09-13-2004, 07:49 PM
I am the proud builder of this massive beast of computing machinery. I just had to share. :D
Lian-Li PC-61 USB 12-Bay Aluminum Case - $99
Thermaltake Jungle512 LGA775 CPU Cooler - $40
Thermaltake Silent PurePower 560W PSU w/ PFC - $106
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D LGA775 Motherboard - $249
Intel LGA775 Pentium 4 550 (3.4 GHz) CPU - $315
Corsair DDR2 533 PC2-4200 1GB RAM (x4) - $305 apiece, $1220 total
Connect3D Ati Radeon X800 XT 256MB vid card - $580
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy ES sound card - $44
Innocom V.92 56Kbps Fax / Data / Voice modem - $8
Onboard LAN via the motherboard
Hitachi HDS722525 Serial ATA 250GB HD (x3) - $168 apiece, $504 total
Mitsumi 1.44MB 3.5" Floppy drive - $12
Lite-On 16x DVD 48xCD-ROM drive - 28
Plextor 12x DVD+/-RW Black drive - $155
Logitech Elite Keyboard - $27
Logitech Marble Mouse Optical Trackball - $18
ViewSonic VX900 19" LCD FLatpanel Monitor - $570
Windows XP Professional - $141
Office 2003 Professional Edition (Academic Price) - $162
Norton Drive Image 7.0 - $65
Norton Partition Magic 8.0 - $62
Photoshop CS 8.0 (Academic Price) - $314
Grand total - $4810, plus $112 for shipping ($92 for shipping, plus $20 FedEx Overnight charge).
I expect the parts to arrive either tomorrow (Tuesday) or Wednesday. The computer will be up and running the same day all the parts arrive. It's gonna be a blast setting this baby up.
I just had to share. Now if only I had the cash to build a new rig for myself! :D
Lian-Li PC-61 USB 12-Bay Aluminum Case - $99
Thermaltake Jungle512 LGA775 CPU Cooler - $40
Thermaltake Silent PurePower 560W PSU w/ PFC - $106
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D LGA775 Motherboard - $249
Intel LGA775 Pentium 4 550 (3.4 GHz) CPU - $315
Corsair DDR2 533 PC2-4200 1GB RAM (x4) - $305 apiece, $1220 total
Connect3D Ati Radeon X800 XT 256MB vid card - $580
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy ES sound card - $44
Innocom V.92 56Kbps Fax / Data / Voice modem - $8
Onboard LAN via the motherboard
Hitachi HDS722525 Serial ATA 250GB HD (x3) - $168 apiece, $504 total
Mitsumi 1.44MB 3.5" Floppy drive - $12
Lite-On 16x DVD 48xCD-ROM drive - 28
Plextor 12x DVD+/-RW Black drive - $155
Logitech Elite Keyboard - $27
Logitech Marble Mouse Optical Trackball - $18
ViewSonic VX900 19" LCD FLatpanel Monitor - $570
Windows XP Professional - $141
Office 2003 Professional Edition (Academic Price) - $162
Norton Drive Image 7.0 - $65
Norton Partition Magic 8.0 - $62
Photoshop CS 8.0 (Academic Price) - $314
Grand total - $4810, plus $112 for shipping ($92 for shipping, plus $20 FedEx Overnight charge).
I expect the parts to arrive either tomorrow (Tuesday) or Wednesday. The computer will be up and running the same day all the parts arrive. It's gonna be a blast setting this baby up.
I just had to share. Now if only I had the cash to build a new rig for myself! :D
Roland *The Gunslinger*