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Contents 1 Goal 2 Specifications 2.1 MONITOR 2.2 CASE 2.3 MOTHERBOARD 2.4 CPU 2.5 RAM 2.6 VIDEO CARD 2.7 HARD DRIVE 1 2.8 OPTICAL DRIVE 2.9 KEYBOARD 2.10 MOUSE 2.11 SPEAKERS 2.12 Firewire 2.13 TV Tuner 2.14 USB ports

Goal

I needed to put together a new PC for my home use. It is used for photo and video editing and gaming, and sometimes as a media PC (driving a BenQ PE7700 projector and 7.1 surround sound. It needs firewire to talk to my video camera.

Specifications

MONITOR

• $549
• 24" widescreen, 1920x1200 native resolution
• Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP Wide-Screen Black Flat Panel Monitor, LCD with Height Adjustable Stand (refurbished)
• http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=320-4335

CASE

• $70
• Mid-tower ATX, with 500 Watt power supply
• Athenatech A5719BB.500 I-Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail
• http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811190098

MOTHERBOARD

• $125 (paid $131 at the local store, though)
• Lots of SATA, optical digital audio out, 1 PCI express x16
• GIGABYTE GA-965G-DS3 LGA 775 Intel G965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
• http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128018

CPU

• $308
• Intel Core2 duo at 2.4 GHz
• Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail
• http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115003

RAM

• $130
• 2 GB DDR2 800
• A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
• http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820211066

VIDEO CARD

• $240
• GeForce 7950GT with 512 MB RAM
• EVGA 512-P2-N635-AR GeForce 7950GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 KO Video Card - Retail
• http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814130061

Replaced with:

• $125
• GeForce 9800 with 512 MB RAM
• MSI N9800GT 512OC GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
• http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127387

HARD DRIVE 1

• $130
• 500 GB SATA3.0
• SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
• http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822152052

OPTICAL DRIVE

• $36
• SATA DVD burner etc.
• LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner - Retail
• http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827106057

KEYBOARD

• $45
• blue backlit keys
• Saitek PZ30AU Black 104 Normal Keys 4 Function Keys USB Wired Standard Eclipse Keyboard - Retail
• http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16823175103

MOUSE

• $4.50
• normal optical USB, wired
• Rosewill RM800U Black 3 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical Mouse - OEM
• http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16826193002

SPEAKERS

• $34
• Stereo speakers with subwoofer - 68 watts total
• Cyber Acoustics CA3550RB 68 watts 2.1 Black Speaker - Retail
• http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16836150044

Firewire

• $10
• Firewire card
• SYBA PCI to Firewire 1394a 3+1 ports controller card Model SD-NEC-4F - Retail
• http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16815124003

TV Tuner

• $95
• HDTV Tuner
• ADS Tech PTV-380-ef PCI Interface Instant HDTV PCI Tuner Card - Retail
• http://www.adstech.com/products/PTV-380-EF/intro/PTV-380EF_intro.asp?pid=PTV-380-EF
• http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16815255001

USB ports

• $7
• 4-port USB bracket, connects to motherboard. Bought on ebay.