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Building the Ultimate Gaming System VIby Kirk, 2007-06-18 |
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So, for you potential builders, how much did this cost? As my last bit of advice, I'll give you my final listing of prices for everything I got:
Thermaltake LANBOX Lite Windowless- $100 ASUS P5B-VM LGA 775 Motherboard- $114.99 HIPER HPU 580W Power supply (silver)- $99.99 GeIL 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM- $100.99 - VANTEC Stealth 80mm Fans- $17.97 (for three) Intel Core 2 Duo E6600- $225.90 - Arctic Silver 5 Compound- $5.99 - Thermaltake Blue Orb II- $45.99 Pioneer 18X DVD+-R DVD Burner- $32.99 - VANTEC Clear 18" ATA cable- $6.49 SAMSUNG Spinpoint 500GB HDD- $119.99 XFX GeForce 7950GT 512MB Fanless (No longer sold)- $249.99 Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.10 $28.99 ATI PCI Interface TV Wonder Card- $119.99 The total? Approximately $1350, including tax, shipping, and other fun things. That's not bad at all- it's a perfect example of why you should build on your own, if you have the time and ability. Building on your own is certainly risky and can cost a lot of money- but the benefits are always better than if you hadn't at all. It's cheaper, you use better parts overall, and you KNOW your system- something that other people can't honestly say. But hey, who am I to say such things? Let's compare Dell's flagship XPS line with my system. You know. Just for fun. For $2200, you can get the following Dell XPS system!- DELL XPS “Take Command”- Core 2 Duo E6320- 1.86MHz Windows Vista 256 nVidia Geforce 8600 2GB Dual Channel Memory 320GB HDD 16x CD/DVD burner And, of course, an “off brand” power supply, motherboard, cooling system, fans, and everything else. In a huge tower, making lots of noise. Oh, but they'll give you six moths of McAfee, if you're willing to pay the $900 difference... and obviously, the loss of sheer power. I think we now know why Dell is doing poorly this year. Go SFF. Your e-penis will grow!
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