Woo Hoo, new workstation!

Hi all,
It is time to get a new box. I'm looking for recommendations.
I will be doing parts and large assemblies with Cosmos Motion and
Works.

What Processor(s), Video card(s), Memory, HD config and Monitor(s).
What OS? XP, Vista, X64.
Brand recommendations?

Any other info would be appreciated.

 

http://www.boxxtech.com/

 

Recent box has worked very well for:

Asus p5b deluxe wifi-ap
2 gb OCZ Platinum ddr2 800
conroe e6400
nvidia fx1400
drives of your choice (don't ask me because my system has 7 harddrives
in it - ack)
Enermax 600w power supply (noisetaker)
Antec P180
Zalman cnps9500 cooler for cpu (allows me a 50% overclock from 2.13
ghz to 3.2 ghz - my system has run at this speed for almost 2 months
24/7)

Zander

 

We got a Xi machine a couple years ago... I'd give it an 8 for the
price/hardware ratio. They're service seems a little off though, but I
only needed them once. Had to do a complete reformat last week because
SW went flakey on me, but its been used pretty hard over those 2 years.

I built my own for the house a couple months ago, definately the way to
go in my opinion, but my company wants a warranty <rolleyes>

2¢

 

Hey Zander, you've got almost the same setup as my new home machine...
considering that you've been stable for two months now, can you forward
me any info on your oc settings? (or point me to the website that you
may have used as reference...) Thanks!
Also, what's the best benchmark for SW06 out there, for benching my
home vs work computer to encourage hardware upgrades at work!?
-scott

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Asus p5b deluxe
conroe e6400
2 gb OCZ Gold ddr2 800
passive ASUS 7600GT Geforce <---home computer remember, interested in
seeing how it does in SW (but it's also fanless!)
Antec 6500 w/ 430w PS
Noctua fanless CPU cooler