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Well, I did it again. I had some spare CPUs, some RAM, HDs, etc., so I went out and spent money on the rest of the components to build some S775 dual-cores.
I had an E5200 and an E3300, so I bought a couple of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&SID=u00000687
And then a couple of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&SID=u00000687
Figure I could turn them into nice little HTPCs with the addition of a low-profile GT430 or the like ($60-80 additional).
So here's the build list:
$43 - E5200 (TD through Amazon, they were blowing them out some time ago)
$43 - BIOSTAR G41D3C LGA 775 Intel G41 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&SID=u00000687
$35 - Sentey Slim 2420 Slim Flex Case w/ Power Supply SECC .7mm 2x USB/1x Fan/Micro ATX-ITX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&SID=u00000687
$37 - WD 500GB SATA WD5000AAKS (Newegg Memorial day special)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136073
$20 - Sony/NEC Optiarc 7260 DVD burner SATA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827118039
$30 - Half of an 8GB (2x4GB) GSkill DDR3-1333 1.5v CAS 9 ram kit ($60 at Newegg, even cheaper recently)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231311
Total: $208 in parts for a decent dual-core slimline desktop
Add $50 for one third of a Win7 Family Pack for the OS, $258 for a working computer, with 4GB RAM, and a 500GB HD, and a DVD burner.
Not too bad, I don't think.
Edit: Geeks.com wanted $380 for a similar system some time ago:
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=H210H3644U-OB
$300 on ebay, with Vista, and an 8400GS video card:
http://cgi.ebay.com/INTEL-E5200-500GB-HDD-4GB-DDRII-GS8400-512MB-/320624026405
Another one from Geeks.com, this one was $220:
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?Inv...7AA-R&cpc=RESX
I had an E5200 and an E3300, so I bought a couple of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&SID=u00000687
And then a couple of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&SID=u00000687
Figure I could turn them into nice little HTPCs with the addition of a low-profile GT430 or the like ($60-80 additional).
So here's the build list:
$43 - E5200 (TD through Amazon, they were blowing them out some time ago)
$43 - BIOSTAR G41D3C LGA 775 Intel G41 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&SID=u00000687
$35 - Sentey Slim 2420 Slim Flex Case w/ Power Supply SECC .7mm 2x USB/1x Fan/Micro ATX-ITX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&SID=u00000687
$37 - WD 500GB SATA WD5000AAKS (Newegg Memorial day special)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136073
$20 - Sony/NEC Optiarc 7260 DVD burner SATA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827118039
$30 - Half of an 8GB (2x4GB) GSkill DDR3-1333 1.5v CAS 9 ram kit ($60 at Newegg, even cheaper recently)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231311
Total: $208 in parts for a decent dual-core slimline desktop
Add $50 for one third of a Win7 Family Pack for the OS, $258 for a working computer, with 4GB RAM, and a 500GB HD, and a DVD burner.
Not too bad, I don't think.
Edit: Geeks.com wanted $380 for a similar system some time ago:
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=H210H3644U-OB
$300 on ebay, with Vista, and an 8400GS video card:
http://cgi.ebay.com/INTEL-E5200-500GB-HDD-4GB-DDRII-GS8400-512MB-/320624026405
Another one from Geeks.com, this one was $220:
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?Inv...7AA-R&cpc=RESX
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