Some notes for a couple different PCs:
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Budget PC
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mother board - Supermicro X7DAE $610 CDW
Intel Xeon Dual Core 5150 2.66 Ghz Socket LGA771 $1157 CDW
2 sticks 2GB x 2 = 4GB 677MHz $836 Crucial
power supply - PC Power and Cooling 1KW $500 PC Power and Cooling
ViewSonic Pro Series VP2030b Black 20.1" 8ms DVI LCD Monitor
300 cd/m2 1000:1 $435 NewEgg
ViewSonic Pro Series VP2030b Black 20.1" 8ms DVI LCD Monitor
300 cd/m2 1000:1 $435 NewEgg
Seagate 500GB $250 Dirt Cheap Drives
Seagate 500GB $250 Dirt Cheap Drives
floppy drive 1.44 $35 NewEgg
PLEXTOR Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 6X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R
4X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM
8M Cache IDE Slot Load DVD Burner $150 NewEgg
EVGA 768-P2-N835-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3
PCI Express x16 SUPERCLOCKED HDCP Video Card $650 NewEgg
Creative SOUND BLASTER X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS 7.1 Channels 24-bit
96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card $183 NewEgg
Total: $5,491
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Full PC
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Intel Xeon Quad Core 5355 2.66 GHz Socket LGA771 $1950 CDW
Intel Xeon Quad Core 5355 2.66 GHz Socket LGA771 $1950 CDW
mother board - Supermicro X7DAE $610 CDW
8 sticks 4GB x 8 = 32GB 677MHz $11200 Crucial
power supply - PC Power and Cooling 1KW $500 PC Power and Cooling
ViewSonic Pro Series VP2030b Black 20.1" 8ms DVI LCD Monitor
300 cd/m2 1000:1 $435 NewEgg
ViewSonic Pro Series VP2030b Black 20.1" 8ms DVI LCD Monitor
300 cd/m2 1000:1 $435 NewEgg
Seagate 500GB $250 Dirt Cheap Drives
Seagate 500GB $250 Dirt Cheap Drives
Seagate 500GB $250 Dirt Cheap Drives
Seagate 500GB $250 Dirt Cheap Drives
floppy drive 1.44 $35 NewEgg
PLEXTOR Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 6X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R
4X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM
8M Cache IDE Slot Load DVD Burner $150 NewEgg
PLEXTOR Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 6X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R
4X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM
8M Cache IDE Slot Load DVD Burner $150 NewEgg
EVGA 768-P2-N835-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI
Express x16 SUPERCLOCKED HDCP Video Card $650 NewEgg
EVGA 768-P2-N835-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI
Express x16 SUPERCLOCKED HDCP Video Card $650 NewEgg
Creative SOUND BLASTER X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI
Interface Sound Card $183 NewEgg
Total: $19,898
On 4/4/07, Pete S. <linux@myraandpete.net> wrote:
> Eben King wrote:
>
> > Well, I did it. Took apart the DVR (which is really a bog-standard
> > computer with a COTS OS and a fancy video card) to replace some
> > parts, and when I reassembled it, no blinkenlights. No POST. Not
> > even a BIOS beep when I removed all the RAM. Just to make sure I wasn't
> > asserting mobo failure unnecessarily, I disconnected all drives,
> > unplugged all cards, removed all headers except for fans, and swapped
> > the video card with a known good one, and got the same behavior. So I'm
> > pretty sure it's a dead motherboard, brought on be inadequate antistatic
> > procedures.
> >
> > This is really a crisis+opportunity. The DVR was needing to be upgraded
> > anyhow. My main machine (this one) is largely the same (2 GHz Athlon,
> > ASUS A7V333 [here] / A7V266 [there], Nvidia GeForce 4). So what I plan
> > to do is move this one to there and replace this one, not necessarily in
> > that order. It won't be much of an upgrade for the DVR (133 MHz memory
> > bus vs 100 MHz), but hey.
> >
> > So what should I look for for this one? I'm thinking:
> >
> > 1. dual-core AMD something
> > 2. HSF to go with #1
> > 3. maybe PS if mine won't handle it
> > 4. PATA card (if the motherboard doesn't do PATA) (until my old drives
> > get upgraded)
> > 5. sound card (onboard sound is usually crappy) (ALSA needs to like
> > it.)
> >
> > Maybes:
> > 6. RAM (if it's changed)
> > 7. video card (DVI out)
> >
> > Help me shop please. I haven't looked it hardware in a couple years,
> > so I'm a bit out of touch.
> >
> Decent page that will give insite
> http://www.tomshardware.com/find_by_topic/reviews.html
>
> Purchased this recently from pcinfinity.com
> Code Product Quantity Price/Ea. Total
> JAN380025640 Computer sys - athlon 64 3800 am2 256MB 40GB 52X CDROM
> & more (3 year warranty Brand New) 1 $213.91 $213.91
> WARRANTY: 3 YEAR
> monitors: not selected
> speakers.: not selected
> mouse.: Mouse (black)
> keyboard.: Keyboard (black)
> firewire card.: not selected
> wireless card.: not selected
> media reader: not selected
> modem.: not selected
> sound card.: sound onboard
> video card.: fx6200 256MB $49.99 $49.99
> floppy drive.: not selected
> 2nd optical drive.: not selected
> optical drive.: 52X CDROM
> hard drive cooler.: not selected
> 2nd hard dirve.: not selected
> hard drive.: 160GB SATA $33.99 $33.99
> install memory as...: no preference
> memory heatspreader: not selected
> memory.: 1GB DDR2-533 $79.99 $79.99
> power supply: 550 WATT $14.99 $14.99
> case: Mid Black
> cpu: AMD AM2 3800
> OPERATING SYSTEM: none
> motherboard.: Asus M2N-MX $39.99 $39.99
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