OH.. MY.. GOD!!!

KillerGremlin · 01-10-2006, 07:03 PM

Well, my original post before I edited it,
"I wasn't aware Dell invented SLI."

But, if Dell can help mass-produce the product, it will lower price, which ultimately benefits me.

Null · 01-10-2006, 07:29 PM

i think dell makes thier own motherboards, but they're just normal motherboards, nothing special... other then that, every part dell gets is bought the same way people who build thier own computers get them. buy the part, put it on the pc.

maybe nvidia made the deal to get them cheaper to dell, AND get them to dell before they hit the market...

sli was around quite awhile ago by nvidia.. then went away for a while and recently they brought it back again.

And actually apon reading a bit more about this pc, Dell didnt even make the motherboard in it.. its a nForce4 SLI X16 motherboard, (and i cant quite tell for sure, some pics look like its 4 seperate 7800's and some pics look like 2 double 7800's (2 cards put together into 1, using 1 slot, but two thick)

it is however dells case..... airbrushed.

i think this could be built as soon as nvidia releases the card.

KillerGremlin · 01-10-2006, 07:41 PM

Oh, but you won't get the kick-ass case, which is totally worth the added hundreds of dollars Dell is likely to charge you.

Null · 01-10-2006, 07:47 PM

lol. yea that case alone is jacking the price up at least a couple hundred. not that the case itself is overly good, but any case with airbrush artwork is expensive as hell.

MrCoffee · 01-14-2006, 12:08 AM

eer...i dno bout all you guys, but all that computer really gets you is bragging rights....and it can power your car...

Professor S · 01-14-2006, 02:25 AM

I get the feeling that a lot of people downplaying this PC think that more that 1% of the population know enough to actually build their own gaming PC from scratch...

They would be wrong if they thought that.

Null · 01-14-2006, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Professor S

I get the feeling that a lot of people downplaying this PC think that more that 1% of the population know enough to actually build their own gaming PC from scratch...

They would be wrong if they thought that.

1% is kinda exagerating it.

But "Can they", and "do they THINK they can" are totally different. i have no doubt that that most people believe that it is some very hard and difficult thing to do.
However in reality, its buy the parts plug em into the only slot they fit into. building your own computer is actually quite simple. Most people dont attempt it because they dont believe they could.

my cousin needed a new computer not too long ago, so i helped him make his own, while putting it together i asked him, where do you think that goes? he guessed, and i said plug it in. he was amazed at how easy it was, now he's helped his friends make thier own.

Now i dont see anyone downplaying this PC, it is an insanely powerful pc, there is no doubt about that. Its the price and the company that are at question. Ihave no doubt one could build this computer and easily save $500 to $1000 on it. maybe more, i dont know its price.

Its not companies building these computers that makes it possible for people to build thier own. its the other way around. Its the ability to buy different combinations of parts, and put em together that gives these companies the ability to be computer companies selling prebuilt computers.