Being the geek that I am, and since people asked me to, I wrote down the
specs on the first machine that I ever built from scratch.
My forecasted budget for this machine was $500. I went a little overbudget.
| Part |
vendor |
price |
inc S&H/tax |
|
| GA-7DX AMD 761 AGPset motherboard |
AMD Giveaway Contest |
Free |
| Athalon XP 1800 Processor |
AMD Giveaway Contest |
Free |
| Lian-Li PC-70 USB Aluminum ATX FULL tower |
Newegg |
225 |
240 |
| Allied 400W P4 Power Supply |
Saving Xoom |
35 |
45.95 |
| 512 MB DDR 2100 184 Pin Dimm ECC/buffered |
Outpost |
109 |
114.31 |
| VGA ATI Radeon 7500 64M DDR AGP Refurbished |
Newegg |
75 |
75 |
| Creative Lab Sound Blaster Live 5.1-used |
Roomate |
40 |
40 |
| 16x DVD Rom Drive with ATAPI/E-IDE Interface (234425-6) |
Dell |
46.71 |
46.71 |
| Pacific Digital Mach 24 CD Burner 24x10x40 |
Staples |
80 |
55.74 after $30 rebate |
| Altec Lansing 641 4.1 400W (200RMS) |
amatteroffax.com |
~120 |
~140 |
| Belkin FSD5000 10/100MBPS Ethernet PCI NIC Card |
Fatwallet forum |
--- |
4.38 |
| Newpoint Surge rotector 2670 Joules |
Costco |
~20 |
~20 |
| Samsung SYNCMASTER 955DF 19" Flat Screen Monitor |
Dell |
~230 |
~190 After $40 Rebate |
| Seagate Barracuda IV 60GB 7200RPM ST360021A Hard Drive OEM |
Newegg |
101 |
108 |
| Grand Total: |
|
|
1210.04 |