Ebiggs' Computer Buildup (Not to completely rip off PLmatt...)

[Eric.]

After six years of dealing with this piece of crap Compaq Presario 5000 and a few years with a laptop (Compaq still as primary PC) I've went all out with a PC that should last me a while.

Compaq Specs:

1.2Ghz AMD CPU (768Mhz Duron was original)
768MB RAM (32Mb stock!)
ATi Radeon 9200 GPU

Laptop (Dell Inspiron 1100) Specs:
2.3Ghz Intel CPU
256MB RAM
Integrated graphics (Intel Extreme something...)


And the important one...

Custom PC Specs:

Case: Thermaltake Armor Series Black Full Tower with 25CM side panel fan

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4Ghz, 4MB L2 cache)

Video Card: Leadtek nVidia Geforce 7900GT 256MB

RAM: Patriot eXtreme Performance 1GB DDR2 800

Power Supply: OCZ GameXStream 600W

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA

Fans: 2 Thermaltake 90mm blue LED fans (replace stock 90mm case fans)

Optical Drives: 2 Lite-On DVD+/-RW drives with Lightscribe + 20 free Lightscribe DVD RWs

Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4

Speakers: Logitech THX Z-5300e 5.1 Surround

Monitor: Hyundai L90D+ 19" LCD

Other:

Thermaltake Xaserbag carrying harness

Newegg T-shirt (XL, not medium)


I'm having it built and set up for free by a friend, and it should be finished either tomorrow or Saturday, depending on how busy his store gets.

Looks like I'll be compiling a list of PC games to buy now!

 

[Revolution.]

Wow, nice specs. Should be a great PC! One thing though, I'd recommend more RAM, at least another gigabyte.

 

[Eric.]

It'll come when I get some more money. That was $1905.42!

 

[PLmatt91]

Nice. I don't know why you would spend almost $200 on a case, but do what you want to...

 

[DuckRacer]

Nice. I don't know why you would spend almost $200 on a case, but do what you want to...

Agreed. Cardboard for the win!


But good job on the PC.

 

[Omnis]

Why not get one DVD drive and just wait for a BR drive when they become availible for computers?

 

[Evolution.]

Nice. I don't know why you would spend almost $200 on a case, but do what you want to...

Agreed. Try to get a cheap, but sturdy case. No need in spending $200 on a case when you can get a decent one for sub-$100. It won't look as nice, but Functionality > Looks. That will get you enough to buy another gig of RAM.