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Originally posted by Xelotath@14 July 2003 - 21:03
everything I listed costs $1105. However after add another 300-400 to that for printer/monitor/shipping. so all in all 14-1500 dollars total. is that good, bad? i might downgrade a few things just to make it cheaper.
I already have a 40gig hard drive I will be putting in it also. so that makes 120 gigs.
I have thought about adding a dvd-rom and I also need to get new speakers. However I don't need those things right away. I have speakers that I can use for a while untill I work up enough cash to get some good ones. and Dvd-roms arent that expensive. I have a normal dvd player to watch movies so its not necisary yet.
I also may dunp the soundblaster because the motherboard has built in 6.1 audio. that will lower costs some.
I don't know why the motherboard doesn't support firewire, however I can always add it on with a psi card later.
i won't be ordering for another month or so. so all these things can be changed and upgraded/downgraded.
Thnaks for the help so far.
I could set up a set system with similar storage capacities that would perform within 3 benchmark points of that system for less than 700 dollars easy. Unless you plan on using this pc for a LONG time, I don't think some of the components you're going with are worth it.