What would you like?
So there's a good bit of work I'm doing on this new product line with the new NVIDIA chipsets. This includes trying to find a really solid, sub-$2000 tower that will do everything that I want. I think I've got a good idea on what I would want, but I need to know what you all look for. At the $2000 price point, you're not getting 8800-series video, but I'm looking at an entry-level 7300GS. If you are a true gamer, you're going to want to upgrade that and probably more, but what does the power user really want? Dual hard drives are nice, but how many people really use them? Do you need two DVD burners? Things like that.
Post me some comments!
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A great crunching machine! w00t!
I think the sweet setup for crunching will be the Quadfather, in all honesty. We'll have to check the benchmarks though once it ships. Either that or Core 2 Quad.
[quote=Nate]I think the sweet setup for crunching will be the Quadfather, in all honesty. We'll have to check the benchmarks though once it ships. Either that or Core 2 Quad.
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Those run kinda hot. I'm thinking of the Intel Dual Core (anything from the 6300 to the 6700). Something that the Zalmann 9500 will keep cool.
Core 2 Duo is the king of the Dual Cores. Either get a e6600 for the big cache, or the e6300 for the big overclocking potential. Ohh yeah, be sure to get either a 680/650i board or an Asus P5B Deluxe for the big FSB so you can crank the proc.