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Tigerworks
Klik Legend
Registered
15/01/2002
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3882
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6th February, 2005 at 18:25:00 -
My Athlon XP was £95 and the motherboard was £30, so you don't need to pay vast amounts to get a good system.
Self building is pretty easy, I hadnt really done it before but if you read your motherboard/processor & cooling manuals carefully you should be fine. Just use common sense, i.e. dont bolt the motherboard directly to the case if you have a packet of mounts!
- Tigerworks
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gizmo
Registered
15/03/2003
Points
1206
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6th February, 2005 at 19:30:13 -
Errr Nvidia 5300 o_O id expect a simple 6xxx series for that, not some last year revamp of the poopey 5xxx series  Rest of the system is good though, but youre not buying anyways so
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JP
Registered
07/06/2003
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1338
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7th February, 2005 at 02:16:07 -
I got a better computer than that off of ubid.com for $200 less than the one offered. And you NEED firewire ports if you are in to vid editing like I am.
my specs:
Accessories
5502423 - Flash Memory Card Reader
Cables
8004247 - S-Video Cable
8007131 - Power Cord
8007132 - Modem Line Cable
Cases and Case Hardware
3501790 - 710-Series Case R1
CD-ROM, CD-RW or CR-RW Drives
5502448 - HLDS 48X/24X/48X IDE CD-RW Drive
5502742 - HLDS 48X/24X/48X IDE CD-RW Drive R1
5502794 - HLDS 48X/24X/48X IDE CD-RW Drive FC R0
5503042 - Lite-On 48x 24x 48x Recordable/Rewritable CDRW Drive R3
CD-RW/DVD Combo Drives
5503011 - HLDS DVD Multi-Writer R0
5503030 - NEC 8X DVD Multi-Writer R0
Communication Software
7514022 - AOL 9.0 Pass Along CD
Hard Drives
5502617 - Maxtor 250-GB 7200 RPM 80GPP SATA Hard Disk Drive R0
5502970 - Western Digital 250-GB 7200-RPM 80GPP SATA Hard Drive R0
Keyboards
7004260 - PS/2 Multi-function Keyboard R2
7004357 - Lite On Multifunction PS2 Keyboard
Memory
5000694 - MEM DDR 512MB PC3200 R0
Mice
7004410 - Logitec USB Optical Mouse Black R2
Microsoft Software
7514014 - Microsoft Works Suite 2004 DVD
7514483 - Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP1A CD Version 1.4 R4
Modems
6002448 - Full-Height Intel 56 K PCI Soft Modem R0
Motherboards
2521148 - Intel (Wasp) Pentium 4 Motherboard No CPU R2
Power Supplies
6500837 - 300-Watt ATX Power Supply R0
6500844 - 300-Watt ATX Power Supply R0
Processors
4501047 - Intel Pentium 4 (Northwood) 3.4 GHz/800MHz CPU R0
Software
7513946 - InterVideo DVD Software 4.0.11.237 (2-Channel Version)
7514235 - Pinnacle Instant VideoAlbum
7514465 - Audigy 2 ZS Sound Card Full Experience Software R0
Sound Cards
6002701 - Sound Blaster Audigy II ZS Sound Card R0
System CD
7514104 - Applications CD Version 8.3
7514252 - Gateway Drivers CD 24.0
Video Cards
6002646 - NVIDIA NV 38 256 MB (Corvette2) R0
ubid has all their stuff in stock, so you are not buying from schmuck in thailand. it cost about $1000 less from ubid than gateway.com using the ubuyit feature, so i didnt even bid at all.
Steve Zissou: Anne-Marie, do all the interns get Glocks?
Anne-Marie: No, they have to share one.
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Teapot
Does he even go here
Registered
02/10/2003
Points
2631
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7th February, 2005 at 05:08:28 -
I bought mine from some dodgy guy who builds them himself to your specifications. Probably wasted a lot of money on assembly costs, but id wager I saved lots on probably stolen parts.
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