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stancole

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Feb 14, 2008

165. Feb 14, 2008 8:15 AM

in response to: swatjester

Re: PC World Announces Dream PC Contest

You are obviously not very computer savy are you? If you knew anything about PC's then you would know that you have the SSD's for seek time with your OS and installed programs and the 300GB drives are for online data storage like movies, pictures and music. Vista Ultimate is for the media center capabilities.

This PC kick's serious butt!

jimshoes

3 posts since
Jan 20, 2008

166. Feb 14, 2008 4:58 PM

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PC World Announces Dream PC Contest

What...no state-of-the-art webcam?

MrBista007

1 posts since
Feb 14, 2008

167. Feb 14, 2008 6:01 PM

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Re: PC World Announces Dream PC Contest

Cool PC, Always dreamt of spending 20- 30 grand on a beast of a machine.. pity the dream PC contest is only available to those in the USA. New Zealand misses out once again.. sigh...

coastie65

3,027 posts since
Apr 2, 2007

168. Feb 14, 2008 6:08 PM

in response to: MrBista007

Re: PC World Announces Dream PC Contest

The downside is the big Tax Bill that will go with it. coastie65

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rleyba

1 posts since
Feb 14, 2008

169. Feb 15, 2008 11:48 AM

in response to: mike091392

Re: PC World Announces Dream PC Contest

I agree about taking the money and building my own because I have no idea about some of the hardware mentioned and I don't really do the gamin' thing.

Rathorian

3 posts since
Feb 8, 2008

170. Feb 14, 2008 7:12 PM

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PC World Announces Dream PC Contest

When I saw that PC World was giving away a $30,000 machine I almost fell off my chair. But when I saw the parts list I got a little jealous that I didn't own that good of a computer. I just want to say awesome build PC World. This just goes to show when money is no object, sky's the limit... Seeing this build only makes me want to build my own gaming pc once I have the funds for it. Keep it up PC World!!!

mike091392

8 posts since
Jan 22, 2008

171. Feb 14, 2008 7:22 PM

in response to: MacTard

Re: PC World Announces Dream PC Contest

If you get 23 grand, you can get a pretty good desktop without having to pay for the labor such as the hp blackbird 002 and you have the freedom of choice of which brand laptop you want or what's in it.

ambivispice

5 posts since
Jan 25, 2008

172. Feb 14, 2008 10:21 PM

in response to: coastie65

Re: PC World Announces Dream PC Contest

I looked up how much this would end up increasing my taxes. Depending on how much I make this year it is going to be between $1,500 and $2,500 (before deductions) ... which is about what I was planning to pay on a new computer anyways. Anyways, we all know I'm going to win it anyways.

TCEppie

1 posts since
Feb 15, 2008

173. Feb 15, 2008 7:13 AM

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PC World Announces Dream PC Contest

I am so impressed and a little turned on

samer1970

1 posts since
Feb 11, 2008

174. Feb 15, 2008 7:49 AM

in response to: PCWorld

PC World Announces Dream PC Contest

Hi,

where are Blue ray writers?

HumanJHawkins

8 posts since
Nov 8, 2006

175. Feb 15, 2008 8:53 AM

in response to: rleyba

Re: PC World Announces Dream PC Contest

The trouble is that you can't take the money (even if they offered) because the money doesn't exist. Do you really think PC World is paying real money for this?

I am sure the companies are getting something out of it... Probably not more than the free advertising this lands them though. I suspect that's why the final parts list is not finalized... They are not 100% sure who is really going to deliver... They probably have good faith agreements on some of the parts for example, rather than firm commitments.

That doesn't reduce the value any... It probably would cost $35,000 if you bought everything at full retail value... Maybe $20,000 if you shop online. And you could probably sell it pretty easily for $10,000.. Or even part it out and sell it for $15,000+ on eBay. But that wouldn't be nice... It would probably make the people at PC World very sad.

thebigguyconnor

32 posts since
Feb 14, 2008

176. Feb 15, 2008 9:05 AM

in response to: PCWorld

PC World Announces Dream PC Contest

holy!

bandit100

5 posts since
Jan 24, 2008

177. Feb 15, 2008 9:16 AM

in response to: samer1970

Re: PC World Announces Dream PC Contest

The burners are listed in the parts list, 2 LG Super Multi GGW-H10NI. These are older models. I think they got picked because they can play back blu-ray and hd/dvd as well as burn blu-ray. IMHO- They should consider going with a blu-ray only solution because the format war is pretty much over. This way they can get a much faster, cheaper, newer burner.

coastie65

3,027 posts since
Apr 2, 2007

178. Feb 15, 2008 9:22 AM

in response to: bandit100

Re: PC World Announces Dream PC Contest

Hi Bandit, Thanks for the info. I was thinking that was what they were, but couldn't locate them anywhere. Guess I need to work on my search techniques. coastie65

rdrawdy

4 posts since
Feb 12, 2008

179. Feb 15, 2008 1:33 PM

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PC World Announces Dream PC Contest

HD DVD drives? Why not blu-ray?

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