eric@lucii.org on 7 Sep 2004 11:18:02 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] system upgrade recommendations


On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 11:49:44PM -0400, sean finney wrote:
> okay, so i think i've settled on a system:
> 
> Case: Lian-Li PC-60 Aluminum
> Power Supply: PS 400W - SPI Sparkle FSP400-60GN
> Motherboard: Asus K8N-E Deluxe 
> Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3400+
> Heatsink Fan: Thermaltake A1772
> Thermal Grease: Shin-Etsu G675 Thermal Grease
> Memory: 2x DDR (400) 3200 - 512 MB OCZ (OCZ400512P)
> 
> the whole deal comes to about $750 including assembly fees and warranty,
> which is right in the range i was looking to spend (in the low end,
> actually), and much less than i was expecting a system like this to cost.
> 
> The motherboard is a nice one, with an nforce based chipset (i didn't
> mention, but via chipsets were out of the question), dual channel ram (as
> suggested -- thanks), and lots and lots of on-board goodies: SATA RAID,
> 8ch audio with S/PDIF out, gb lan, firewire, usb 2...  the deal was so
> sweet, that i decided to pony up for one of those really, really nice
> lian-li cases too :)
> 
> 
> chris, aaron: thanks for the recommendations.
> 	sean

Sean:

 Where did you end up buying it from?

Eric
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