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Subject: Re: cheaper for some

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 20:22:33 09/13/01

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On September 13, 2001 at 22:54:34, K. Burcham wrote:

>
>what i was talking about vincent was updating my chess gamer.
>all of my cards are the latest, so no problem there.
>my case is custom, i have pressurized it, excellent filter, and
>  moves major air in and out.  this case is the tall server model,
>  with hinged side doors. purchased from gamepc.
>my hard drive is a seagate, badfast barracuda.
>when i bought my 1400 t-bird a while back i bought a 450 watt
>   atx, dual fan , enermax, power supply.
>so all my parts are ok for this upgrade.
>all i need is the list below.
>i will use my present 1400 t-bird processor, so i only need one more.
>i am presently using the swiftech   MC462 cooler with the sanyo 80 cfm
>     fan. i think this copper base is too big for the tyan board.
>       so i have used the kodiak cooler before, and like this very much.
>       the kodiak comes with the adjustable fan speed control, works good.
>so you will see two kodiaks in the list below, this will give me one extra.
>but you have to be careful with step-up thermodynamics, i think they
>    might be closing down.
>you can see this parts list is from bzboys.com. i cant use my present
>   sdram.
>so it seems anyone can upgrade a system similiar to mine for about
>    $900 us.  2800 mhz amd   768 megs ram
>
>
>BZBOYS.COM
>
>
> AMD Athlon ThunderBird Socket A 1400Mhz ( 1.4Ghz ) OEM 266Mhz FSB with AYHJA
>Core CPU  A1400AMS3C  $123.00
>1 Tyan S2460 MP Dual Processor MB for AMD MP (Socket A)  S2460  $209.00
>3 Corsair 256MB DDR PC2100 CAS2  CM72SD256R-2100  $138.33   $417
>Sub Total $746.99
>Insurance/Handling/Tax(if any)  $22.41
>Shipping: Regular US Mail - 7-10 Days  $19.72
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Total:  $789.12
>
>
>
>The STEP-UP KODIAK 7500 CPU Cooling System $49 each  two fans  $98 total.
>
>     $789
>      $98
>      total  about $900 us
>
>
>kburcham

I would HIGHLY recommend finding another vendor.  BZBOY's is aweful.


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