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If I were Building a System Today... (8/15/05) by Joe Whinery

Joe Whinery's Excel Spread Sheet List of PC Build Specs: (3/1/06)

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		DDR	By Joe Whinery	8/15/2005
						Directron
	Item	Brand	Model	Est. Price	Actual $	Part Numbers	S/N
1.)	Case	Athenatech	A747CC.300	$33.95		63367	Axiontech item #
1a.)	Case P/S	CoolerMaster	RS430-OMSR	$33.99		PS-RS-430-PMSR	Directron
2.)	DVD-ROM	Lite-On OEM	DVD-LT-16	$23.99		DVD-LT-16
3.)	DVD+-RW	Lite-On OEM	SOHW1693S-BLK	$45.99		DVR-SOHW1693S-BLK
4.)	CPU	Athlon 64 3000+	ADA3000BPBOX (939)	$152.00		ADA3000BPBOX	Retail Box
5.)	Fan (CPU)	Included with Retail Box Athlon XP				^
6.)	Floppy	Mitsumi OEM	D359M3D (pdf)	$7.99		D359M3D MIT
7.)	SATA HDD	Maxtor OEM	6B080M0 80GB SATA/150	$62.00		6B080M0	Shop Around!
8.)	Hard Drive	Maxtor OEM	6B080M0 80GB SATA/150	$62.00		8 MB Cache	<$0.50 per GB
9.)	Keyboard	Logitech	LX700	$79.99		KB-967418
10.)	Memory	Kingston	(2) 256 Meg Sticks	$54.99		KVR400X64	Shop Around!
10a.)		Crucial	(2) 256 Meg Sticks
11.)	Modem	Lucent Agere	56K - V.90 Modem Drivers OEM	$8.50		MDM Lucent
12.)	LCD Monitor	Planar	PL1910M 19"	$289.94		PL1910M	eCOST.com
13.)	MotherBoard	Gigabyte	GA-K8NS Ultra-939	$109.00		MB-GAK8NS-ULTRA-939
14.)	Mouse	Logitech	Included in Wireless Desktop
15.)	OS	Windows XP	XP Pro OEM	$129.50
16.)	Speakers	Altec Lansing	SPK-VS2121W OEM	$36.99		SPK-VS2121W
17.)	Video Card	Gigabyte	VD-GV-R955128D Radeon 9550	$57.95		VD-GV-R955128D	Axiontech In Stock
	Total	...	=	$1,188.77

	Something else to consider!!
18.)	Mobile Rack	Kingwin	KF-72 (SATA Only)	$29.99		MR-KF-72
19.)	Router	LinkSys	BEFSR41	$55.95		3527	On Sale <$40.00
20.)	Monitor CRT	AOC	9KLR Flat Screen 19"	$165.00		AOC 9KLR	Directron

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