- Joined
- Nov 21, 2003
- Location
- Harrisburg, Pa
Ok, here's the deal. While being incredibly bored at work today, my friend and I decided to have a challenge. The challenge is to see who can build the "best" computer for $2500. The computer is just the tower itself, does not include the monitor, keyboard or mouse. To find out the winner, we will each pick 5 tests and the winner obviously is the one who wins the most tests. Now the tests do not have to be a benchmarking program, it can be as simple as which computer boots the fastest or as weird as turning the heat up to 100 degrees and seeing which computer fails first. Used parts, overclocking and any software tricks (not cheating) can be used to gain the advantage.
I was wondering what people's take would be and what you guys would personally do both hardware and software wise? We will be using xp, but any and all tips would be welcome. If you would be willing to give me a list of which components you would buy, any software you would recommend to speed things up, or even some tests that would make for an interesting competition it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
I was wondering what people's take would be and what you guys would personally do both hardware and software wise? We will be using xp, but any and all tips would be welcome. If you would be willing to give me a list of which components you would buy, any software you would recommend to speed things up, or even some tests that would make for an interesting competition it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!