OK, gone a bit mad... but finally there *New PC Self build project**

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Thu 28/10/04 at 15:41

Tyla

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Finally, apart fromt he mobo as they're not yet available, I have finished my PC project shopping list:

YS-TECH FD1238 120mm Fan - 4 Pin (x2)
AMD Athlon 64 3800 Newcastle 130nm (Socket 939) - Retail
Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200XL Platinum TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2
Gigabyte 3D Rocket Pro (Socket A/754/939/478/775) Cooler (GH-PCU22-VG)
Antec NeoPower 480w

Samsung SW-252F 52x/52x/32x CD-ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Samsung TSH-552B 16X Dual Layer DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Asus ATI Radeon X800 XT 256MB DDR3 VIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 THX - OEM
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JD SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (x2)
Viewsonic VP201s Pro Series 20.1" LCD - 1600x1200
Logitech MX1000 Laser Cordless Mouse
Auravision EluminX Keyboard Black
Windows XP Professional - OEM

Adaptec AFW-4300 FireConnect 1394 PCI Kit
Adaptec AUA-3100LP 4-port USB 2.0 Adaptor

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compund 3.5g
Western Digital Secure Connect Serial ATA Cable (x2)

Lian Li PC 71 Aluminium Full-Tower (No PSU) (Black)
Lian Li C-01B Aluminium CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Bezel (Black) x2
Lian Li PC71 Window Panel
Vantec Cable Sleeving Kit - Black

12" Single Purple Cathode
Akasa Rounded Floppy Cable (0.45m) Green
Akasa Rounded Ultra ATA133/100/66 IDE Cable (0.9m) - Black

Total cost: £2,193.95 (not inc mobo)

Chosen Mobo:

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (Socket 939) Motherboard - nForce4/PCIe

If all goes accordingly, should have it ready just after Xmas. Now to break the news to the wife!;)

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Fri 29/10/04 at 08:29

Suicide Soldier

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Nice stuff.

Trust me though, the Vantec sleaving kit is utter sh**e. In the end I just binned it and bought the Akasa clear kit, far better.

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Thu 28/10/04 at 23:30

Coin

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Mmmm...

Damn I envy you.

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Thu 28/10/04 at 22:34

adrian

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Its is a very nice monitor. Going to be looking at getting a new system soon and will go for that monitor or the 21" version.

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Thu 28/10/04 at 22:17

Tyla

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tigamilla wrote:
> WoW!!
>
> *Drools over that monitor...

The monitor is indeed sweet! 1600x1200 TFT @ 16ms!!\m/

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Thu 28/10/04 at 18:46

tigamilla

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WoW!!

*Drools over that monitor...

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Thu 28/10/04 at 18:32

gamesfreak

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Tyla wrote:
> AMD Athlon 64 3800 Newcastle 130nm (Socket 939) - Retail
> Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200XL Platinum TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2
> Asus ATI Radeon X800 XT 256MB DDR3 VIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) -
> Retail

Wow.

I doubt you'll have any trouble running anything.

If you have a spare £2500~ lying around, you could always purchase me one as a charitable gesture aye? :P

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Thu 28/10/04 at 18:02

Mav

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Nice.

Just in time for Half-Life 2, eh?

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Thu 28/10/04 at 15:41

Tyla

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