So I've told you what I had in a previous post. Now I'll tell you what I chose for the parts of my new PC. I jump right to the details you're interested in, the parts! What did Keith pick for his brand new PC? Wait no longer, here you are!
I'll go into more detail about why I chose these parts in the final portion of this article, and tell of my satisfaction or dissatisfaction of my choices and why in my next post on this topic.
In the following table you'll see images with vendor links of the items I purchased for my new PC, a brief description of each items features, and the price I paid, and where I got it (with a link).
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Motherboard: ASUS A8N-SLI
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- Supports AMD Socket 939
Athlon 64FX/Athlon 64
- NVIDIA nForce4 SLI
- PCI Express Architecture
- SATA 3Gb/s
- NV RAID
- AI NET2
- NV Firewall
- AI NOS™
- AI Audio (8-channel Audio)
$140
Netlink / NCIX |
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CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
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- AMD is at the top of the food chain as far as gaming performance.
- Runs 64bit software, and 32bit software … and fast!
- Data execution protection through AMD’s Enhanced Virus Protection
- Cool'n'Quiet™ technology dynamically lowers power (and fan) usage when low processor load.
- HyperTransport™ technology and an integrated DDR memory controller
$589
A-Power
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Video Card: eVGA GeForce 7800 GT
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NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
- 445 MHz GPU
- 20 Pixel Pipelines
- 400 MHz RAMDAC
- 256 MB, 256 bit DDR3
- 1070 MHz (effective)
- 34.24 GB/s Memory Bandwidth
Interface
- PCI-E 16X
- DVI-I, DVI-I, VIVO
- SLI Capable
$390
Netlink / NCIX |
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2 x Seagate Barracuda
7200.8 250GB SATA
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- Native Command Queuing
- 7200 RPM
- SATA @ 150MB/sec
- 8MB Cache
2 x $119
Netlink / NCIX
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2GB PC3200 400Mhz RAM
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2 x $99
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Zalman CNPS7000-Cu Heat sink and Fan
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- 11x11x6 cm of copper weighing 773grams (1.7lbs!) with a surface area of 1/3 of a square meter.
- The fan runs anywhere between 0 and 1800RPM. This is MUCH lower than most regular fans.
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$53A-Power
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Antec Sonata 2 PC Case
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- Advanced Chassis Air Duct to cool the latest CPU and graphics cards on the market
- Improved overall air intake for better and quieter cooling
- SmartPower 2.0 450W ATX12V power supply has a fan that it doesn’t turn on until system load requires it.
- 1 rear 120mm Tricool fan (big-slow-quiet-fan)
- All drive bays use slide-in and snap drive rails.
$125
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Posted
Jan 29 2006, 07:55 PM
by
Keith Reid