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« on: November 27, 2004, 01:24:49 AM »
My mother told me that she wants me to build her a computer. All she wants/needs is the tower and I have to keep it as near to $2000USD as I can.(That's after tax. Tax is 8.6% in washington state.)


So I came up with the following list of parts. All parts are bought from www.infotechnow.com, unless otherwise noted. Infotech is a computer store about a hour away from my house. I will be driving and picking up the parts from infotech.

Here is the list of parts.

Mother Board:
 Gigabyte K8VNXP, Athlon 64
$172.99

Video Card
MSI GeForce FX5700-LE 256M (Retail)
$146.99

Power Supply
Fortron ATX 530W
$67.99

Modem
Internal V9.2/V.90 PCI Modem
$7.99

Ram(3 Gigs)
 PDP SYSTEMS DDR Memory 184-Pin 1GB PC-3200, Model PSD1G400 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-220-030&depa=0
 $163.00
 $163.00
 $163.00

Hard Drives
 Western Digital Caviar 250GB SATA WD2500JD (OEM)
$154.99
 Western Digital Caviar 250GB SATA WD2500JD (OEM)
$154.99

CPU
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (Retail)
$199.99

PCI Slot Fan
AOC System Blower (Ball Bearing)
$9.99

Case Fans
Sunbeam Crystal LED Fan Red
$9.99
Sunbeam Crystal LED Fan Red
$9.99

DVDRW
Sony 16X DVD +-RW Recordable Drive Black (OEM)
$89.99

CDRW/DVD(read only on the DVD)
Sony CRX320E 52x24x52x16 CDRW+DVD Combo Black
$49.99

Case:
 Scorpio 868W Blue or Black
$65.99   

Standard cold cathode Light kit w/dual inverter
$13.99

Access Bulk Screw Pack
$4.99

Anti-Static Wrist Strap
$4.99

http://www.compuplus.com/insidepage.php3?id=1003409&refer=pricewatch.com
CANOPUS ADVC-100 ADVANCED DIGITAL VIDEO CONVERTER -
$237.95

Molex Y-Splitter, Male to 2 Female
$1.99
Molex Y-Splitter, Male to 2 Female
$1.99
Molex Y-Splitter, Male to 2 Female
$1.99

SATA Power to Molex Adapter, Single
$4.99
SATA Power to Molex Adapter, Single
$4.99

$1908.74 Before Tax
$2072.89 After Tax


As you can see I have two 250GB sata drives.
I plan on useing them as a raid 0.
Then after making the raid I plan on partitioning  the raid drive
and making a 40 gig partition for the OS and partitioning the rest
as one big drive for videos and whatnot.

One quetion I have is. I understand that SATA has it's own power
plug and does not use a 4 pin power plug.
Will this convert the 4 pin to the SATA?:
http://www.infotechnow.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=2295

Does anyone see anything wrong with this system?

And before someone asks. Yes this is for my mother. And yes
she will not only be useing it, but she will be useing it for
all kinds of video work.

Please write me back and I will check up soon.
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« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2004, 03:10:14 AM »
Really?  That's nice.  Who are you by the way...?

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« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2004, 04:36:08 AM »
Is your mom cute?
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« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2004, 08:45:56 AM »
Chances are with that power supply that you are buying, you will not need to worry about getting any molex to SATA adapters as it will most likely come with several attached already. It is also dependant on the drive as well, some need the adapter, some don't.

Also, be careful with RAID 0, the possibility of a loss of data doubles since you are using two drives. So having a good backup solution in place is almost a must in your case.
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« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2004, 10:41:53 AM »
I didn't bother reading any of that; was it funny?
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« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2004, 07:47:44 PM »
Quote from: catwritr
I didn't bother reading any of that; was it funny?


I read the first line and forgot already. I however do recall not laughing.
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« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2004, 09:43:24 PM »
I thought it smelled funny.
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« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2004, 10:44:47 PM »
What is your mom going to be doing with this computer. Does she really need 500gb of space and 3 gigs of ram?

Also... (prolly will get burned for this)

Get Intel. They generally last longer than AMDs.
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« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2004, 02:18:24 AM »
Seriously, is your mom playing every new game simultaneously, or what?
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« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2004, 01:35:45 PM »
Seriously, is your mom cute?
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« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2004, 09:45:20 AM »
If she is, make sure you get her a webcam.
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