Well, I’ve finally decided to put my months of browsing computer parts to use, and ordered everything needed to build my next computer. I had hoped to be able to build 2 at the same time, so that Sabrina and I could both have one, but we decided to do one now, and one later, so that I’ll have mine ready to go when school starts up again in september.
I’m planning to document everything as I go, so here’s what I’ve done on 7/25/2004.
I bought parts from three sites, depending on what was the best deal at the time.
- NewEgg.com
- Antec Super LANBOY Case
- MSI nForce3 250 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754 CPU, Model “K8N Neo Platinum” (MS-7030) -RETAIL
- SIIG USB 2.0 9-in-1 R/W + Floppy Card Reader JU-91RW12 Retail
- TrueBlue 480 Watt PSU
- AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 512k L2 Cache – Retail
- Seagate 160GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model ST3160023AS, OEM (x2 for a Level 0 RAID)
- WD Caviar SE 80GB HD (to replace the drive in my current computer)
- Plextor 12X DVD+RW/-RW Drive, Model PX-712A, Retail
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack SP1a – OEM
- Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, (Twin Pack) 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 – Retail
- CompUSA.com
- Buy.com
I also have one more purchase to make at CompUSA, but I have to wait until I can actually to the store, and use the gift card I got from CitiBank with my rewards points.
As stuff arrives in the mail, or I buy it, I will make updates and take pictures. It’s been a while since I assembled an entire computer, but hopefully it will go relatively smoothly.