Built a new one for me today!

[bushmaster]

I drove off to the local comp fair to buy supplies and ended up getting for me.

1.MSI 6398E- 845E Max2
2. P4 2.26
3. 2 sticks of micron 512 mb ddr ram (1gig)
4. PNY ti 4200
5. thermalright ax-478 lapped and polished w/ a vantec tornado fan... sounds like a friggin blowdryer in the box.
6. 2 maxtor 40 gig 7200 rpm 133 ata (board has raid)
7. sony 32x burner
8. turtle beach santa cruz ( but so far the ob sound hasnt had any problems )
All together ...all running now.
This board seems to have it all.

[$1500-P4 gamer]

You lucky SOB you!;) :t

[Optimus Prime]

how much did it all cost mate? i bet the two sticks of DDR ram set you back a bit. :)

:t

[$1500-P4 gamer]

That whole package I'm sure wasnt cheap. Thats all good stuff. Jealous, VERY jealous here.:x ;) :t

[bushmaster]

Actually I'm a real pain in the hind quarters when it comes to haggling.
I got the board n cpu together as a package for $329.
The mem cost me $105 a stick. Vid card was $129.
The burner I got oem so it was $49. The heat sink and fan ran me $38. And the HDD's were 60 ea.
I paid cash and have a resale #. 1st vendor i was gonna buy from said he would give me a good discount. I was gonna get a soyo dragon ultra (p4), but through him all the stuff came out to a grand, and he offered me a $10 discount on it all ...Gee wadda sport. I told him to put it back on the shelf and tear up the receipt.
Good thing i dont understand cantonese. Cause he turned all red and started screaming as I walked away to check out the next vendor.

[grimfandango]

You a so lucky !!!

That is some system you got there!
should last you 3 years atleast.

[bushmaster]

Thanks Grim! 3 years ya say? If there was ever a person bitten by the comp building bug it has to be me.. Prolly better off sayin " let's see how long this one keeps ya amused" LOL. But seriously I also picked this board cause it looks to be one that will be able to keep up as the P4 gets faster.

[bushmaster]

Update!
I removed that thermalright HS and vantec tornado fan and put the stock intel fan on. Temps are fine. Soundwise, far more civilized. Thought I was trapped in a blowdryer. I took the fan and plugged it in while holding it and it's actually so strong it acted like a gyroscope when I moved my hand.

[smelanson]

That is a sweet system!

[Mutant_Donkey]

drooling. A verrrryyy nice system :eek:

[BipolarBill]

Originally posted by bushmaster
I removed that thermalright HS and vantec tornado fan and put the stock intel fan on. Temps are fine. Soundwise, far more civilized. Thought I was trapped in a blowdryer. I took the fan and plugged it in while holding it and it's actually so strong it acted like a gyroscope when I moved my hand. Pentiums don't usually need 3rd-party coolers. The ones that Intel makes are really quiet and effective. It would be nice if they would make 3rd-party HSFs for Athlons!

Nice system, Bushwhacker. :p

[grimfandango]

Originally posted by bushmaster
Update!
I removed that thermalright HS and vantec tornado fan and put the stock intel fan on. Temps are fine. Soundwise, far more civilized. Thought I was trapped in a blowdryer. I took the fan and plugged it in while holding it and it's actually so strong it acted like a gyroscope when I moved my hand.


The stock cooler is indeed very good!
But with a better cooler you can Overclock too!!!
:)

[bushmaster]

Thanks Bill (manic maven of cyber knowledge) . And Grim, I've already had it up to 2.7 ghz with barely a rise in temp. But at 2.26 ghz who really needs to O/C.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Dont suppose you could translate that figure from USD ($$) to Pound Stirling for me please -- just so i can compare -- BTW -- HELLLUVA SYSTEM MATE :)

--Jakk:t

[BipolarBill]

Looks like $879+ incidentals (tax, shipping) or £561.

[Optimus Prime]

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

ChEaP!!!

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[BipolarBill]

Ah...but add the floppy drive, case, PSU and VAT. :(

[Optimus Prime]

****, that sucks :(

comes to about £750 :(

[bushmaster]

Bill, Bill, Bill. nit picking again are we Heehee. Case I had here. Same company that produces them for antec, it's a 1040 server tower with a 420 watt psu, cost me $80. It's what I use to build a pc for anybody, I keep a bunch here. Also the same co. now makes that case in aluminum with a blow hole and a full size window on the access door for $149 retail. Fdd's I get brand new, oem, black or white face $9 (sony)... Vat....Vat ia a Vat?

Total cost of system was $926 U.S.
Ya wanna add in keyboard n mouse n monitor ok I get IBM keyboards for $20, logitec trackball mouse $19, and I buy refurb monitors from a known source at $129 for 19". I havent even installed the soundcard yet. Whats the formula for dollars to pounds?

[BipolarBill]

VAT = value added tax. Common in Europe.

Converter:

http://www.xe.com/ucc/

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Still with added VAT thats still a fairly decent price for that spec...

You little bargain hunter you :)

maybe its tiem for me to check out a computer fayre instead of buying online all the time... hmmmmmmn

--Jakk:t

[grimfandango]

That is a nice price for your new com..with 2.26ghz!!
:eek:

P.S
I am so jealous of you!!
Just kidding!!!
:p

[mrmagoo_83]

That Vantec tornado fan was your BLOWDRYER. Those things move well near a 100cfm, but they also move near 50dB, try mountin another fan on that Thermaltake HS. Then your temps wont be ok, they will be cool (Pun intented)

[BC]

I just picked me up a system that runs like this:
AMD 2100+ CPU
Soyo Dragon Ultra
2x 20gb maxtor 7200 rpm HDD
Ti 4600 GeForce 4
256 mb DDR ram + Heatsink
Nic
Modem
3/4 full tower Scropion case-Heavy SOB too
Yamaha 20x10x32 -I think know it is a 20 x write
52x cdrom
floppy
and some extra twist ties and wire ducts
As well as a Cold Cathode black light.

All this for ~$920 which includes the shipping on everything.

Thought I did pretty good.

[BipolarBill]

Fancy - especially the fluorescent! :p Nice setup!

[BipolarBill]

Originally posted by mrmagoo_83
That Vantec tornado fan was your BLOWDRYER. Those things move well near a 100cfm, but they also move near 50dB, try mountin another fan on that Thermaltake HS. Then your temps wont be ok, they will be cool (Pun intented) True. A Vantec Stealth case fan would work. It's near silent. ThermalTake makes nice 4000RPM fans too.

[gjimene2]

Originally posted by BipolarBill
Pentiums don't usually need 3rd-party coolers. The ones that Intel makes are really quiet and effective. It would be nice if they would make 3rd-party HSFs for Athlons!

Nice system, Bushwhacker. :p

they do bill, they are fans that are aproved by amd :P I have a Dragon Orb 3 from Thermaltake on my XP1800+