storage: 2T_7200rpm $2,999.00 $2,999.00
RAID: No_RAID
SCSI: Ultra-SCSI320_4_73_GB $3,299.00 $3,299.00
Fiber-channel: Built-in $899.00 $899.00
Graphics: G450 $559.00 $559.00
High_Definition: None
Bay_1: 8xDVD-RW $356.00 $356.00
Bay_2: None
Bay_3: DoubleSlotLCD-Green $279.00 $279.00
Audio: Built-in
IEEE_1394a_Firewire: 2_Ports
IEEE_1394b_Firewire: None
USB2: 8_Ports
PCI_Expansion: Built-in
Modem_GigaLAN: Built-in
Power_Supply: 550W
Input_Device: Keyboard_Mouse $99.00 $99.00
Operating_System: Windows_XP_Pro
Warranty: 3_Extended_Enterprise $799.00 $799.00
Wireless_Lan: wireless_lan_8 $99.00 $99.00
Bluetooth: bluetooth_adapter $99.00 $99.00
TV_TUNER: tvtuner $129.00 $129.00
3_8_Storage_2: 296GB_10000rpm $1,899.00 $1,899.00
Modem: 56k_modem $49.00 $49.00
scsicontroller: No_SCSI
Extended_RAM: 12gb_extend $11,599.00 $11,599.00
MDGC92 Grand Canyon Display 92
$17,999.99 $17,999.99
VIDEOCARDS: G450 $999.00 $999.00
warranty: 3_extended $1,999.00 $1,999.00
dvi_connect: dviconnect $399.00 $399.00
Dvi_cables: 3x_dvi $189.00 $189.00
vga_cables: 3x_vga $139.00 $139.00
Total: $54,287.98

HOLY $H!T!!!!!!!!!

yeah go-l ::cough, scammers, cough::

Geez, you can get Optiron-based Sun PCs for much less than that. Model number is Sun Fire V20z.

--TSK

EDIT: Durn link to store.sun.com freaked out.

but do they have $5000 solid-state harddrives?

I've dealt with FC-AL RAIDs that are nearly on par with Solid State disks, at one-third the cost. Individual FC-AL disks are not much slower. And SCSI disks are fast enough for a gaming rig anyway - check the info at www.radified.com.

The Sun above uses 10K Ultra-320 SCSI disks. They're pretty fast.

Of course, I've also seen an FC-AL SSD (we're currently testing one). The cap appears to be at 1 Gig/minute sustained read/write for an SSD, this product has not made much difference. Probably hitting PCI bus limitations.