If you could have any gaming computer you wanted, what would you buy and how would you configure it?. What hardware would you get with it?

Hmm, Ath64 3800.... ATi x800 or whatever their current highest is, gig of ram. 20 inch monitor, 6.1 surround system with a card that supports it, a sexy gaming case, fast DVD drive and DVD burner, and a 40 gb hd

Why the 40GB hd? Just to say i have a sexy comp but no disk space

What are the differences between the high end Intel processors and the Antholon processors. Is it worth getting the new hyper threading technology from Intel???

Athlon FX55

A8N-SLI Deluxe - SLI PCI Express Solution, including 2x PCI eXpress single lane channels, 3x PCI slots.

2x nVidia Quadro FX 4400 running in Scalable Link Interface mode.

2x Corsair TWINX 2048-3200C2 RAM (4gb total at 2.5-3-3-6 on an AMD system).

Creative Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro Sound Card (it's good.)

4x WD Raptor 74GB 10,000 RPM 8mb Cache HDD in RAID 5 (software) mode - small CPU hit for XOR parity operations, increased overall performance from disk access. 222gb available at equivalent to 28,000rpm.

4x Vantec Vortex HDD Coolers

Thermaltake Hardcano 13 Rheobus/SD Card Reader

Lian-Li PCV2000 Case

Belkin Nostromo n52 Speedpad

Logitech Cordless Comfort Optical Duo

Logitech MX1000 Cordless Laser Mouse

Plextor S-ATA DVD+/-RW (just because I can)

Antec NeoPower 480w PSU

... I'll finish the details later. It's 01:40 and I'm tired...

if I could afford any computer I wanted I would call up Alienware, and tell them to customize me a computer using the best of the best. I havnt been real up-to-date on the latest graphics cards/cpus etc so I would have no clue where to start. would take me some research to find out what I wanted