Computer!

[desh]

Component	brand	details	site	price	after rebate
Barebones	Shuttle	sn85g4 (small form factor)	newegg	$250	$250
Processor	AMD	Athlon 64 3000+	newegg	$146	$146
Memory	Kingmax	2x512 DDR 3200	newegg	$107	$107
Video card	AOpen	NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT	newegg	$194	$194
Video Card	ATI	9600 All In Wonder w/ Remote	newegg	$172	$172
HD	Hitachi	Deskstar 160GB ATA (not SATA)	CompUSA	$120	$60
CD	Rosewill	DVD+-R dual layer, CD-R, etc	newegg	$50	$50
Monitor	none			$0	$0
Total				$845	$785

So what do y'all think? That's without a monitor, and without XP Pro and Office, which yes, I do want legit copies of. But it seems like a total of about $1100 for an awesome small-form-factor monitorless PC. Thoughts? Suggestions? Quickly, please. My money is burning a hole in my pocket, and if I'm not lucky, something is also burning a hole in my hard drive right now. It sounds that way, at least.

edit: Apparently the power supply maybe can't handle the video card? Crap. Now looking for good 240W video card options... edit again: Yay, All In Wonder! Should work, right?

Comments

[pkzimmer.livejournal.com]

I'm running something along those lines right now, but on an nVidia motherboard with 512 DDR 3200 and a SATA 120GB HD (plus my old 20GB IDE). The Athlon 64 3000+ is the shit. Basically, the reason I love desktops is that you can save anything you have from your old machine that's still good for your purposes (like my CD burner, DVD burner, ATI Rage video card, and the old HD). Hence, you don't spend way way too much money.

[desh]

Awesome. Yeah, I don't think there's much worth saving from my old computer, except maybe the bigger of the two hard drives. Which sort of makes me want to get my new drive as SATA, so I don't have 3 ATA things and have to share buses, but eh, I'll live.