Mitsules, Mark
Mark.Mitsules at ngc.com
Mon Jan 3 10:32:59 CST 2005
This was a combination birthday/Christmas present to myself. I'll leave the actual prices out, but suffice to say that I shopped around extensively and did not pay top dollar for these components. Total price before shipping was around $2800...a little more than what I paid for my 486DX/66 back in the day;) The only component I am having reservations about is the power supply. I chose this brand because of their unique approach to cable management. Each cable is connectorized and sheathed...so you install only the cables you actually need and they take up a minimum of space. But this months MaximumPC review gave it a 3/10 due to power fluctuations and not delivering the rated power:( I'll have to wait and see if the performance is noticeable to me on a day-to-day basis. Mark CASE: SILVERSTONE TEMJIN SERIES Silver ATX Mid Tower Case, Model "SST-TJ05-ST" MOTHERBOARD: Asus A8V Deluxe SC939 VIA K8T800Pro Chipset AMD Athlon 64FX Audio SATA-RAID Gigabit LAN Firewire CPU: AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 2.6GHz 1mb cache 939pin Retail Box w/heatsink & Cooling Fan VIDEO CARD: nVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB GDDR3, 256-bit, TV-Out/Dual DVI, 8X AGP RAM: CORSAIR XMS, Xtra-Low Latency 2-2-2-5, 184-Pin 2GB(512MBx4) DDR PC-3200, Model TWINX1024-3200XLPRO SOUND CARD: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS GAMER Limited Edition PCI Sound Card, Model "SB0350" HARD DRIVE: Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD740GD HARD DRIVE: Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA POWER SUPPLY: X-Connect 500W ATX PS w/2 80mm Fans