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Prices are as open to critique as anything else. Am I planning on paying too much? Am I planning on finding prices unrealistically low? The mobo, CPU, and GFX card prices are based on some extrapolation and early numbers so critique away.
itemized prices include S&H
CPU: e4300 retail $130 (with mobo from Fry's. CPU is USED
)
Mobo: Abit F-I90HD* $121.95 (ordered from SFFclub.com 03/08/2007, had to RMA once
)
RAM: 2x1gb DDR2-667 $109 (ordered from eWiz.com)
GFX: integrated. waiting for x1950PRO w/ rear-exhausting HSF to come down to <$170
HSF: $20 (random TT orb thing from Fry's)
PSU: Seasonic S12 430w $83.22 (orderd from xpcgear.com 04/24/07)
Drives: SATA HD and SATA Optical ~$100 (for price reference. I'm using a 36g Raptor and an 80gb 2.5" drive that I already had, no optical)
Case: Ultra Microfly ~$84 (for price reference. I'm re-using my X-Qpack)
Total: $818.17
I'd like to go for a 332mhz FSB to keep my NB timings tight and then clockgen up to 345mhz (a "round" 3.1ghz e4300 to make it easy to brag about) which should outperform ~360mhz FSB (and basically any other C2D clocked under 3.2ghz) with reduced power and be more easily obtainable and with value DDR2-667 to keep prices down. I might not make it quite up to 345mhz or have quite the performance advantage but I wouldn't let that upset me too much. 3.06ghz beating out other less-l33tly OCed 2m cache C2Ds clocked below 3.1ghz would be enough to make me happy.
I changed my mind about modding the CPU HSF to exhaust as I realized it would be hard to do and the case needs more intake anyway so I plan on modding a CPU intake vent. This will also make it very easy to put a filter on it and keep the CPU HSF from getting dusty. I also have a grill for the 5.25" bay in front of my raptor.
I might end up just reusing drives and case that I have, but I put them in there to keep perspective (and I have a couple friends interested in doing this too and they would have to buy new case and drives). That perspective being: the price seems a bit high. I could do an AM2 build instead for $100 or more less (about 85% of the cost). But would it have comparable price/performance (>85% of the performance of the build listed above)?
*Ordered my F-I90HD. Apparantly it has some weird feature where you can change the FSB clock without changing the RAM speed. Not a feature I'm interested in and I hope it doesn't cause me any problems. However, this feature could be a great aid to other projects as you could keep your ram speed down, timings tights, and voltages low while OCing the FSB. Also, the board will support a celeron 331 which are $40, I might just get one if I can figure out what to do with it when I'm done with it.
itemized prices include S&H
CPU: e4300 retail $130 (with mobo from Fry's. CPU is USED
)Mobo: Abit F-I90HD* $121.95 (ordered from SFFclub.com 03/08/2007, had to RMA once
)RAM: 2x1gb DDR2-667 $109 (ordered from eWiz.com)
GFX: integrated. waiting for x1950PRO w/ rear-exhausting HSF to come down to <$170
HSF: $20 (random TT orb thing from Fry's)
PSU: Seasonic S12 430w $83.22 (orderd from xpcgear.com 04/24/07)
Drives: SATA HD and SATA Optical ~$100 (for price reference. I'm using a 36g Raptor and an 80gb 2.5" drive that I already had, no optical)
Case: Ultra Microfly ~$84 (for price reference. I'm re-using my X-Qpack)
Total: $818.17
I'd like to go for a 332mhz FSB to keep my NB timings tight and then clockgen up to 345mhz (a "round" 3.1ghz e4300 to make it easy to brag about) which should outperform ~360mhz FSB (and basically any other C2D clocked under 3.2ghz) with reduced power and be more easily obtainable and with value DDR2-667 to keep prices down. I might not make it quite up to 345mhz or have quite the performance advantage but I wouldn't let that upset me too much. 3.06ghz beating out other less-l33tly OCed 2m cache C2Ds clocked below 3.1ghz would be enough to make me happy.
I changed my mind about modding the CPU HSF to exhaust as I realized it would be hard to do and the case needs more intake anyway so I plan on modding a CPU intake vent. This will also make it very easy to put a filter on it and keep the CPU HSF from getting dusty. I also have a grill for the 5.25" bay in front of my raptor.
I might end up just reusing drives and case that I have, but I put them in there to keep perspective (and I have a couple friends interested in doing this too and they would have to buy new case and drives). That perspective being: the price seems a bit high. I could do an AM2 build instead for $100 or more less (about 85% of the cost). But would it have comparable price/performance (>85% of the performance of the build listed above)?
*Ordered my F-I90HD. Apparantly it has some weird feature where you can change the FSB clock without changing the RAM speed. Not a feature I'm interested in and I hope it doesn't cause me any problems. However, this feature could be a great aid to other projects as you could keep your ram speed down, timings tights, and voltages low while OCing the FSB. Also, the board will support a celeron 331 which are $40, I might just get one if I can figure out what to do with it when I'm done with it.
But the x1950Pro uses a different core that is supposed to be more energy effecient.
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