I went through the grueling process of researching parts for my new computer. I almost gave up and just went to buy a decent dell that was on sale. But I stuck with it, and I think I constructed a fantastic computer for just a hair above $1000
Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000BWA Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
ASUS P5K LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
XFX PVT88PYDF4 GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Video Card
CORSAIR V2.2 550W Power Supply
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600
mushkin 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model SH-S203N
Pretty excited… of course for whatever reason USC credit union is not processing my charge. So it seems like I will be spending more time tomorrow just getting the payment through.Either way, this weekend should be a whole lot of fun.
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