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Stan · 07-10-2003, 04:42 PM

I always built my own, and for friends a few times also. I've had many systems in the past, but my current system is as follows:

Soltek 75FRV KT400 motherboard, AMD Athlon XP 1800+, Thermalright SLK-800(A) all-copper heatsink with Panaflo 80mm 24cfm fan, 300watt Enermax power supply, Samsung 512MB DDR333 RAM, 3Dfx Voodoo 5 5500 PCI 64MB, Viewsonice PF775 17inch .25 aperture grille monitor, 2 x 3Com 3C905C-TX-M 10/100, Creative Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer, Logitech Z-560 4.1 THX-certified speakers, 2 x 100GB Western Digital Special Edition 7200rpm 8MB, 1 x 30GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8, LG 8400B 40x12x40 CD writer, and generic 18inch case.

Like the previous guy said, timing is everything. You can score yourself awesome rebates, or just get a nice jump on lowered priced. Most of the stuff in the above system was sold at my purchase price from my mainstream sources many months after I had purchased them, so I knew I was paying a reasonable price at the time of purchase.

07-10-2003, 04:42 PM	#86 (permalink)
Stan Upright Location: Canada	I always built my own, and for friends a few times also. I've had many systems in the past, but my current system is as follows: Soltek 75FRV KT400 motherboard, AMD Athlon XP 1800+, Thermalright SLK-800(A) all-copper heatsink with Panaflo 80mm 24cfm fan, 300watt Enermax power supply, Samsung 512MB DDR333 RAM, 3Dfx Voodoo 5 5500 PCI 64MB, Viewsonice PF775 17inch .25 aperture grille monitor, 2 x 3Com 3C905C-TX-M 10/100, Creative Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer, Logitech Z-560 4.1 THX-certified speakers, 2 x 100GB Western Digital Special Edition 7200rpm 8MB, 1 x 30GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8, LG 8400B 40x12x40 CD writer, and generic 18inch case. Like the previous guy said, timing is everything. You can score yourself awesome rebates, or just get a nice jump on lowered priced. Most of the stuff in the above system was sold at my purchase price from my mainstream sources many months after I had purchased them, so I knew I was paying a reasonable price at the time of purchase.