Galaki on 16 August 2007
| $179.99 | Amd Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Dual Core Processor Socket AM2 Windsor 3.0GHZ 2000FSB 2X1MB 90NM Retail Box |
| $49.68 | Coolermaster CAC-T05 Centurion 5 Aluminum ATX Tower Case 5X5.25 1X3.5 4X3.5INT SILVER-BLACK No PS |
| $109.18 | Corsair HX520 CMPSU-520HX 520W Atx Triple 12V 40A Continuous 24PIN Atx Modular 120MM Power Supply |
| $137.55 | EVGA NF59 Nforce 590 SLI ATX AM2 2PCI-E16 1PCI-E4 1PCI-E1 2PCI SATA2 RAID Sound GBLAN Motherboard |
| $170.13 | Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB 2X1GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 Cl 4-4-4-12 240PIN Dual Channel Memory |
| $303.06 | Evga E-GEFORCE 8800GTS 500MHZ 320MB 1.6GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I Hdtv Hdcp DIRECTX10 Video Card |
| $109.99 | Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB SATA2 3GB/S 7200RPM 16MB Cache Ncq Hard Drive |
Total: $1059.58 - $50 rebate
Total after tax and stuff: ~$1160
With this build. I can easily add ram and another video card in a year or 2 and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
But that also cost me an arm and a leg right now...
options:
- cut back on MB and save $40 (nforce 590 to nforce 500)
- cut back on cpu by $100 (down to 3800)
- cut back on case/psu by $100 (to generic combo)
- cut back on video card by $150 (down to 8600)
For HDD, i think 500G is the best GB/dollar, so, there's no need to cut there. Anymore ideas? keep? cut? I probably end up waiting a bit longer to get a new monitor with this kind of spending. Currently using 19''.
