Regardless of money. That should be the only factor removed from your head righg now. Forget it! Poof! Gone! Consider everything else, eg. compatibility, speed, graphics - everything except cost. List all the components which would make up your favourite PC...

*very wide ear-to-ear smile* OK
6800XT Gainward
Syncmaster 24" LCD
2048 Dual 1600MHz Corsair DDR w/ Zalman heat sinks
ASUS K8V DELUXE MBO
200GB S/ATA Barracuda w/ Zalman coolers
200GB 8MB cache Barracuda w/ powered drawer
Chieftec Bigtower Smartcase 450W
Zalman Cu Cooler
Athlon 64 3200+
DVD Recorder Plextor 16xDVD read/8xDVD rec/48x/24x/48x
Plextor DVD ROM 16x/48x/24x/48x
7.1 Cambridge Soundworks 260W
LOGITECH diNovo Media Desktop Bluetooth Keyboard
LOGITECH MX900 Bluetooth Optical Mouse
Printer/Fax/Scanner laser HP 3380
LOGITECH Freedom 2.4, wireless joystick


I think that about covers it. Let's rock!!!

EDIT: ofcourse, there's the ZALMAN SYSTEM FAN SYSTEM w/ 5" controller, all rounded cables and a ZPI drive, external.

[ 05-05-2004, 02:21 PM: Message edited by: Bozos of Bones ]

Regardless of money? Heh! I pound out a few machines a month for income support, and barely make my time and effort. Folks don't understand that $299 special is just that, 'special'

But, without a budget. I could live with this.
Asus K8N-E Deluxe MB
AMD 64 FX 53 CPU
3GB DDR 400 matched Samsung memory
Pair of WD Raptor 36.7GB SATA Raid 1 (Boot)
Three WD Caviar SE 200GB SATA Raid 0 (Smoking)
ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition (Sweeeet)
Creative GigaWorks S750 6.1 (Noise makers)
Creative Audigy 2 ZS (Noise maker controller card)
Sony F520 21" CRT(In your face)
Plextor PX-708A (DVD burner)
Plextor PlexWriter Premium CD-RW (CD drive)
Cooled by Innovatek H2O Kit XXS With additional HDD, VidCard, & Chipset blocks.
All wrapped in a Antec case with true power.
I prefer Turbo Media multifuction KB.
Micro innovations, Track ball mouse.

Jaradu, how about you putting something up too?

too bad im out of the market now to know what are the coolest stuff around. i heard there is a new type of motherboard coming out. in a few years its going to phase out atx motherboards. so ill upgrade then. by then i guess it would be those dual processors intel has been raving out. and virtual reality video cards <--- wishful thinking:D

Don't get me started!
[img]graemlins/rant.gif[/img] Those new MBs will have a direct link of your entire hardware, and software profiles directly to monitoring services. And the beatch about is, the freaking manufacturers are accepting the standard! I have a hard enough time allowing my MSI board 'call home' everytime I power up. That is one distinct disadvantage of always on internet. Irregardless of what I do to the registry, the .exe is like Wiley Coyote, keeps coming back for more.