{"id":65,"date":"2004-07-25T22:43:45","date_gmt":"2004-07-25T22:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.uberbroc.com\/?p=65"},"modified":"2004-07-25T22:43:45","modified_gmt":"2004-07-25T22:43:45","slug":"step-1-spend-2k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.uberbroc.com\/?p=65","title":{"rendered":"Step 1, Spend $2k"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I&#8217;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&#8217;ll have mine ready to go when school starts up again in september.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m planning to document everything as I go, so here&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve done on 7\/25\/2004.<\/p>\n<p>I bought parts from three sites, depending on what was the best deal at the time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newegg.com\" target=\"new1\">NewEgg.com<\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antec-inc.com\/us\/pro_details_enclosure.php?ProdID=15001\" target=\"new1\">Antec Super LANBOY Case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msicomputer.com\/product\/p_spec.asp?model=K8N_Neo_Platinum&#038;class=mb\" target=\"new1\">MSI nForce3 250 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754 CPU, Model &#8220;K8N Neo Platinum&#8221; (MS-7030) -RETAIL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newegg.com\/app\/viewProductDesc.asp?description=15-150-024&#038;depa=0\" target=\"new1\">SIIG USB 2.0 9-in-1 R\/W + Floppy Card Reader JU-91RW12 Retail<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antec.com\/us\/pro_details_powerSupply.php?ProdID=20481\" target=\"new1\">TrueBlue 480 Watt PSU<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newegg.com\/app\/viewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-483&#038;depa=0\" target=\"new1\">AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 512k L2 Cache &#8211; Retail<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seagate.com\/cda\/products\/discsales\/marketing\/detail\/0,1081,585,00.html\" target=\"new1\">Seagate 160GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model ST3160023AS, OEM<\/a> (x2 for a Level 0 RAID)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westerndigital.com\/en\/products\/Products.asp?DriveID=32\" target=\"new1\">WD Caviar SE 80GB HD<\/a> (to replace the drive in my current computer)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plextor.com\/english\/products\/712A.htm\" target=\"new1\">Plextor 12X DVD+RW\/-RW Drive, Model PX-712A, Retail<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newegg.com\/app\/viewProductDesc.asp?description=37-102-143&#038;depa=0\" target=\"new1\">Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack SP1a &#8211; OEM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newegg.com\/app\/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-145-450&#038;depa=0\" target=\"new1\">Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, (Twin Pack) 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 &#8211; Retail<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.compusa.com\" target=\"new1\">CompUSA.com<\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.samsungusa.com\/cgi-bin\/nabc\/product\/b2c_product_detail.jsp?prod_id=AN19JSBLQ\" target=\"new1\">SyncMaster 955df 19-inch (18.0 vis) Monitor, Black\/Silver<\/a><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buy.com\" target=\"new1\">Buy.com<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/us.creative.com\/products\/product.asp?category=1&#038;subcategory=14&#038;product=4915\" target=\"new1\">Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS PCI Sound Card, Model &#8220;SB0350&#8221; -RETAIL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.creative.com\/products\/product.asp?prodid=5076\" target=\"new1\">Inspire T7700 7.1 Speakers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citibank.com\" target=\"new1\">CitiBank<\/a> with my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thankyouredemptions.com\/asp\/Home.asp\" target=\"new1\">rewards<\/a> points.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.compusa.com\/products\/product_info.asp?product_code=302460\" target=\"new1\"><br \/>\nATI RADEON 9800PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI\/TV-Out, 8X AGP -RETAIL<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As stuff arrives in the mail, or I buy it, I will make updates and take pictures. It&#8217;s been a while since I assembled an entire computer, but hopefully it will go relatively smoothly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I&#8217;ve finally decided to put my months of browsing computer parts to use, and ordered everything needed to build my next computer. 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