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If I were Building a System Today... (5/3/08) by Joe Whinery

Joe Whinery's List of Excel Spread Sheet - PC Build Specs: (Compare Prior Build Specs).

For proper Display (1024x768). When Printing, change your Printer Driver properties from Portrait to Landscape mode. Otherwise, you may not be able to print this worksheet with all Part Numbers viewed. Enjoy! GB

		DDR2	By Joe Whinery	5/1/2008
				Dual Core - AM2	Directron	NewEgg
	Item	Brand	Model	Est. Price	Part Numbers
1.)	Case	CoolerMaster	Elite 330 - RC-330	$39.99	CS-RC-330-KKN1	NewEgg
1a.)	Case PSU	HEC COMPUCASE	HEC-585D	$39.99	HEC HP-585D	NewEgg
2.)	DVD-ROM	Sony DVD-ROM	DDU1615 PATA (OEM)	$17.99	DDU1615	NewEgg
3a.)	DVD+-RW	Lite-On	LH-20A1L SATA Burner	$30.99	LH-20A1L05	NewEgg
3b.)		Lite-On	DH-20A4H-06 PATA Burner		DH-20A4H-06	NewEgg
4.)	CPU	Athlon 64 x2 6400	ADA6400CZBOX	$169.00	CPU-ADA6400CUBOX	NewEgg
5.)	Fan	Included with Retail Box Athlon			^
6.)	SATA II HD	WDC	WD2500KS 16 MB Cache	$59.99	WD2500AAKS 16 MB Cache	NewEgg
7.)		WDC	WD2500KS 16 MB Cache	$59.99	For Backup / Imaging <$0.30 per GB
8.)	Keyboard	Logitech	Cordless Desktop LX 310	$46.99	Cordless Desktop LX 310	NewEgg
9 A.)	Memory	Patriot 4GB	PDC24G6400ELK (2 x 2GB)	$88.00	PDC24G6400ELK	NewEgg
9 B.)		OCZ 4GB	OCZ2T800C44GK (2 x 2GB)		OCZ2T800C44GK	NewEgg
10.)	LCD Monitor	AOC Envision	G19LWK	$201.00	G19LWK	NewEgg
11.)	MotherBoard	Giga-Byte	GA-MA78GM-S2H	$92.99	GA-MA78GM-S2H	NewEgg
12.)	Mouse	Logitech	Included in Wireless Desktop
13.)	OS	Windows XP	XP Pro OEM	$132.99	OS-WIN-XP-PRO	NewEgg
14.)	Speakers	Creative Labs	SBS 380	$24.99	SBS 380	NewEgg
15.)	BackUp Soft	CasperXP	CasperXP	$50.00	Get Online Only!
16.)	Video Card	Video Card is optional, Vista compatible video on motherboard.

	Total	...	=	$1,054.90
	Something else to consider below!!

18.)	Monitor	Hanns G	HG281DPB	$550.00	See: BestBuy	NewEgg
		This 28" monitor is the best I have seen yet.
19.)	Router	LinkSys (10/100)	WRT54G Wireless-G (V6.0)	$70.99	WRT54G	NewEgg
		Look for this item on sale locally for <$50.00
20.)	Mobile Rack	Kingwin	HD-KF-91 - BK (SATA)	$19.00	HD-KF-91-BK	NewEgg

Additional PC Build Considerations & Information:

Note: Our DVD+-RW Burner Options Listed are for those considering enabling SATA AHCI. Users who enable SATA AHCI MUST use PATA Optical Devices and NOT SATA Optical Devices. Why? AHCI Configuration does NOT like SATA Optical Devices!
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