Ultimate Developer Rig 2009

Jan 25 2009 6:27 AM

I'm writing this on my Ultimate Developer Rig of Jeff Atwood fame from late 2007, which a number of folks online built over the last year or so.  Dustin Campbell was nice enough to provide a NewEgg wish list that included all of the requisite components, and Lake Quincy Media actually bought and built two of these things from that list.  However, as you'll see if you follow the link, a large number of the components are now unavailable.  Plus, it's been about 15 months since these specs were first put together, which is a long time in the world of personal computer hardware.  So, as I continue to try to avoid reinventing the wheel, I would like to know who has recently built the 2009 Ultimate Developer Rig.  If you think you've got it, leave a comment and either list your components, or better yet link to a NewEgg wish list containing everything and/or your blog (ideally both) showing how you put it all together and how it runs now.  I only want specs on proven designs - the last thing I need is to waste a bunch of time on incompatibility issues with bleeding edge components.

Related Ultimate Developer Rig Posts:

By the way, Jeff originally built one of these for ScottHa, blogging all the way.  If anybody would like to build me a couple for Lake Quincy Media, then in addition to paying for the machines, I'll also be happy to give you all kinds of attention from my blog.  I don't have Scott's fan base, but if you enjoy building computers and think you can do a good job, I'm happy to support your habit if it means I get some wicked fast machines out of the deal.

14 Comments

  • Lucas Krammes said

    Blog post:
    <a target="_blank" href="http://blog.krammesnet.com/2009/01/18/TheBelatedPostOnTheBuildingOfMySuperRigAkaIFinallyDidIt.aspx">blog.krammesnet.com/.../TheBelatedPostO</a>
    Newegg:
    <a target="_blank" href="http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=8873891">secure.newegg.com/.../PublicWishDetai</a>

  • Steve Presley said

    Here's my blog post: <a target="_blank" href="http://dsaxman.com/general/ultimate-developer-workstation-2009/">dsaxman.com/.../ultimate-develo</a> And NewEggList: <a target="_blank" href="http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=12168548">secure.newegg.com/.../PublicWishDetai</a>

  • Jason said

    The next PC I purchase is going to be a Dell Studio XPS. Not nearly as fun as building from scratch, but there's no way one can beat the pricing of an Intel i7 system than Dell right now.

  • Michael Dorfman said

    I don't know if I've got &quot;it&quot;, but I built my system (in October) trying to upgrade Jeff's.
    I used:
    Antec P-182
    Q9550
    MSI P7N Platinum
    Thermalright HR-01plus
    Mushkin Arctic White RAM (8GB)(4-4-4-1)
    Corsair 550W
    2 x 300GB Velociraptor 10000rpm
    2 x Samsung T220 2ms 20000:1
    I put in two GeForce 8600GTS SLI cards, but I imagine you can find something better now-- if I were building today, this is the thing I'd change.
    Everything fit

  • Vicerox said

    Hi,
    I'm building a development rig myself, which will hopefully be finished in the coming months, right now I've harvested the PSU and Motherboard, RAM Modules will arrive first week of Feb 2009. Followed by a Processor &amp; GPU in the coming months.
    I'll provide you with indepth analysis of my hardware specifications and cofiguration, if you want. Additionally, I could provide you feedback on how development tools ran on my machine.
    Adieu!

  • Chris Marisic said

    While it might be audacious, but if I built a list for ultimate developer rig I would definitely include 2 26&quot; LCD wide screens that are 1920x1200. I have one at home and never thought I could ever need more desktop space but as time as grown on I've realized if 1 is great, 2 is always better.

  • Anand said

    Hi Steve,
    I've posted the details of my future new PC at
    <a target="_blank" href="http://www.visualanand.net/2009/01/29/ultimate-future-workstation/">www.visualanand.net/.../ultimate-future</a>
    Please let me know your views.

  • Eric Hauser said

    I just posted my purchase here:
    <a target="_blank" href="http://erichauser.net/2009/02/05/ultimate-developer-rig-2009/">erichauser.net/.../ultimate-develo</a>

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