S
Skybuck Flying
Guest
*** Skybuck's Dream PC for 2006 *** FULL REPORT *** Posting 1 ***
Hello,
I plan on writing a full report on Skybuck's Dream PC for 2006.
However it will be to big to put into one posting and it will require some
time as well.
So I am just gonna post as I go along and finally I'll gather everything or
so and put it on a website or maybe not, we'll see.
The first question on my mind is:
What did I buy and how much did it cost me ?
*** BEGIN OF SECTION 1 *** The component list ***:
( All prices in euro's, tax included )
LCD Monitor: Hewlett Packard L2335 (native resolution: 1920x1200, response
time: 16 ms, wide screen)
Price: 1029
Case: Chieftec, Bravo series, BH-01B-B-SL miditower
(silver/black/stylish/modern) (6 harddisk bays, 3 cd rom bays, 1 disk drive
bay)
Price: 75
Power supply: Seasonic S12-600 (600 watt, power efficient, low noise)
Price: 129
Motherboard: Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe (passive cooling, low noise, 64 bit
ready, good connectivity)
Price: 191
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Manchester 3800+ (Boxed) (dual core, power
efficient, suited for running games at 1900x1200 resolution)
Price: 305
Memory module1: Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2 DDR SDRAM, 1 GB, PC3200, 400 MHz
(Double Side, Double Data Rate, Supported by motherboard)
Price: 105
Memory module2: Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2 DDR SDRAM, 1 GB, PC3200, 400 MHz
(Double Side, Double Data Rate, Supported by motherboard)
Price: 105
Memory module3: Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2 DDR SDRAM, 1 GB, PC3200, 400 MHz
(Double Side, Double Data Rate, Supported by motherboard)
Price: 105
Memory module4: Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2 DDR SDRAM, 1 GB, PC3200, 400 MHz
(Double Side, Double Data Rate, Supported by motherboard)
Price: 105
Graphics card1: XFX NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX Extreme (512 MB GDDR3) (Occupies
two slots (dual slot), Standard version (non overclocked, for longer life
) 2DVI/VI, PCI Express x16, Very powerfull )
Price: 585
Graphics card2: XFX NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX Extreme (512 MB GDDR3) (Occupies
two slots (dual slot), Standard version (non overclocked, for longer life
) 2DVI/VI, PCI Express x16, Very powerfull )
Price: 589
Sound card: Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Elite Pro 7.1 (comes with nice
breakout box and headphone connection, remote control etc)
Price: 284
(Note: The soundblaster needs floppy drive power connector)
Network card: not needed, the motherboard has two very fast gigabit network
chips on board
Price: -
Internal Harddisk1: Hitachi Deskstar 7K500 500 GB, 7.200 rpm, 16 MB, SATA II
(HDS725050KLA360)
Price: 348
Internal Harddisk2: Hitachi Deskstar 7K500 500 GB, 7.200 rpm, 16 MB, SATA II
(HDS725050KLA360)
Price: 348
Internal Harddisk3: Third sata harddisk possible (Free space in miditower
available, third sata connector on motherboard available, power supply sata
power connector available, extra sata cable available came with motherboard)
Price: -
Internal Harddisk4: Fourth sata harddisk possible (Free space in miditower
available, fourth sata connector on motherboard available, power supply sata
power connector available, extra sata cable available came with motherboard)
Price: -
Internal Harddisk5: Fiveth harddisk will probably need to be an IDE drive
(Free space in miditower available, Free ide connector available on ide
cable came with motherboard, Not sure if power cable/connector available)
Price: -
Internal Harddisk6: Sixth harddisk will probably need to be an IDE drive
(Free space in miditower available, Free ide connector available on ide
cable came with motherboard, Not sure if power cable/connector available )
Price: -
External Harddisk7: Seventh harddisk possible via external sata connector.
Price: -
Optional Harddisk8 ???: Fiveth sata connector available on motherboard not
sure what it's for... it's far away will be hard to connect it seems.
Price: -
Disk drive: Mitsumi Floppy Disk Drive + 7-in-1 Cardreader (Black)
Price: 25
CD/DVD burner: BenQ DW-1655 16x (Dual Layer, R/W, Black, IDE)
Price: 69
Keyboard: Logitech UltraX, silver.
Price: 28
Mouse: LogitechŽ Click! Optical Mouse
Price indication: 25 (Already had this mouse of old computer and kept it, so
I didn't really pay for this, old computer uses a different mouse now)
Speakerset: Creative GigaWorks S750
Price: 369
Extra case fan1: Papst 3412/N2GLLE 92x92x25 millimeter (To blow cool air
over internal harddisk 1, 3 and 5) (Very loud/noisy/windy on motherboard
connector but Quiet on low voltage (5 volt) additional power supply
connector)
Price: 19
Extra case fan2: Papst 3412/N2GLLE 92x92x25 millimeter ( To blow cool air
over internal harddisk 2, 4 and 6 ) (Very loud/noisy/windy on motherboard
connector but Quiet on low voltage (5 volt) additional power supply
connector)
Price: 19
Extra case fan3 (optional): Papst 3412/N2GLLE 92x92x25 millimeter (??? To
blow or suck air from cpu region ??? not really necessary, untested)
Price: 19
Extra case fan4 (optional): Papst 3412/N2GLLE 92x92x25 millimeter (??? To
blow or suck air from graphics card region ??? not really necessary,
untested)
Price: 19
Extra rare case fan (required/smart me thinks): Scythe SFLEX 1200 RPM
120x120x25 millimeter (pretty quiet I think but not 100% sure difficult to
pin point noise, all in all quiet system.)
Price: 19
(The extra rare case fan seems a smart idea to me, it sucks away hot air
from cpu/memory/motherboard region and takes over the roll of the power
supply fan so that the power supply fan can spindle slowly for even quiet
operation.)
Additional screw set to mount extra case fan 1,2,3 and 4:
Price: 5
Additional equipment:
Gigabit network cable (patch through cable suited for direct connection from
pc to pc): Sharkoon RJ45 CAT .6 Gray 10 meters
Price: 15
Gigabit network card (for old computer): 3COM 3C2000T GBit PCI
Price: 49
10x 1.44 MB Floppy disks: Fujji Black
Price: 4
*** Absolute basic system price ***:
LCD Monitor: 1029
Case: 75
Power supply: 129
Motherboard: 191
Processor: 305
Memory1: 105
Graphics card1: 585
Harddisk1: 348
Floppy Disk drive + 7-in-1 cardreader: 25
CD/DVD burner: 69
Keyboard: 28
Mouse: 25
Speakerset: 369
Absolute basic system total: 3283
*** Extra desired basic system price ***:
Memory2: 105
Memory3: 105
Memory4: 105
Harddisk2: 348
Sound card: 284
Extra case fan1: 19
Extra case fan2: 19
Extra rare case fan: 19
Screw set: 2
Extra desired basic system price: 1006
*** Extreme extra system price (I ordered two graphics card just in case one
supplier couldn't deliver so I got both cards hehe pretty awesome though)
***:
Graphics card2: 589 (two dual slot graphics card fit perfectly on
motherboard, lot's of space between them... even room for a small pci card
between them)
*** Costs ***:
Absolute basic system: 3283
Extra desired system: 3283 + 1006 = 4289
Extreme system system: 3283 + 1006 + 589 = 4878
*** Unnecessary costs ***:
Extra case fan3: 19 (handy for backup or cleaning one and replacing with new
etc)
Extra case fan4: 19 (handy for backup or cleaning one and replacing with new
etc)
Extra screw set: 3
*** Transport costs ***:
Graphics card from Pixmania(No billing information on delivery ?!?): 22.61
Graphics card from Alternate (No billing information on delivery except from
transport company ?!): 14.50
Case, Screws, Floppy Disk Drive, Extra case fans, Network card, Network
Cable from Alternate (Ok billing information): 14.50
CD/DVD drive from Alternate (iComputers had wrong color and removed it from
order): 14.50
Keyboard from perfect systems (I was hoping for the older model but got
newer model still good though, Decent billing information): 13
Speakerset from Perfect Systems: 15
Memory, Processor, Soundblaster, Harddisk, Motherboard, Power supply from
iComputers (Very professional billing information ! My complements !): 14
Monitor from OBCS (No additional billing information on delivery, only
transport company billing information, no billing information in e-mail have
to travel to website to get it): 98
Total transport costs: 206.11
*** Total price ***
Absolute basic system: 3283
Extra desired system: 3283 + 1006 = 4289
Extreme system system: 3283 + 1006 + 589 = 4878
Transported system: 3283 + 1006 + 589 + 207 = 5085 (give or take a few
pennies/bucks)
*** END OF SECTION 1 ***
Bye,
Skybuck.
Hello,
I plan on writing a full report on Skybuck's Dream PC for 2006.
However it will be to big to put into one posting and it will require some
time as well.
So I am just gonna post as I go along and finally I'll gather everything or
so and put it on a website or maybe not, we'll see.
The first question on my mind is:
What did I buy and how much did it cost me ?
*** BEGIN OF SECTION 1 *** The component list ***:
( All prices in euro's, tax included )
LCD Monitor: Hewlett Packard L2335 (native resolution: 1920x1200, response
time: 16 ms, wide screen)
Price: 1029
Case: Chieftec, Bravo series, BH-01B-B-SL miditower
(silver/black/stylish/modern) (6 harddisk bays, 3 cd rom bays, 1 disk drive
bay)
Price: 75
Power supply: Seasonic S12-600 (600 watt, power efficient, low noise)
Price: 129
Motherboard: Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe (passive cooling, low noise, 64 bit
ready, good connectivity)
Price: 191
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Manchester 3800+ (Boxed) (dual core, power
efficient, suited for running games at 1900x1200 resolution)
Price: 305
Memory module1: Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2 DDR SDRAM, 1 GB, PC3200, 400 MHz
(Double Side, Double Data Rate, Supported by motherboard)
Price: 105
Memory module2: Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2 DDR SDRAM, 1 GB, PC3200, 400 MHz
(Double Side, Double Data Rate, Supported by motherboard)
Price: 105
Memory module3: Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2 DDR SDRAM, 1 GB, PC3200, 400 MHz
(Double Side, Double Data Rate, Supported by motherboard)
Price: 105
Memory module4: Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2 DDR SDRAM, 1 GB, PC3200, 400 MHz
(Double Side, Double Data Rate, Supported by motherboard)
Price: 105
Graphics card1: XFX NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX Extreme (512 MB GDDR3) (Occupies
two slots (dual slot), Standard version (non overclocked, for longer life
) 2DVI/VI, PCI Express x16, Very powerfull )Price: 585
Graphics card2: XFX NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX Extreme (512 MB GDDR3) (Occupies
two slots (dual slot), Standard version (non overclocked, for longer life
) 2DVI/VI, PCI Express x16, Very powerfull )Price: 589
Sound card: Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Elite Pro 7.1 (comes with nice
breakout box and headphone connection, remote control etc)
Price: 284
(Note: The soundblaster needs floppy drive power connector)
Network card: not needed, the motherboard has two very fast gigabit network
chips on board
Price: -
Internal Harddisk1: Hitachi Deskstar 7K500 500 GB, 7.200 rpm, 16 MB, SATA II
(HDS725050KLA360)
Price: 348
Internal Harddisk2: Hitachi Deskstar 7K500 500 GB, 7.200 rpm, 16 MB, SATA II
(HDS725050KLA360)
Price: 348
Internal Harddisk3: Third sata harddisk possible (Free space in miditower
available, third sata connector on motherboard available, power supply sata
power connector available, extra sata cable available came with motherboard)
Price: -
Internal Harddisk4: Fourth sata harddisk possible (Free space in miditower
available, fourth sata connector on motherboard available, power supply sata
power connector available, extra sata cable available came with motherboard)
Price: -
Internal Harddisk5: Fiveth harddisk will probably need to be an IDE drive
(Free space in miditower available, Free ide connector available on ide
cable came with motherboard, Not sure if power cable/connector available)
Price: -
Internal Harddisk6: Sixth harddisk will probably need to be an IDE drive
(Free space in miditower available, Free ide connector available on ide
cable came with motherboard, Not sure if power cable/connector available )
Price: -
External Harddisk7: Seventh harddisk possible via external sata connector.
Price: -
Optional Harddisk8 ???: Fiveth sata connector available on motherboard not
sure what it's for... it's far away will be hard to connect it seems.
Price: -
Disk drive: Mitsumi Floppy Disk Drive + 7-in-1 Cardreader (Black)
Price: 25
CD/DVD burner: BenQ DW-1655 16x (Dual Layer, R/W, Black, IDE)
Price: 69
Keyboard: Logitech UltraX, silver.
Price: 28
Mouse: LogitechŽ Click! Optical Mouse
Price indication: 25 (Already had this mouse of old computer and kept it, so
I didn't really pay for this
, old computer uses a different mouse now)Speakerset: Creative GigaWorks S750
Price: 369
Extra case fan1: Papst 3412/N2GLLE 92x92x25 millimeter (To blow cool air
over internal harddisk 1, 3 and 5) (Very loud/noisy/windy on motherboard
connector but Quiet on low voltage (5 volt) additional power supply
connector)
Price: 19
Extra case fan2: Papst 3412/N2GLLE 92x92x25 millimeter ( To blow cool air
over internal harddisk 2, 4 and 6 ) (Very loud/noisy/windy on motherboard
connector but Quiet on low voltage (5 volt) additional power supply
connector)
Price: 19
Extra case fan3 (optional): Papst 3412/N2GLLE 92x92x25 millimeter (??? To
blow or suck air from cpu region ??? not really necessary, untested)
Price: 19
Extra case fan4 (optional): Papst 3412/N2GLLE 92x92x25 millimeter (??? To
blow or suck air from graphics card region ??? not really necessary,
untested)
Price: 19
Extra rare case fan (required/smart me thinks): Scythe SFLEX 1200 RPM
120x120x25 millimeter (pretty quiet I think but not 100% sure difficult to
pin point noise, all in all quiet system.)
Price: 19
(The extra rare case fan seems a smart idea to me, it sucks away hot air
from cpu/memory/motherboard region and takes over the roll of the power
supply fan so that the power supply fan can spindle slowly for even quiet
operation.)
Additional screw set to mount extra case fan 1,2,3 and 4:
Price: 5
Additional equipment:
Gigabit network cable (patch through cable suited for direct connection from
pc to pc): Sharkoon RJ45 CAT .6 Gray 10 meters
Price: 15
Gigabit network card (for old computer): 3COM 3C2000T GBit PCI
Price: 49
10x 1.44 MB Floppy disks: Fujji Black
Price: 4
*** Absolute basic system price ***:
LCD Monitor: 1029
Case: 75
Power supply: 129
Motherboard: 191
Processor: 305
Memory1: 105
Graphics card1: 585
Harddisk1: 348
Floppy Disk drive + 7-in-1 cardreader: 25
CD/DVD burner: 69
Keyboard: 28
Mouse: 25
Speakerset: 369
Absolute basic system total: 3283
*** Extra desired basic system price ***:
Memory2: 105
Memory3: 105
Memory4: 105
Harddisk2: 348
Sound card: 284
Extra case fan1: 19
Extra case fan2: 19
Extra rare case fan: 19
Screw set: 2
Extra desired basic system price: 1006
*** Extreme extra system price (I ordered two graphics card just in case one
supplier couldn't deliver so I got both cards hehe
pretty awesome though) ***:
Graphics card2: 589 (two dual slot graphics card fit perfectly on
motherboard, lot's of space between them... even room for a small pci card
between them)
*** Costs ***:
Absolute basic system: 3283
Extra desired system: 3283 + 1006 = 4289
Extreme system system: 3283 + 1006 + 589 = 4878
*** Unnecessary costs ***:
Extra case fan3: 19 (handy for backup or cleaning one and replacing with new
etc)
Extra case fan4: 19 (handy for backup or cleaning one and replacing with new
etc)
Extra screw set: 3
*** Transport costs ***:
Graphics card from Pixmania(No billing information on delivery ?!?): 22.61
Graphics card from Alternate (No billing information on delivery except from
transport company ?!): 14.50
Case, Screws, Floppy Disk Drive, Extra case fans, Network card, Network
Cable from Alternate (Ok billing information): 14.50
CD/DVD drive from Alternate (iComputers had wrong color and removed it from
order): 14.50
Keyboard from perfect systems (I was hoping for the older model but got
newer model still good though, Decent billing information): 13
Speakerset from Perfect Systems: 15
Memory, Processor, Soundblaster, Harddisk, Motherboard, Power supply from
iComputers (Very professional billing information ! My complements !): 14
Monitor from OBCS (No additional billing information on delivery, only
transport company billing information, no billing information in e-mail have
to travel to website to get it): 98
Total transport costs: 206.11
*** Total price ***
Absolute basic system: 3283
Extra desired system: 3283 + 1006 = 4289
Extreme system system: 3283 + 1006 + 589 = 4878
Transported system: 3283 + 1006 + 589 + 207 = 5085 (give or take a few
pennies/bucks
)*** END OF SECTION 1 ***
Bye,
Skybuck.