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Old Aug 16, 2004 | 07:59 PM
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just built two of these for a mate..... now i want one

super fast for a home PC.....

AMD Athlon 64 3400
512mb of GeIL (2x256MB) PC4400
Asus K8V mainboard
DVD-RW
CDRW/DVD combo
160gb SATA Maxtor drive
blah blah blah

not fair

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Old Aug 16, 2004 | 08:04 PM
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Looks nice

How much did that cost component wise? and what gfx card did you use?
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Old Aug 16, 2004 | 08:11 PM
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Chenbro Gaming Bomb - Silver/Black
Q-Tec 450W Dual Fan Gold PSU
AMD Athlon 64 3400 (Socket 754) - Retail
Asus K8VSE Deluxe (Socket 754) Motherboard
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB)
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 120GB SATA 8MB Cache - OEM
Asus ATI Radeon 7000/T 64MB DDR TV-Out (AGP) - Retail
Black 3.5" Floppy
Akasa AK174CB-4BLB 120mm Blue LED fan
Akasa Rounded Ultra ATA133/100/66 IDE Cable (0.45m) - Blue
Akasa Rounded Ultra ATA133/100/66 IDE Cable (0.45m) - Blue
Akasa Serial ATA 45cm DAYGLO Blue Data Cable
Akasa Rounded Floppy Cable (0.45m) - Blue
Microsoft Windows XP Professional - OEM
MSI DR8-A2 8x DVD±R/±RW (Black)
MSI X52P Active Panel 52x/24x/16x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive

all for £744.45+ vat per PC

Graphics card is not mega as this is "only" a home business PC
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Old Aug 16, 2004 | 08:13 PM
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oh and he went for an AOpen case with PSU so it was a bit cheaper. They had sold out of the Gaming Bomb cases so he didn't need the Q-Tec PSU
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Old Aug 16, 2004 | 08:14 PM
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Total price for the 2 = £1165 +VAT

not bad really......no monitor, keyboard or mouse though as he has flat screens anyway
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Old Aug 16, 2004 | 08:19 PM
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