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unless you're planning on using ECC ram the 875P boards are a waste of money
as, depending on the manufacture, they offer nothing over the 865PE boards. take a look at the Albatron PX865PE Pro II. with the money you save you'll be able to get a faster processor. i don't know about the SATA drives but the ATA WD JB drives are about the loudest ones out there. if noise is a concern you may want to stop by www.silentpcreview.com and have a look around. you could get a 4x NEC 1300A DVD+/- RW drive for less than the plextor, about $140, it's arguably the best DVD writer available right now. also the lite-on CDRW drives are pretty much the drives of choice. in some ways they're even better than plextor for significantly less money. i would certainly choose an APC UPS over a Belkin. "Davek" wrote in message ... I'm retiring in a few days and my wife & children are encouraging me build my dream computer as a retirement gift. For months now I've read reviews and also been a part of these news groups (and posted a number of questions that you've all been very kind to patiently answer). Right now I'm getting ready to finally order the components to build the "Dream Machine" and try to get the most-bang-for-the-buck. Would you mind looking over the components and let me know if you have any suggestions or comments on the items? It would be especially helpful to know if you've had problems with any of these components. This will be my home computer that's used for work and play. I use my computer for programming, web application development, gaming, DVD & music, school homework (I attend the local college as an applied computer science major). TIA. Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-8KNXP, Intel 875P Case: (I built my own case from scratch) Monitor: Samsung LCD 191T (Black) 19" LCD Retail Processor: Pentium 4 / 2.4CGHz 512k 800 MHz FSB - RETAIL HSF: Zalman CNPS7000-Cu Pure Copper CPU Cooler Video: SAPPHIRE RADEON 9800 128MB Non Pro DVI/TV 8X Sound: VOYETRA TURTLE BEACH SANTA CRUZ - OEM RAM: CORSAIR XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, (Twin Pack) 1GB(2 x 512MB) 2x(64MX64) PC-3200C2PT With Platinum - Silver Heat Spreaders. Retail HDD's: 2 - Western Digital 120GB SATA WD1200JD 7,200 RPM 8MB Hard Drive OEM FDD: (forgive me, I'm an "old geezer" who still likes having a floppy drive :-) SAMSUNG 1.44MB BLACK FLOPPY DRIVE Model# SFD321B/LBL - OEM Power Supply: Antec 480W Power Supply TRUE480 DVD burner: Plextor DVD+R/RW IDE Drive Model PX-504A-SW Retail CDRW: PLEXTOR Black PX-W4824TA/SW-BL/ 48x24x48 CD-RW - RETAIL Speakers: Monsoon MM-2000 5 PC Flat Panel Speaker System Laser Printer: Samsung ML-1710 Laser Printer Photo Printer: Canon i850 Bubble Jet Photo Printer - RETAIL Scanner: Canon CanoScan 5000F USB Flatbed Scanner - RETAIL Camera: CANON PowerShot S400 4.0MP Digital Camera Retail Memory card reader: USB-2 FLASH 6-1 RDR IWILL Model CR620 Retail 6-in-1 Memory Card Reader/Writer Compact flash card: Dane-Elec 256MB COMPACT FLASH COMPACTFLASH MEMORY CARD TYPE I - RETAIL UPS: Belkin 1200VA UPS Router: Linksys BEFSX41 Broadband EtherFast Cable/DSL Firewall Router with 4-Port Switch/VPN - RETAIL TIA - Dave Kistner |
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Simple math m8, here in Oz, and these prices are boxed CPUs, with
*perfectly adequate* stock cooling, taken from a single reputable supplier: Celeron 2.2Ghz AUD$137 AthlonXP 2200+ AUD$143 told ya No point being parochial when money's involved IMHO, best value for money gets me everytime! The moment that's a P4 with HT you'll see one in my system pronto! ;-) |
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