This post made on my new PC.

[WhyteKnight]

I finally got it all together last night. yay!

here are the specs (and its not too bad for a $150 system)
AMD Thunderbird Duron @ 1.3 ghz...........free
512mb SDRAM........free
Tornado GeForce2 Ultra 64mb.......$45
USR 5609 hardware modem...........free
SB PCI 512 cabbaged from the old system......free
NEC 24x CD-RW..........free
ECS K7S5A m/b with sis 735 chipset (a damn good board for it's price)........$55
WD 20gb HDD...........free
Quantum Fireball 20gb HDD...........free
WD refurb 40gb HDD.........free
Maxtor soon to be refurb 40gb HDD........free except the cost to send it in on warranty
1 month old enermax 300w case and p/s combo with floppy drive, 2 case fans, and one scratched side panel...$20
cheap ass heat sink with arctic silver III while i wait to afford a zalman cooler...$20

ok so that's like 140 but still...not bad eh?
i just have to back up all my shit so i can do a reinstall. i swapped the drives in from the old one for now.

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[WhyteKnight]

> Sounds like you did some smart shopping there... Hope you
> enjoy it and good luck with it!
>
actually its mostly luck from working at a computer store. when we fix stuff we are supposed to return the parts we replace and most of the time the customers throw it in the trash as they leave so i dig em out and see whats salvageable. got most of the stuff that way.

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[WhoaMan]

i do that also, but i dont work at the computer place and, well, it is a dumpster behind a dudes house who does work at a computer place

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