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gelfen
Joined: Nov 22, 2003
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From: Melbourne, Australia
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Thought some of the more tech-oriented types on this forum might want to have a look at this article where CNet built their own custom PC from the ground up. It's a pretty impressive unit - 4 hard drives, 2 DVD burners, 2GB RAM, top-end ATI Radeon, surround sound. Specs as follows:
Case: Custom-painted Cooler Master ATC-110 - US$2,000.00
Power supply: 550-watt Antec Modular TrueControl - US$199.99
Motherboard: Asus A8V Deluxe - US$148.00
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 - US$845.00
Memory: 2GB of Corsair DDR SDRAM PC3200 (four 512MB DIMMs) - US$480.00
Heat sink: Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu - US$49.00
Hard drive: Western Digital 74GB Raptor (x2) - US$370.00
Hard drive: Western Digital 250GB Caviar SE (x2) - US$368.00
Optical drive: Pioneer DVR-A07XLB - US$85.34
Optical drive: Plextor PX-712SA - US$212.00
Graphics card: ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition - US$451.23
Sound card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro - US$160.91
Floppy drive: 3.5-inch 1.44MB internal floppy drive - US$15.00
Media card reader: Atech Flash 7-in-1 Pro III - US$18.00
Monitor: NEC MultiSync FE2111SB - US$525.96
Speakers: Creative GigaWorks S750 - US$381.78
Keyboard/mouse: Logitech DiNovo Media Desktop - US$193.00
Operating system: Windows XP Pro - US$189.00
TOTAL SYSTEM PRICE: US$6,692.00
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shyam335
Joined: May 25, 2004
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From: 127.0.0.1
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Impressive specs,unimpressive price. They were building a dream pc but Why didnt they include nVIDIA sli, And i think nVIDIA 6800 is more future proof than ati x800 series
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Gigs
Joined: Jan 19, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: The planet Snibertron!
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I wouldn't pick half of the gear they've chosen to be honest. 
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marceta
Joined: Mar 08, 2004
Posts: 394
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i bet i could make one with similar specs for less than $AU3500-4000!!! wat a rip off! |
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Posted: 2004-09-06 10:08
