Components for Martin's new computer

Updated: March 5, 2006

Motherboard: Asus A8N SLI Pemium NVIDIA Socket 939: ($190)

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Socket 939 ($400):

Ram: Dual Channel 2048MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz (2 x 1024MB) ($211):

Hard Drives: Maxtor 250GB / 7200rpm / 16MB / SATA-150 ($110 x 3):

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1487962
(Two of the hard drives would be in a RAID 1 configuration with double redundant backup.
The third would be added to the configuration periodically and removed to safeguard from viruses
and be a full, portable backup.)

Video Card: GeForce 7800 GT / 256MB GDDR3 / PCI Express / Dual DVI / HDTV / VIVO / Video Card ($300):

Monitor: Viewsonic 21" CRT P810 Professional Series ($99 x 2):
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&fstype=1&from=R10&satitle=viewsonic+p810&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&bs=Search&fsop=3%26fsoo%3D2&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=ZIP%2FPostal&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=

Optical Drive: DVD and CD burner, ($55):

Case: Premium 2532 ATX Mid-Tower, Front LCD, Clear Side, Top USB, FireWire and Audio Ports ($90):

Power Supply: X-Finity / 500-Watt / ATX / SATA-Ready / SLI-Ready ($70):