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Budmantom

Lifer
Aug 17, 2002
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Dell 4600
Intel P4 3400MHz
Motherboard: 865PE
Memory: 1024 MB of Samsung DDR 3200
Video Card: ATI 9800PRO
Hard Drive: Seagate 40.0 GB @ 7200 RPMS
Additional Hard Drives: 160gb Maxtor 7200rpm 8mb cache
Monitor: KDS 19"
DVD Manufacturer & Model: NEC 2.4x DVD+RW/+R Drive
Sound Card: Turtle Beach SantaCruz
Speakers: Logitech z560's
Operating System: XP Home


Right at $1200 with monitor, speakers and OS.


Tom
 

BentValve

Diamond Member
Dec 26, 2001
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My main rig:


Dell 8300 P4 3.0ghz , 875P, 120gb SATA , DVD-Rom , case , PSU, OS, $280 shipped
2ghz Corsair PC3200 $300 shipped
6800 OC 128mb , OCed and ulocked .. $245 OTD

Dell 2001FP, $705 - $50 concession coupon = $655 shipped

Logitech Z3 speaker system = $28 shipped

Lite-On 4 x DVD Writer and Bytecc external Case = about $10 AR :)

Logitech Cordless Duo = Free


Total= $1518 , saved at least $600 over retail.
 

ATW

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Nov 3, 2004
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Gonna' have to estimate a little as some of this is a couple years old...I've slept since then.

A64 3400+ - $415
Zalman 7000A-Cu - $40
MSI K8N Neo - $150
2x512 Mushkin 222 - $280
X800XT PE - $530
2x36GB WD Raptor - $220
Maxtor 120GB/8MB SATA - $110
Antec SX1040BII w/ 400w PSU - $100
Viewsonic 19" P95Fb - $275
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz - $60
Altec Lansing 5100 5.1 speakers - $125
Lite On 48x CDrom - $40
Lite On 48x24x48 CDRW - $40

$2385

Half of that is just recent additions...I'd hate to see the total including the stuff on my shelf. Going to buy an Audigy2 ZS and then I'm done spending for, uhhh...a week or two. :D
 

Adn4n

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Aug 6, 2004
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$1100 for everything in my signature. Going to add an Audigy 2 ZS this week.
 

moonsite

Senior member
May 17, 2003
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Biostar M7NCD Pro -- $50
Barton 2500+ -- $100 bundle - $30 sold motherboard (11x200)
Falcon Rock fan -- $14
Samsung PC3700 512 -- $87
WD 80Gb 7200 rpm 8Mb drive -- $40
Seagate 200Gb 7200 rpm 8mb Drive -- $70
Raidmax Z case w/420W power supply -- $30
NEC 2500A DVD burner -- $50
Plextor cdrw -- $20
ATI AIW 8500 128Mb -- $150
Dell E17317" LCD monitor -- $220
Win2K -- priceless

Total -- $801
 

The Internal

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Sep 18, 2004
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My "beater" system (I soooo hope this will only be temporary) was roughly $1200 US. Not including my leftover ViewSonic 19" GS790, no name 17", Klipsch ProMedia (rev 3) 5.1's, and spare Western Digital Special Edition Hard drive.
 

QueBert

Lifer
Jan 6, 2002
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Kingwin Case
Gigabyte GA-7N400Pro2
Barton 2500+
512 meg Corsair XMSpro DDR-400
200 gig Seagate
Logitech diNovo mouse+kb
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Logitech Z-5300e speakers
Samsung 19" CRT
Hercules Radeon 9800 pro 128
LiteOn 52/48/52 CD-RW
LiteOn 8X DVD-RW


dunno what I dropped on it total but it was too much I'm sure :)

 

drew726

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Oct 23, 2004
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Aspire turbo server w/ 420 psu - $86 newegg.com
Gigabyte GA-K8NS non-pro - $85.50 ewiz.com
A64 3000+ - $133 monarchcomputer.com
1gb Corsair ddr400 value select - $168 newegg.com
generic black keyboard - $9.50 newegg.com
logitech mx510 - $43 @bestbuys
NEC ND-3500A silver dvd burner - $83 newegg.com
Turtle beach Santa cruz sound card - $45 newegg.com
Sapphire 128mb Radeon 9800pro - $213 newegg.com
Leadtek tv2000 expert - $55.50 newegg.com
Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu $39 (some website on pricewatch I forgot)
HP p930 19" monitor 1280x1024@100hz - $150 (Was refurb, forgot where I got it from)
Altec Lansing 220 speakers - $27 @centralcomputers
Samsung 60gig 7200rpm hd - pulled from other computer

Total: $1137.50

Anything else you can think of was pulled from old computers. The prices include shipping+tax.

If I was only one of those lucky people who buys stuff from newegg without sales tax hehe. 8.5% sales tax in san francisco :(
 

Megatomic

Lifer
Nov 9, 2000
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Soltek K8AN2E-GR - $70
A64 3400+ - $219
Geil Ultra Value PC3200 1GB - $140
Gigabyte X800 Pro - $335
Leadtek TV2000 Expert - $54
TDK VeloCD - $80
Lite-On 8x DVD-R/W - $110
Maxtor 80GB - $90
Maxtor 160GB - $129
Floppy - $9
M$ Wireless Desktop Pro 2.0 - $99
Logitech Z3 - $99
Antec Sonata - $75
Samsung 997DF - $200

Total = $1709 and this obviously doesn't include the cable modem and router. I'll be buying a sound card soon, too, so probably another $50 or so.