Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 00:28:39 09/14/01
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On September 13, 2001 at 21:27:01, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >Hello, > >to build the ultimate dual chess system. here is what you would need >as an example. > >I'm using the S2462SCSI as an example here and using the prices as >found at www.comptechworld.nl I will use prices found at www.pricewatch.com, in US Dollars, _including_ shipping. >AMD Athlon MP 1400mhz Socket A (266FSB) 116 x 2 = 232 >Corsair DDR 256MB PC 2100 Cas 2,5 Reg 79 x 4 = 316 >2 cpu coolers 18 x 2 = 36 I couldn't immediately find a price, and of course I don't have any idea what kind of CPU cooler you are looking at. $36 seems quite reasonable, so I will leave it. >60 GB U100 harddrive (7200 RPM) 145 x 1 = 145 >HDD cooler (definitely needed for egtb) 31 x 1 = 31 >Tyan S2462 Thunder K7 Dual AMD 760MP 410 x 1 = 410 You didn't specify which one (there are 3 models - I chose the S2462UNG, which is the middle one - it has SCSI support. The S2462NG can be gotten for $360.) >19 inch Iiyama HA901D 3 jaar on-site garantuee = 450 Your price of 667 Euro is horrendously expensive for a 19" monitor. Since I can't find any reference to the model number HA901D (either on Pricewatch or on Iiyama's own website) I picked the Iiyama A902MT 19". If I chose a different 19" monitor, the price could be as low as $200. >Sony 16x48x DVD IDE 56 x 1 = 56 >Logitech cordless desktop OPTICAL! (mouse+keyboard) = 80 >sony diskdrive 1.44 floppy = 15 I'm not sure why you even need this anymore, but the price is so low it doesn't matter anyway. >Addtronics 7890A server case (bit bigger than bigtwr) = 145 One of the recommended cases from the Tyan K7 Thunder page is the Antec SX800. I can get it for $65. The Evercase ECS5000 _with_ the special 460W Power Supply is a little more than $200. I leave your price of $145 because that's about the same prices I find for the same case you mention. >PSU 460 watts = 102 This price is for the "NMB MP SD025A460WSW AMD Palomino Power Supply 460W PS2-180 Tyan S2462". It includes shipping. This is one of the recommended power supplies from Tyan's K7 Thunder page. >total: 3848 euro. Remove 9% and you have dollars. Total: $2018. If I pick a more reasonable case/monitor/etc. this goes down to $1650 or so. Is this not close enough to $1500 to suit your taste? Knock off your expensive cordless mouse/keyboard, and you're below $1600. There are a couple of other minor things that can be reduced slightly, but this is enough for me. >Who was talking about 1500us$? > >Of course i can get the mainboard for under 1500us$. > >If you redenate like some dudes did below in some threads, >who claim it's us$1500, then i can even get it cheaper. >I can get any dual AMd for under 20 dollar even if i just get the >1.44 diskdrive which i need for it! > >It's nonsense to only talk about a part of the price without >listing all basic components. Of course you're not going to >use a 2 gigabyte harddisk in such a system. Of course you're No, 20GB is plenty, and you can get a 7200RMP 20GB drive for $85, which would reduce my system price to right about $1500, when you take my other reductions into account. >not going to work with a 1985 produced mouse that still needs >a comport at a complete and brand new system. Of course you don't >go work with a $5 keyboard which you can throw away tomorrow. You can get a Logitech optical mouse for $20. A decent keyboard (which _will_ last a decent amount of time) costs about $20 as well. Even if it fails, it's not like it causes the end of the world. >I still didn't put in into this system > - a fast 3d graphics card. The build in ATI-rage is hell slow card. Ok, add $120 for a GeForce 2 GTS Pro 64MB card. > - a sound card SoundBlaster Live! for $32. > - software This depends on what software you're looking for, and what you don't have already. I would think most people building a computer already have most software they need, from a previous computer. If not, there _are_ cheaper software solutions available (Linux, etc.) than MS software. In any case, adding software has nothing to do with physically building the machine.
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