Recent content by CMUdave

I'm in the midst of building a rig for my friend who's going off to school. She was going to get the A7N motherboard, but I just changed my mind. Looks like she's going to get a better video card with the cash I just saved. :D And for myself, I was going to wait to upgrade my PC until the...

I've already archived about 60 cds from my music collection using my 32x Verbatim that I have flashed to a Lite-On. I do have some pretty loud case fans, but I haven't heard a peep out of the drive. Seems pretty quiet to me.

Update: You can get the 17" inch monitor at Staples Online for 49.99 actually. See this thread Updated Grand Total of system above: 506.21 349.21 without MS WOrks 2002 or Windows OS! :Q

After years of lurking, I finally joined up just for this thread. I'm also building a budget box for my friend who's going off to school this year. I happen to believe that a very decent quality, DIY box is feasible at this price-point. I have about 50% of the components for her rig ordered...