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So my dad just came down and told me that he was just about to unblock my MAC address (if you didn't know, none of the kids in the house are allowed to use our computers or the internet) so that my brother and I could look up and configure the most mind-blowingly amazing computer out on the market, if money was no object. I think I can do that part on my own, but you guys can chime in and post your idea if you want.

But he also told us to find the game that we'd want the most, and again money is no object, just make sure it can run on the beast computer that we find (which should be no problem, of course, unless it's like a crysis-equivalent). I've been out of the computer hardware and PC games world for quite a while now, probably since I realized a 360 and an XFPS would be more worth saving up for than a gaming PC, so what do you guys think would be the best choice to tell my dad? Crysis was the first thing that came to mind since it taxes the PC so much, but doesn't it earn its rep mostly from that fact, and not the fact that it's actually fun or anything? Idk. Tell me what to buy.



EDIT: I also just thought maybe CoD4 would be fun. I'm thinking FPS's, and pretty much everything made by Valve, but they haven't made anything new recently, have they? Like, they haven't released Ep.3 yet have they?






EDIT 2: BTW, FWI, idk what he's asking us for, because he won't tell us, but I'm guessing he's going to do something nice for us and buy us this huge beast of a computer as a present or something, idk. He did mention a couple days ago that he just signed a few big million-dollar deals in his company, so our financial troubles are going to start going away (he's a sales guy at Avaya)...

Go to the mac store, and max out a Mac Pro.

$26,958.95

Specifications
Two 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
32GB (8x4GB)
Mac Pro RAID Card
1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 1.5GB
Apple Cinema HD Display (30" flat panel)
Apple Cinema HD Display (30" flat panel)
Two 16x SuperDrives
Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse
AirPort Extreme Card (Wi-Fi)
Quad Channel 4Gb Fibre Channel PCI Express Card
Apple USB Modem
iWork '08 preinstalled
Final Cut Express preinstalled
Aperture preinstalled
Logic Express preinstalled
AppleCare Protection Plan for Mac Pro (w/or w/o Display) - Auto-enroll
Mac OS X Server (Unlimited-Client)
1-year Family Pack subscription
Xsan 2
HP Photosmart C7280 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier

Oh, and while you're at it, why not add a maxed-out Xserve?

$72,190.00

Specifications
Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon (8-core)
32GB (8 x 4GB)
Xserve RAID Card
300GB SAS ADM @ 15,000-rpm
300GB SAS ADM @ 15,000-rpm
300GB SAS ADM @ 15,000-rpm
ATI Radeon X1300 64MB SDRAM with VGA Adapter
Dual-channel 4Gb Fibre Channel card with PCI Express x8 riser
Quad-channel 4Gb Fibre Channel card with PCI Express x16 riser
Dual 750W Power Supplies
Rack Mounting Kit - Square Hole Rack
Apple Remote Desktop 3.2 (Unlimited Managed Systems)
AppleCare Service Parts Kit for Xserve
AppleCare Premium Service and Support for Xserve
Mac OS X Server Maintenance 36 Month Unlimited (1+)
Mac OS X Server Software Support - Alliance
Xsan 2
8x SuperDrive DL DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

Expensive enough?

Oh my goodness gracious. If he really is going to buy it for us, I might as well try to make it a little easy on him. I won't make him pay more than 5k for it, but I'll make sure it's got a dominating video card and stuff. We can ease on the storage space and stuff like that, we've already got a terabyte HD on our raid server.

I wouldn't recommend getting a Quadro. It's designed for CAD not playing games.

One word. Spoiled.

So wait, you're not allowed on the internet... how do you visit this site?

http://www.voodoopc.com/#/productsomen

Crysis (yes it's actually got a really fun single player mode, it's not just eye candy).

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Case ( Thermaltake Xaser VI Gaming Case w/420W Power Supply Black/Red )
Case Lighting ( Cold Cathode Neon Light Red )
Power Supply ( 1250 Watt -- CoolerMaster Real Power Pro Power Supply Quad SLI Ready )
Processor ( [=== Quad Core ===] Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad-Core Processor QX9650 (4x 3.0GHz/12MB L2 Cache/1333FSB) Free 4GB Pen Drive )
Free Software/Game ( Free Game - [Halo 2] must purchase with Microsoft Windows Vista operation system )
Processor Cooling ( ULTRA ChillTec Thermo Electric CPU Cooler a solid-state active heat pump capable of transferring heat from one side of the device to the other )
Motherboard ( [SLI] MSI P7N Diamond Nvidia nForce 780i SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394, Three PCI-E MB )
Memory ( 4 GB [2 GB X2] DDR2-1066 PC2 8500 Memory Module Corsair Dominator )
Video Card ( [New !!!] 2x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 1GB w/DVI + TV Out Video - running SLI mode )
Video Card Brand ( === High Performance === eVGA Brand Video Cards [SLI enabled] Powered by NVIDIA )
Hard Drive ( 1 TB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 32M Cache] )
2nd Hard Drive ( 1 TB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 32M Cache] )
External Hard Drives [USB 2.0/eSATA] ( None )
CD/DVD Drive ( [** Special !!! ***] 20X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( [Lightscribe Technology] 20X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )
Sound Card ( Creative Lab Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series )
Speaker System ( [Black] Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Speakers + Subwoofer )
Network Card ( Killer M1- Online Gaming Accelerator - w/ 400Mhz Network Processing Unit + Lag & Latency Reduction Technology )
Floppy Drive ( Mitsumi 1.44 MB Internal Floppy Drive Blue )
Monitor ( LCD Monitor Viewsonic 28" Widescreen VX2835wm TFT LCD Monitor 1920x1200 /w HDMI for HD Quality Video [Black] )
2nd Monitor ( LCD Monitor Viewsonic 28" Widescreen VX2835wm TFT LCD Monitor 1920x1200 /w HDMI for HD Quality Video [Black] )
Keyboard ( Combo: Multi-Media/Internet Keyboard + Optical Internet Mouse Yellow )
Mouse ( None )
USB 2.0 Accessories ( Build-in USB 2.0 Ports )
Meter Display ( None )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Black )
Extras ( Surge Protector [Opti-UPS Surge Buster] Protects your equipment from surges and spikes coming from antenna/CATV/MATV Coaxial Cables + Offer complete phone/fax/modem protection )
Extras ( [Gaming Gear] Logitech Dual Action Gamepad )
Extras ( [New !!!] Sunbeamtech Lan Party Bag )
Operation System ( Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate + [Free 60-Day !!!] Microsoft Office 2007(Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access ....) 64-Bit )
Media Center Remote Control & TV Tuner ( TV Tuner with FM Stereo + Remote Control and Receiver + MS Media Center IR Wireless Keyboard (watch and record TV on your PC) )
Case Round Cable ( Rounded Cables for Floppy/HDD/CD/DVD/CD-RW/DVD-RW Drives )
Case Round Cable ( Tuniq TX-2 High Performance Thermal Compound the best interface between your CPU and the heatsinks by its unique designed molecular size and shape )
Headset ( === Gaming Headset === Zalman 5.1 Channel ZM-RS6F+M Headset w/Mic )
Power Protection ( None )
External Wireless Network Adapter ( Zonet 802.11G 54 Mbps Wireless USB pen drive w/ Extended USB cradle hub the USB adapter provides 30% greater range than standard 802.11g — to maintain solid connections throughout your home or small business while providing a maximum performance of 54Mbps. )
Sub Total: $7,047.00


and for a game...

i think you had the right idea

COD4, or crysis

just get a big ol' Mac Pro like Yodel suggested with the best multimedia capabilities and photoshop, one that will last you for a long time and can do more than play video games

Uh, don't get a Mac Pro.

I get on behind my parents' backs. And nevermind, turns out he was just trying to teach me and my brother a lesson about how we can use our bodies that god gave us for more than we're using them now. Long story. Damn, looked like I was getting a new gaming computer. Nevermind, lock plz.