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[CMR170889]

This is so dread     so bad     so sexy     It needs to be in a whole new topic by itself.



Standard configurations
Microprocessors: One or two 1.9 or 2.1 GHz POWER5+ processors
Level 2 (L2) cache: 1.9MB ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) 
Level 3 (L3) cache: 36MB ECC 
RAM (memory): 1GB to 32GB of DDR2 SDRAM running at 528 MHz; ECC Chipkill
Internal disk storage: Up to 1.2TB Internal SCSI disk bays: Four hot-swappable (10K or 15K rpm disks)  
Media bays: Two slimline and one half-high 
Expansion slots: Six PCI-X: one low-latency 64-bit 266 MHz DDR slot, three 64-bit 133 MHz slots, and two 32-bit 66 MHz slots 
 
Standard features
I/O ports: Dual-ported Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps controller
Dual channel Ultra320 SCSI controller
Two USB, two HMC, two system 
Graphics accelerator: One of the graphics accelerators listed below 
 
Optional features
Graphics accelerator: 2D graphics: GXT135P (16MB frame buffer)
3D graphics: GXT4500P (128MB unified frame buffer, texture mapping)
GXT6500P (128MB unified frame buffer, texture mapping, lighting and geometry processor) 
Displays: T120 20" TFT flat panel monitor
T119 19" TFT flat panel monitor
T117 17" TFT flat panel monitor
T115 15" TFT flat panel monitor (2D graphics only)
Graphics input devices: SpaceBall Plus 3D
SpaceMouse Plus 3D
SpacePilot 3D 
Media devices: Diskette (external attached via USB)
DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM
Tape drive
 
Operating systems AIX 5L Version 5.2 or later 
Power requirements: 100 v to 127 v or 200 v to 240 v AC (auto-ranging) 
System dimensions 21.1"H x 9.5"W x 27.4"D; bottom tip-foot width 12.9"; weight: 78.1 lb1 
 
Warranty 8 A.M to 5 P.M. next-business-day for one year (limited) at no additional cost; on-site for selected components, CRU for all others; warranty service and maintenance upgrades are available




 Up to two 1.9 or 2.1 GHz POWER5+ microprocessors with 36MB L3 cache   Provides improved system and application performance and higher reliability for applications
 
 Up to 32GB memory   Allows exploitation of 64-bit addressing for memory intensive applications such as CATIA V5 from Dassault Systemes
Provides growth options for greater throughput
ECC Chipkill, bit-steering memory   Helps significantly lower number of memory failures that cause system outages, thus increasing system availability
Provides memory spares that are activated when multiple memory errors are encountered
 
 
 
 
 Choice of graphics accelerators   Permits selection of 3D performance and price appropriate to application and budget

2D graphics available as base or in conjunction with 3D graphics
Multiple 2D and 3D adapters are supported in a single workstation
3D input devices—SpaceBall, SpaceMouse and SpacePilot   Allow 3D images to be manipulated more rapidly and more effectively—for improved design productivity
 
 
 
 
 Six PCI-X adapter slots   New 64-bit low latency DDR slot for faster graphics

Support both 32- and 64-bit adapters at optimum performance
Provide growth options for increased capacity
Four hot-swappable disk bays   Provide greater system availability and smooth growth by allowing swapping or adding of disk drives without powering down the system
Optional feature to "lock" disk drives in place for high-security environments
Ultra320 SCSI for fast access and data transfer
 
 
 
 Dual-ported Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps controller  Allows two connections to gigabit Ethernet networks

Integrated for lower cost
Built-in service processor  Continuously monitors system operations and takes preventive or corrective action for quick problem resolution and high system availability
Allows diagnostics and maintenance to be performed remotely


 Redundant hot-plug cooling   Enhances system availability by allowing cooling fans to be changed without interrupting operations

Provides backup cooling if primary unit fails
 
 
 AIX 5L operating system   Designed to deliver maximum throughput for mixed workloads without complex system configuration or tuning

Provides upward binary compatibility to help preserve software investments
Incorporates reliability and security needed for a dependable and safe computing environment
Provides environment consistent with IBM UNIX servers for reduced support complexity
 



Hardware summary
 
·  Deskside packaging
·  One or two 64-bit 1.9 or 2.1 GHz POWER5+ processors
·  1.9MB L2 and 36MB L3 cache
·  1GB to 32GB of DDR2 SDRAM running at 528 MHz
·  Six PCI-X adapter slots (2 - 66 MHz; 3 - 133 MHz; 1 - 266 MHz (DDR))
·  Four hot-swappable SCSI disk bays for up to 1.2TB of internal storage
·  Dual channel Ultra320 SCSI controller (internal only; RAID optional)
·  Dual-ported Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps controller
·  Two USB, two HMC, two system ports
·  Two slimline and one half-high media bays
·  3D graphics choices from GXT4500P and GXT6500P
·  3D graphics input devices—SpaceBall, SpaceMouse and SpacePilot
·  2D graphics using GXT135P
 
 

[CMR170889]

PLACE UP ANY SUPER SYSTEMS OR ACCESSORIES YOU KNOW OF OR HAVE SEEN -- SPECS AND PICS.



FIRST PIC

Operating System:  Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.x
CPU Model:  Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz (2 CPUs)
Motherboard:  Dell Inc. Dell DM051
Video Card #1:  NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
Monitor #1:  Dual Dell 20.1 Widescreen LCD
Audio Card #1:  SigmaTel Audio
Input Device #1:  Mouse
Input Device #2:  Keyboard
Number of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 2.8GHz
System Memory: 1022MB
Hard Drive Space: 160GB
First Bootdate: 2006-04-24






SECOND PIC

Alienware -- Aurora ALX

Dual Hard Drives
More than ever before
Cram all your digital pictures, movies, games, and music, into the massive hard drives on the Area-51 and still have room to spare. With up to 4 terabytes of storage you’ll never have to worry about storage space.
Massive 4 Terabytes of data let you store more music, games, pictures, and movies.
Store More Music: 1,000,000 songs*
Movies: 1,000 movies*
Games: 665 games*
Average file size: 4MB per Song, 4GB per Movie, 6GB per Game.

Double Barreled Graphics
The new NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8800 GTX with SLi dual GPU technology is, simply put, unstoppable. The NVIDIA 8800 GTX carries 768 MB of GDDR3 memory, for a total of 1.5 GB of dedicated GPU memory, and is the world’s first Direct X 10-compliant video card as well as HDCP ready. With this kind of dual GPU firepower at your disposal, you better start planning the post-victory smack talk now.

World’s First Physics Processing Unit
The Aurora ALX enables gaming performance beyond the combined capabilities of CPUs and GPUs by integrating a third element vital to realistic gameplay: the highly innovative AGEIA PhysX™, the first-ever physics processing unit. The PhysX adds a level of dynamic motion and interaction never before experienced in gaming by accelerating the scale and quality of real-time physics. With PhysX, visual effects such as how fluids flow and how explosions scatter debris are portrayed much more realistically to greatly enhance gameplay on PhysX-enabled games

Blu-ray Disc Technology[/u]
The Blu-ray Disc format offers the highest capacity of any consumer media format to date, also greatly surpassing the capacity of other media formats. Blu-ray Disc gives you the maximum storage capability of 50GB on one dual layer disc, almost 10x the standard storage capabilities of a DVD. Blu-ray Disc's huge capacity allows not only for the highest quality High Definition video to be displayed, but allows you back up your large media libraries on one disc.

Life in the fast lane
Alienware’s Aurora ALX is equipped with the latest DDR2 memory that lets you do more quickly. Blaze through those annoying loading screens and get more of what you want, now.

Double Barreled Firepower
The AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000 dual core processor supercharges your system with the new AM2 DDR2 memory technology. This double barreled combo comes equipped to the gills with these other AMD features:
Integrated memory controller.
HyperTransport™ technology.
Enhanced Virus Protection.
Cool’n’Quiet™ technology.



Summary

Operating Systems
Windows® Vista™ Ultimate
Windows® Vista™ Home Premium
Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Windows® XP Professional

Processors, Chipset & Memory
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3.0GHz, 2000MHz FSB, 2 x 1024KB full-speed level 2 Cache
NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI
Standard 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz
Up to 4GB of system memory
Graphics & VideoStandard Dual NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX SLI
2 x 768MB GDDR3 dedicated video memory
Quad DVI and S-Video outputs with quad-display support*
Full DirectX® 10 and OpenGL® 2.0 graphics compatibility
NVIDIA SLI-Enabled
*Dependant upon graphics configuration
 
Connectivity
Video out: Four DVI Connectors
TV out: Two S-Video Out Connectors

Storage Hard Drive Options
RAID: Options 0 and 1 Available
RPM: Starting at 7,200 up to 10,000
Capacity: Starting at 500GB up to 1TB per Drive (4 Drives Maximum)
Interface: Serial ATA 3Gb/s
 
Optical Drive Options
Standard 18x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Drive
Optional 16x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Drive w/LightScribe Technology
Optional 2x Blu-ray Disc (BD-ROM) Reader / Writer
Digital Media
Optional 28-in-1 digital media reader / writer

Networking
Integrated Dual High Performance Gigabit Ethernet Ports
 
Audio
High Definition Surround Sound Audio
Supports 8-channel (7.1) 24-bit audio
Optional Sound Blaster X-Fi High Definition Surround Sound Audio
Supports 8-channel (7.1) 24-bit high-definition audio
Up to 64MB dedicated Audio XRAM
Connectivity - Standard Audio:
Eight 1/8" analog jacks (Rear)
One Coaxial digital output (Rear)
One Optical digital output (Rear)
One 1/8" analog headphones jack (Front)
One 1/8" analog microphone jack (Front)
Supports 8-channel (7.1) 24-bit audio

Peripheral Connects
One PS/2 keyboard port
One PS/2 mouse port
Two FireWire 400 port (Front)
One FireWire 800 port (Rear)
Eight Hi-Speed USB 2.0 ports (6 Back / 2 Front)
 
Case & Chassis
Exclusive Alienware ALX P2 chassis design
Exclusive chrome-finished chassis accents and black-anodized chassis interior
AlienIce™ 3.0 high-performance cooling targets system-wide hot-sports
AlienFX for quick and easy system lighting
Easily accessible front ports
1000-watt Multi-GPU-approved power supply with Active PFC
Tool-less front and side panels
Height: 19.01”
Width: 9.97”
Depth: 25.02”

[Arcmanov]

I'm sure that other forum members want to ask this question:

What exactly, is the purpose of this thread?

While I'm sure that your intentions are noble, let me say that most members of this forum
are technically quite adept at finding all this info on their own.

Personally, I see no great need to regurgitate all that info here.  A simple link to said info can be provided instead.

[TriniXaeno]

looks like a "state of the art" thread.

Items represent the cutting edge of their respective fields.

Not an altogether bad idea.

[Arcmanov]

Agreed, but i think a nice pic and a link would be better than all that other info.

[Berzerk]

this is a gaming forum is it not?

what is wrong with someone posting some of the latest and greatest in gaming tech?

[Czar]

this is a gaming forum is it not?

what is wrong with someone posting some of the latest and greatest in gaming tech?

Errr....who in their right mind buys a Power5+ chip to get their game on?? That's a professional workstation, not a home PC.

The others...the Dell has Pentium D chips in it...that's first generation dual cores from Intel...weak by today's standards (even with 2 physical processors), as well, it only has 1GB of RAM....weak.

The Alienware is the only worthy gaming powerhouse in this thread...but just a glance at the specs shows that it's going to be WAAAY expensive.

[disciple]

not so much the content, but the delivery...   i have to agree with arc..  a pic , perhaps an excerpt, and a link..

makes for nicer reading...

other that that, i like the power 5 rig.. lol

[Arcmanov]

^^^^Exactly my point.

By all means, post the new tech, but in an easy-to-read format.

[vivman1107]

Ok, so we are posting some of the best machines out there. Here are some I find very sweet. Of course, these are for you if money is no object.

Velocity Raptor™ Signature Edition Gaming PC

Designed, crafted, and tuned by our founder, Randy Copeland, to be the absolute fastest gaming system. The custom production Velocity Raptor™ Signature Edition features everything Randy would want you to have in the ultimate performance computer, without compromise or shortcuts. Every unique system spends one week being hand wired, tuned, tested, and benchmarked for peak output, all supervised by Randy and our senior technicians. If you demand the very best, the Velocity Raptor Signature Edition is the ultimate immersion into the computing experience.

http://www.velocitymicro.com/wizard.php?iid=75


Voodoo Omen

Our dedicated team of designers have created more than just a PC tower but an engineering marvel filled with innovation and bold beauty. The Omen came to be and remains our most wondrous powerhouse machine yet and still surpasses even the newest designs this industry has to offer. A legend to some and an award winning contender every time, the Omen is designed to deliver the best performance by providing the best possible environment for each component held within.

http://www.voodoopc.com/sellpage/sellpage.aspx?spid=61


Falcon Northwest Mach V

The insanely custom Mach V series has been in production since 1992, and these are the machines of legend you've heard about. Dream components. Insanely customizable, right down to an infinite number of paint colors. The fastest components in the world - that we can make even faster.

http://www.falcon-nw.com/

[Arcmanov]

Good GOD!!!

Over $7000 US for that Velocity Raptor.  O_O

Just shows that if you want to go all out, you can.


WTF @ FALCON NORTHWEST PAINTJOBS!!!!!