THC
02-27-2002, 02:18 AM
Thanks to the advice I got from you in my previous post I changed some of the components. I guess that through that post also I got the unfortunate idea tof putting the damn thing together myself... Never done it before and the process will definately give me some gray hairs, but I figured I get better components for the same price and will (hopefully) learn something.
So here are the updated specs (if anyone is interested...) with the order I intend to make and I hope it includes everything I will need. Please let me know if I have forgotten something crucial (cables, components etc) and if you are aware of better components for about the same price.
One thing I am wondering about is if two case-fans put in the rear will be enough to keep it cool.
Could have saved $30 on going OEM on the processor, but since I am going to build it myself I figured the documentation could be worth it (and I would have to get a fan+heatsink which would take me another 3 hours to research...)
* Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor (Northwood) 2GHz, 400MHz FSB, Socket 478 Retail $355
* ABIT TH7II-RAID INTEL 850 ATX MOTHERBOARD - RETAIL $164
* (2 x) Samsung Original RAMBUS 256MB 800MHz 8-Device Memory (2 x $75) = $150
* CHIEFTECH Workstation Tower Model DX-01W-400W; AMD Approved Power Supply Front Accessible: 3 x 5.25", 2 x 3.5", Internal: 3 x 3.5".(no case fans) (Antec SX840 Clone) $79
* (2 x) Enermax Thermal Control 8CM cooling fan (2 x $6) = $12
* (2 x) IBM Deskstar 120GXP (IC35L040AVVA07) 40GB ATA100 7200RPM Hard Drive (2 x $92) = $184
* Gainward/Cardexpert GeForce 4 MX440 (NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 GPU), PowerPack GODEN SAMPLE, 4ns, 64MB DDR. TV-Out. Retail Box. $119
* Lite On 32x12x40 CDRW Model LTR-32123S $95
* CREATIVE LABS SOUND BLASTER AUDIGY WITH 1394 - OEM $61
* PIONEER INTERNAL ATAPI 16X DVD-ROM MODEL 106S/2 - OEM, DRIVE ONLY SLOT $60
* MITSUMI D359M3 FDD 1.44MB 3.5INCH $9
* 3COM 905CX-TXM PCI 10/100 network card $34
$1380 shipped
CPU, memory and harddrives are from googlegear and the rest from newegg.
Do things look ok? And will I fail miserably considering my very limited experience?
Thanks in advance!
So here are the updated specs (if anyone is interested...) with the order I intend to make and I hope it includes everything I will need. Please let me know if I have forgotten something crucial (cables, components etc) and if you are aware of better components for about the same price.
One thing I am wondering about is if two case-fans put in the rear will be enough to keep it cool.
Could have saved $30 on going OEM on the processor, but since I am going to build it myself I figured the documentation could be worth it (and I would have to get a fan+heatsink which would take me another 3 hours to research...)
* Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor (Northwood) 2GHz, 400MHz FSB, Socket 478 Retail $355
* ABIT TH7II-RAID INTEL 850 ATX MOTHERBOARD - RETAIL $164
* (2 x) Samsung Original RAMBUS 256MB 800MHz 8-Device Memory (2 x $75) = $150
* CHIEFTECH Workstation Tower Model DX-01W-400W; AMD Approved Power Supply Front Accessible: 3 x 5.25", 2 x 3.5", Internal: 3 x 3.5".(no case fans) (Antec SX840 Clone) $79
* (2 x) Enermax Thermal Control 8CM cooling fan (2 x $6) = $12
* (2 x) IBM Deskstar 120GXP (IC35L040AVVA07) 40GB ATA100 7200RPM Hard Drive (2 x $92) = $184
* Gainward/Cardexpert GeForce 4 MX440 (NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 GPU), PowerPack GODEN SAMPLE, 4ns, 64MB DDR. TV-Out. Retail Box. $119
* Lite On 32x12x40 CDRW Model LTR-32123S $95
* CREATIVE LABS SOUND BLASTER AUDIGY WITH 1394 - OEM $61
* PIONEER INTERNAL ATAPI 16X DVD-ROM MODEL 106S/2 - OEM, DRIVE ONLY SLOT $60
* MITSUMI D359M3 FDD 1.44MB 3.5INCH $9
* 3COM 905CX-TXM PCI 10/100 network card $34
$1380 shipped
CPU, memory and harddrives are from googlegear and the rest from newegg.
Do things look ok? And will I fail miserably considering my very limited experience?
Thanks in advance!