All prices in $USD.
169.99 E8400 - OEM … with ECS LGA 775 Mobo Combo
14.02 Tax
159.99 Asus EN8800GT/G/HTDP/512M
124.95 Antec Sonata III 500 Case
59.99 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB SATA - OEM
-30 Antec / Seagate Combo Discount
26.99 Philips DVD±RW CD-RW Lightscribe SATA
25.99 Hyper TX2 LGA 775 HSF
7.99 Rosewill RFX-120 Case Fan
43.99 OCZ Platinum 2 x 1 GB DDR2 800 CL4
119.99 Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R Motherboard
39.14 Tax
15.30 Shipping
778.33 Total
-30 Sell ECS LGA 775 Mobo
-30 Asus 8800GT Rebate
-20 Gigabyte Rebate
-25 OCZ Rebate
673.33 Grand Total
Seems pretty hard to beat the E8400 / 8800GT price-performance ratio right now. Also, I chose specific components ...
E8400 ... one of the cheapest 45 nm, 6MB cache, 1333 MHz dual cores.
Gigabyte EP35-DS3R ... one of the cheapest P35/ICH9R motherboards.
Seagate ... Seagate. And one of the cheapest 16 MB cache drives. (Already got a RAID setup, so I don't need massive storage.)
Everything else was convenience and cost (i.e. the Antec combo).
Gotta love the competition in the computer market.
169.99 E8400 - OEM … with ECS LGA 775 Mobo Combo
14.02 Tax
159.99 Asus EN8800GT/G/HTDP/512M
124.95 Antec Sonata III 500 Case
59.99 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB SATA - OEM
-30 Antec / Seagate Combo Discount
26.99 Philips DVD±RW CD-RW Lightscribe SATA
25.99 Hyper TX2 LGA 775 HSF
7.99 Rosewill RFX-120 Case Fan
43.99 OCZ Platinum 2 x 1 GB DDR2 800 CL4
119.99 Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R Motherboard
39.14 Tax
15.30 Shipping
778.33 Total
-30 Sell ECS LGA 775 Mobo
-30 Asus 8800GT Rebate
-20 Gigabyte Rebate
-25 OCZ Rebate
673.33 Grand Total
Seems pretty hard to beat the E8400 / 8800GT price-performance ratio right now. Also, I chose specific components ...
E8400 ... one of the cheapest 45 nm, 6MB cache, 1333 MHz dual cores.
Gigabyte EP35-DS3R ... one of the cheapest P35/ICH9R motherboards.
Seagate ... Seagate. And one of the cheapest 16 MB cache drives. (Already got a RAID setup, so I don't need massive storage.)
Everything else was convenience and cost (i.e. the Antec combo).
Gotta love the competition in the computer market.