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Since everyone else is doing it, I figured I'd throw one of these posts out too, curious for your responses or what you might choose to do differently. I've already bought the parts, but not assembled yet.
I'm building two rigs, nearly identical, primarily for LAN gaming when the friends come over. I might add 4 more SATA HDs to them to make them storage servers too.
2x E2140 ($60)
2x GA-P35-DS3R ($130)
2x WD3200JD (reused, $100 originally)
2x Sony black floppy drive ($7)
4x SuperTalent 1GB DDR2-667 (paid too much for this last year)
4x HP 1GB DDR2-667 ($21 AR, haven't recieved my rebate yet)
2x CoolerMaster RC-330 Elite case ($25)
2x CoolerMaster HyperTX2 HSF ($5 AR)
1x XION 450W PSU ($20)
1x ThermalTake 430W PSU ($30 AR)
2x LG SuperMulti 20X DVD-RW ($35)
2x 10-pack thumbscrews ($2)
Asst SATA/IDE/floppy/CAT5 cables ($10)
2x Memorex keyboard ($3)
2x Microsoft Optical 3000 mouse ($20)
1x Samsung 20" WS LCD 205BW ($200)
1x (unknown) 20" WS LCD ($unknown)
2x APC BE550R UPS ($50)
1x Sapphire X1950GT ($135)
1x VisionTek X1950Pro ($65 AR)
(Also have an 8-port GigE switch.)
Total: $1603 + tax/shipping + unknown LCD
So that's the list. One system with HP RAM, one system with SuperTalent RAM. One system with the 205BW, one with a yet-to-be-purchased LCD. Hopefully I can overclock the systems to 400Mhz FSB, giving a 3.2Ghz CPU with DDR2-800.
The CM RC-330 cases have 5 HD slots, so I could add a 4-drive SATA RAID5 (ICHR9) to each rig in the future for storage purposes.
OS is going to be XP, and possibly a dual-boot with Vista x64 in the future.
Comments/suggestions?
Edit: Planning on a future Yorkfield quad-core upgrade in the distant future too, although with the DDR-667 RAM, I'm not sure how far I'll be able to take them. The mobo should be good for it though. I plan to run DC programs on the rigs while they aren't being used for gaming. (X1950s should be good for F@H, not sure what DC proggy I'll run on the CPUs, probably SoB.)
I'm building two rigs, nearly identical, primarily for LAN gaming when the friends come over. I might add 4 more SATA HDs to them to make them storage servers too.
2x E2140 ($60)
2x GA-P35-DS3R ($130)
2x WD3200JD (reused, $100 originally)
2x Sony black floppy drive ($7)
4x SuperTalent 1GB DDR2-667 (paid too much for this last year)
4x HP 1GB DDR2-667 ($21 AR, haven't recieved my rebate yet)
2x CoolerMaster RC-330 Elite case ($25)
2x CoolerMaster HyperTX2 HSF ($5 AR)
1x XION 450W PSU ($20)
1x ThermalTake 430W PSU ($30 AR)
2x LG SuperMulti 20X DVD-RW ($35)
2x 10-pack thumbscrews ($2)
Asst SATA/IDE/floppy/CAT5 cables ($10)
2x Memorex keyboard ($3)
2x Microsoft Optical 3000 mouse ($20)
1x Samsung 20" WS LCD 205BW ($200)
1x (unknown) 20" WS LCD ($unknown)
2x APC BE550R UPS ($50)
1x Sapphire X1950GT ($135)
1x VisionTek X1950Pro ($65 AR)
(Also have an 8-port GigE switch.)
Total: $1603 + tax/shipping + unknown LCD
So that's the list. One system with HP RAM, one system with SuperTalent RAM. One system with the 205BW, one with a yet-to-be-purchased LCD. Hopefully I can overclock the systems to 400Mhz FSB, giving a 3.2Ghz CPU with DDR2-800.
The CM RC-330 cases have 5 HD slots, so I could add a 4-drive SATA RAID5 (ICHR9) to each rig in the future for storage purposes.
OS is going to be XP, and possibly a dual-boot with Vista x64 in the future.
Comments/suggestions?
Edit: Planning on a future Yorkfield quad-core upgrade in the distant future too, although with the DDR-667 RAM, I'm not sure how far I'll be able to take them. The mobo should be good for it though. I plan to run DC programs on the rigs while they aren't being used for gaming. (X1950s should be good for F@H, not sure what DC proggy I'll run on the CPUs, probably SoB.)
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