Dream Machine 2003 can be yours for just under $11,000
I received my latest issue of Maximum PC a few days ago and yesterday I finally got around to thumbing through it. One article that stood out is their Dream Machine 2003. Maximum PC hasn’t put the article online yet so if you are interested in seeing it NOW you will have to buy/borrow a copy. (September 2003)
I have typed in the parts list from the article so please continue on with this article to see it. They have used some impressive equipment to make this machine and by looking at the total amount spent you can tell that money was of no concern. There are certain items I would like to question though. If you are building a machine and money is no object, why would you buy a bulky CRT monitor for half of your dual display. I personally like symmetry, so I would have went on and bought 2 LCD monitors. The LCD they choose is the Sharp LL-T2020B at $4300. A very nice piece of equipment. I’ll have to talk about it at a later time.
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Whenever I see these custom built machines I always have issue with some of the components. I suppose that I am biased based on some of my personal experiences with different manufactures products. I will have to make it a point to give a lot of them second or third chances for all of them have the occasional crap product. In the area of memory, I like Crucial for they have NEVER done me wrong and their prices are great. Maximum PC likes Corsair. Just about every system they build they use Corsair memory. I can’t recall them using any other although I’m sure they do. I am a fan of AMD, I like going with the underdog. With AMD you are definitely getting your money’s worth and it is cheaper than Intel. If money was no object to me, I would probably buy Intel. Motherboards, I have used a few brands. (Asus, GigaByte, Soyo, and others over the years.) Maximum PC has the luxury of testing all their component in their lab and doing their rating thing. I have to go with what I know or read enough about other product until I feel that they are worth the effort of trying. The next few machines I build I will try some of the motherboards that Maximum PC recommends.