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Title: Gymdawg's Computer Plans
Post by: Gymdawg on June 10, 2007, 10:46:06 AM
Right, so I'm looking to build a new computer soon, hopefully by the end of this summer. I don't upgrade very often so I'm going as all-out as I can, which explains the high price. To be honest though, $2,200 is still a lot cheaper than a Dell of equal specs.

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[CASE] Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $139.99

[CPU] Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - $223.90

[CPU FAN] ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - $34.99

[MOBO] ASUS P5WDG2-WS PRO Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 975X ATX Server Motherboard - $294.99

[RAM] OCZ Vista Upgrade 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 - $131.99

[HDD] SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s - $119.99

[GRAPHICS] EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - $559.99

[SOUND] Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - $89.99

[KEYBOARD] ENERMAX Aurora Black USB Mini Keyboard - $65.99   

[MOUSE] Logitech MX518 2-Tone 8 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB + PS/2 Wired Optical Gaming-Grade Mouse - $39.99

[POWER SUPPLY] Thermaltake W0106RU Complies with ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS 12V version 700W Power Supply - $169.99

[MONITOR] SAMSUNG 204B-BK Black 20.1" 5ms DVI LCD Monitor - $294.99

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - $5.99

Grand Total:   $2,172.77

What do y'all think?
Title: Re: Gymdawg's Computer Plans
Post by: Gymdawg on June 12, 2007, 10:15:01 AM
Anyone? :unsure:
Title: Re: Gymdawg's Computer Plans
Post by: Alphanaut on June 12, 2007, 08:00:25 PM
What currency are you using? Because if by any chance that's Canadian Dollars, I might just consider doing this instead of buy a pre-made rig...
Title: Re: Gymdawg's Computer Plans
Post by: Gymdawg on June 12, 2007, 08:12:43 PM
Nope, it's U.S. dollars; but ca$2,319.98 still isn't a bad price for that machine. I looked at a similar model from Dell and it was almost $1,000  more.
Title: Re: Gymdawg's Computer Plans
Post by: Alphanaut on June 12, 2007, 08:18:08 PM
Yeah, I was just looking at their site the other day, trying to pick out a desktop for university. Think I might just go do some searching at my local computer stores and see if I can get these parts instead.
Title: Re: Gymdawg's Computer Plans
Post by: Gymdawg on June 12, 2007, 09:47:23 PM
All those parts on my list are from newegg.com.
Great site, great prices.