This is my New Computer. You can see my Old one Here. I built This one after my old one died (motherboard problems), and instead of buying a new motherboard for my PIII I decided to just upgrade to a P4 Motherboard. For which I needed a new Power Supply and Ram, So I decided to just go all out, the only thing I re-used was the Video Card, DVD-drive and Hard Drive.
Here is everything I used to build My PC, with prices, in no particular order.... (OK, its actually alphabetical... shhhhh)
| Broadband Router | $ | 7 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | ||
| Case | $ | 6 | 7 | . | 0 | 0 | ||
| DVD Burner | $ | 6 | 5 | . | 0 | 0 | ||
| Floppy drive | $ | 2 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hard Drive | $ | 1 | 7 | 9 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| Joystick | $ | 7 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keyboard | $ | ? | ? | 4 | 5 | . | 0 | 0 |
| Monitor | $ | 2 | 3 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| Motherboard | $ | 1 | 0 | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| Mouse | $ | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | |||
| Network Card | $ | 2 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | ||
| Printer | $ | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | |||
| Processor | $ | 1 | 3 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| Ram | $ | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| Sound | $ | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | |||
| Speakers | $ | 1 | 5 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| Video | $ | 1 | 8 | 9 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| UPS | $ | 9 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | ||
| Windows XP Home | $ | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| Other/misc. | $ | 2 | 5 | . | 0 | 0 |
| Total Price__ | $ | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | . | 0 | 0 |
Case
I Bought my case at A local Computer shop here, I am Still trying to stay away from beige, (ugh!) and this case has some really nice features, such as a slide off panel on both sides, (With a Window) so you dont need screws to get into the case, but with the option of putting Screw's in if you don't want easy entry to the case for some reason. A Window in the side so you can see all the stuff inside, with a fan in the middle that blows out. 4 internal hard drive size bays (who can live with just one hard drive?). And no sharp edges anywhere.
basically this is just a nice (and flashy) case. Here's a pic,
$67.00 US
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DVD
A Aopen DUW1608/12X DVD ReWriter. I paid $65 for it including shipping.
$65 US
Upgraded from:
ASUSTeK CD-RW 52x24x52x
Mitsumi 4804TE CD-RW 4x4x24x
Pioneer 104s Slot load dvd player $145
philips CD-RW 4x4x32x
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Keyboard
I've got a Saitek Eclipse keyboard. I love it because The keys are backlit so I can see them even in the dark.
$45 US January 2006
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Hard Drive
Most of my hard drives have been Maxtor. My current drive is a Maxtor 7500 RPM ata133 40GB Hard drive, along with a Western digital 160GB SATA drive for video editing/storage.
$96.00 US
$110.00 US
Upgraded from:
Maxtor Diamondmax 7200RPM 20GB $125
Maxtor Diamondmax 5400RPM 13GB ($89)
Quantum Fireball 4.3GB ($?)
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Monitor
19" Envison EN910E
$230.00 US
Upgraded from:
17"
14"
Sony 14"
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Motherboard
My motherboard is a DFI PS83BL.
$108.00 US
Upgraded from:
Gigabyte GA-845PE667
Abit BE6-II
INTEL AN430TX
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Mouse
My mouse, which Im VERY happy with and HIGHLY recommend is a
Microsoft Intellemouse Optical. No more cleaning mouse balls! (hehe) and it has 4 buttons and a wheel
Free from my Wife.
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Network Card
Right now im using my motherboards built in ethernet because my Netgear FA 312 crapped out...
Upgraded from:
Netgear FA 312 $20.00 US
Netgear FA 311 $20.00 US
Its nice to be able to move files between PC,s without using a Floppy, Zip, CD, ect....
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Printer
Cannon i960. This is a great printer for printing photos. It uses the cannon "thinktank" system which has 6 individual ink tanks, Black, Cyan, Photo Cyan, Magenta, Photo Magenta, and Yellow, It prints pictures that look every bit as good as a photo printed from a wal-mart type photo place from my Konica Minolta Dimage Z1 3.2MP digital camera. Its got a separate paper feeder for 4"x6" paper, which it can print edge to edge,
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Processor
My processor is an Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz 800MHz FSB with hyperthreading.
$130.00 US
Upgraded from:
Celeron 1.7Ghz $70
Pentium 3 1100mhz $98
celeron 366@550Mhz $65
PentiumMMX 200@233Mhz ($?)
Pentium 100Mhz ($?)
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RAM
I have 1024MB of DDR 400 (PC3200) Memory running in Dual Channel mode... Sweet...
200.00 US
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Sound
Sound Blaster Live, pilfered from my wifes Dell PC...
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Speakers
Altec Lansing ACS56 5 Speaker (4.1) Surround sound speaker system. This is a VERY nice setup =)
- Driver (per satellite): One 3 inch full range driver
- Driver (subwoofer): One 6 inch long throw woofer
- Frequency Response: 30Hz – 18kHz
- Satellite Power: 35 watts
- Subwoofer Power: 35 Watts
- Input impedence: >10k ohms
- S/N Ratio: >65dB
- Built in Power Supply Included
- ul/cul/CE approved
$149.00 US
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Video
I have an ATI Radeon 9600XT All-In-Wonder.
$189 US
Upgraded from:
ATI Radeon 8500 64MB $280
ATI Expert 128 16MB $109 with 2 voodoo2's in sli mode $180
ATI All-In-Wonder 2MB pci with Voodoo2
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UPS
UPS-uninterruptible Power Supply. A must if you ever experience short power outages. I finally got sick of these frigging half second power outages ruining my gaming, so I went out and got an APC Back-UPS Office 280. Its rated at (supposedly) 11 minutes of power, but I really only got it for short outages.
$89.99 US
The pic really doesn't do it justice. This thing is BIG compared to a normal surge protector, its 2.7 inches (6.9 cm) high, 17 inches (43.2 cm) long, 7 inches (17.8 cm) wide, and weighs 8 lbs (3.6 kg)!!
Floppy Drive
Got my floppy DRIVE from my local pc upgrade store for $20.00 US, its an nec. I had one I bought from CompUSA for $30, but I took that one back because it didn't come with any mounting screws.
One odd thing, I had to shave of the tab on my IDE cable (the one meant to prevent you attaching the cable wrong) to get it on the floppy drive the correct way, strange.....
$20.00 US
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Joystick
Micro$oft sidwinder precision pro. $70.00 US
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