New sexy desktop wanted

[Phantom Raspberry Blower 0]

How much would a beast like this cost to put together:

 

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HTテクノロジ インテル® Pentium®4 プロセッサ エクストリーム・エディション 3.73GHz

2GB(512MBx4) デュアルチャネル DDR2-SDRAMメモリ

ハードディスクドライブ（RAIDなし）：400GB SATA HDD

DVDスーパーマルチドライブ（ダブルレイヤー対応）

ATI RADEON® X850 XT PE 256MB DDR(DVI/VGA/TV-out付）

Creative® Sound Blaster® Audigy 2 ZS PCIカード

[big-will 7]

Don't know about costs, but it looks like an OTT System and one that I would really like to have on my desk!

[maoriboy 0]

Right these are all average prices. you could no doubt get a better deal if you dug around. And dont forget many places offer discounts..i.e. points card systems...here we go

P4- 3.8HT 37,770

2Gb DDR2 24,800

ATI X850XTPE 74,800

Audigy 2 ZS Pro 25,211

400GB SATA 33,000

19inch LCD 44,800 (not the cheapest but a brand I highly recommend)

DVD DL multi 7,280

So far the pricetag comes to 247,661. You didnt include a motherboard or case/mouse/keyboard so

Motherboard 24,980

case 20,000

mouse/kb 15,000

these prices are just estimates.

so total price here is

307,641

now with this kinda package you are gonna get a discount. lets use 12%

with a 12% points discount the final price is, 274,680 . Not bad I think and change left to buy an mp3 player.

Again I reiterate this is just an estimate and not to be taken as anything else but.

I have a question...why do you want something this powerful? to play games? Just curious as to the need for all this power...

[wakaran 1]

Now that would be sweet to have on my desktop.....

 

How long would it actually take to put all that together?

[69 5]

If I had far too much cash to spare I wouldn't mind that, sounds like a top end game powerhouse that. Don't need all that power for emails,

[maoriboy 0]

for me??? dunno. a few hours I guess if I had no distractions. another 2 or 3 hours to get windows up and running. easy as if everything goes to plan

[Yes-please. 0]

Sounds nice, the one I'm getting is much less powerful than that but good enough for what I need it for.... just under 100,000 yen as well.

[big-will 7]

PRB - so how much would that gear cost from DEll?

[SHAG 0]

How about having a wooden keyboard

 

 

Only $5000+ (woodcontour.com)

[maoriboy 0]

dunno about that SHag. I think it wooden work.

[Curt 1]

I recently bought a set of Logitech 5.1 speakers for my pc, only about ichiman and they are superb. The difference it makes in sound is incredible, and music sounds much better too. Not sure the neighbours will be too keen though, I have been trying to be good.

[Phantom Raspberry Blower 0]

I think I'll give that wooden keyboard a miss.

 

Thanks for the comments folks, still researching!

[DumbStick 13]

Curt, how does stereo music work on those 5.1 speakers ie what comes through the front center and back speakers?

[brett_jackson 0]

I wood imagine a stereo track is treated the same way as it wood be if pumped through a 5.1 receiver - that is, it would be processed by a Pro-Logic processor rather than a 5.1 (Dolby Digital/DTS) processor, since it's a 2.0 track?

[Curt 1]

Well I'm not sure on the technicalities of it all, but they sure sound good. And music is definitely coming out of the 2 rear speakers and the bass is doing well as well. (Not sure whats going on with the front central one.)