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Re: [PLUG] system upgrade recommendations
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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
--
# Eric Lucas
# "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
# And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
# -- John Gillespie Magee Jr.
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