Fantasy PC Daydreamin'...

Thermaltake W0010 Xaser Silent Purepower 480W w/Black Housing (75.00)
BeanTech Ig1001 Anodized Aluminum Medium Tower Case (99.49)
Gigabyte GA-8SG800 SiS648 P4 (533FSB) Skt478 (71.00)
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor (Northwood) 3.06GHz, 533MHz FSB, Socket 478 (373.00)
Thermaltake A1545 P4 Spark 7 Highest Performance Cooler (29.50)
2 x Corsair CMX512-3200LLPT 512MB DDR400 XMS3200 Low Latency SPD Memory w/Platinum Heat Spreader (308.00)
Maxtor Maxline Plus II 7Y250P0 250GB PATA133 7200RPM Hard Drive w/8MB Buffer and Vantec Round Cable Bundle (266.50)
Gainward FX PowerPack! Ultra/1200 XP Golden Sample GeForce FX 5900 AGP 8X 128MB DDR Video Card w/TV-Out, DVI & VIVO Retail (370.50)
Creative Labs Sound Card Audigy 2 Platinum (172.50)
Logitech Z-680 Speaker System (265.00)
Asus SCB-1608-D Dual Interface External Slim Combo (DVD+CD/RW) Drive (178.99)
Samsung 191TBlack SyncMaster 19in LCD Monitor (638.00)
Microsoft Multimedia Keybaord and IntelliMouse Optical Combo (39.00)

Total System Price: 2886.48
Time to assemble, cut and paint Case, add neon glow, and hook radio into open drive bay: 1 week
The look on some $6000 Alienware kid's face: Priceless

(okay, okay... so some of the corners are a little cut, but only because I was too lazy to price out anything that wasn't on Googlegear)

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... anyone wanna spot me 3 grand and a Dremel?

wow, that is some specific daydreaming lol. Seriously, who has a dremel? I've always had to comprimise.

I have the RAM, Sound card and speakers that you listed. I'm VERY happy w/ my case and slightly more expensive mobo though. Also, I've always been diehard AMD and ATI fan, but that's for another forum

I have a dremel, but that would be all I could contribute to the project

Only 1 gig of ram ?

How about SCSI, actually I wouldn't go that route either but just thought I'd bring that up. For video card, although I used to be a pretty big Nvidia fan, their recent products and benchmark cheating have been a bit of a letdown. I'm currently happy with my Radeon 9800 Pro, but now I want the All-In-Wonder version since I just got a digital vid cam.

After I get married soon, I'm supposed to be giving my comp to my wife and build myself a new one, looks like you've setup a decent guide for me. Probably not gonna splurge that much sound and instead get a firewire card for the cam. And I'm sticking with a large (21" or above) CRT as I'm a game player and hear the flat screens aren't suited for games too well.

-b

Heh... anybody that puts more than a gig of RAM in a PC that will never even see video editing software simply has waaayyyyy too much money to burn!


Yea, that's what I'd have chosen too, but see my comment about laziness above. LOL. I'm not browsing off to another site to price something I can't afford anyway (I'm pretty sure TCWO has that card.. if not, they have the 9700 pro)!


Again, laziness comment.

I was actually surprised. Googlegear only had one CRT monitor on the site and it wasn't a very good one.


Us poor folk that can't afford a $700 miter saw

I don't know if I'd actually go with the 3.06 HT cpu... I might just cut the HT out to save some cash since it wouldn't give gaming much of a boost anyway....

lol Ctb, do you really trust that Microsoft Keyboard and mouse?

Hardware's the only thing M$ ever did right!

Actually, it's the HDD I'm concerned about (and I don't know if I want the Spark or Volcano cooler). The specs on it are really good, but I don't think it's actually meant for gaming.... I think it's more for file serving in larger network servers...

yes please dont make teh same mistake i did and get a cheapo lcd monitor! they absolutely SUCK for gaming. the detail just blows. unless you can afford one of those plasma things stick with a CRT.