Where is 3d's dream machine??

[sicarius]

Does 3dspotlight not build a monthly machine showing prices anymore? I found a link to one and it is showing the AMD 1.33. It was written in 2001.

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[agissi]

Thats been there for ages, I used to check there for new guides all the time, like year ago, untill after 6 months nothing was ever done with it, or said about it.

 

[sicarius]

I wonder where it moved too?

Oh I guess I see. Hit the forum jump huh?

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[Arris]

I'm sure this will get updated when the staff get a chance. With the site updates, forums changes and server move there has been a lot going on behind the scenes.

My personal choices for a AMD system would be:

• Cooler Master ATC-710-GX2 $108 (personal preference)
• AMD XP Barton 3000+ $600
• Thermalright SLK-800 $38
• ThermalTake SmartFan II $17
• Abit NF7-S nForce2 $120
• ATI Radeon 9700Pro AIW $420
• 2x512mb Corsair XMS Cas2 PC3500 2x$177
• 2x 120GB MaxtorATA133 8mb cache (DiamondMax Plus 9) 2x$139
• Pioneer DVR-104 DVD-R/RW Drive (BLACK) $203
• Enermax EG651P-VE 550W PSU $156
• Logitech MX700 Cordless optical mouse $62
• Logitech BLACK Elite Keyboard $36
• Samsung 191T Silver 19" TFT $812 (Response times are starting to make these a viable alternative to CRTs)
  TOTAL: $3202 (~£2000)

Personal choice of an Intel system would be:

• Cooler Master ATC-710-GX2 $108 (personal preference)
• Intel P4 3.06Ghz $583
• Thermalright SLK-800 $38 (or SLK-900 $46 as mounting holes are available)
• ThermalTake SmartFan II $17
• Gigabyte GA-8INXP $255
• ATI Radeon 9700Pro AIW $420
• 2x512mb Corsair XMS Cas2 PC3500 2x$177
• 2x 120GB MaxtorATA133 8mb cache (DiamondMax Plus 9) 2x$139
• Pioneer DVR-104 DVD-R/RW Drive (BLACK) $203
• Enermax EG651P-VE 550W PSU $156
• Logitech MX700 Cordless optical mouse $62
• Logitech BLACK Elite Keyboard $36
• Samsung 191T Silver 19" TFT $812 (Response times are starting to make these a viable alternative to CRTs)
  TOTAL: $3322 (~£2080)

Of course this is a dream machine where money is no object really

[size=1]All prices taken from www.pricewatch.com or www.newegg.com since I am not familiar with US prices[/size]