Insanity

[cabbitzilla]

So, I spent the day putting together a spec for a machine a friend of mine wants built for him. He'd already picked out a good half of the hardware, and had 'requirements' for the rest. I'd built his last one, so he came to me.

Proposed PC
Mainboard: FIC AN19C Stealth² (http://www.fica.com/site/html/products/mb/detail.asp?cat_id=240000049&C_ID=240000504) $97.00
Processor: AMD Athlon™ XP Processor 2800+ (http://www.amd.com) $397
Video Card: Hercules 3D Prophet 9700 Pro (http://us.hercules.com/products/showpage.php?p=55&b=0&f=1) (http://www.digitalriver.com/dr/v2/ec_MAIN.Entry10?V1=468366&PN=1&SP=10023&xid=39634&DSP=&CUR=840&PGRP=0&CACHE_ID=0) $429.99
Video Capture Card/TV Tuner Card: ATI TV Wonder PCI (http://mirror.ati.com/products/pc/tvwonder/index.html) $79.00
DVD Decoder/Editor Card: Hercules DVDAction (http://us.hercules.com/products/showpage.php?p=16&b=1&f=1) (http://207.253.8.10/sections/electrProd.asp?send=eng&codPrd=DVACTION&codFab=GUI01) $89.88
Sound Card: Hercules DigiFire 7.1 (http://us.hercules.com/products/showpage.php?p=58&b=0&f=1) (http://www.neutronexpress.com/prod.cfm/201495/Hercules/Guillemot/4769159/) $73.34
Modem: Actiontec V.90/V.92 56K External Call Waiting (http://www.actiontec.com/products/modems/92cwe/92cwe_overview.html) (http://products.insight.com/product/Presentation/index.vm?product_id=AIO250882) $59.99
UltraWide SCSI Card: LSILogic MegaRAID® Enterprise 1600 RAID storage adapter (http://www.lsilogic.com/products/stor_prod/raid/ent1600.html) (http://products.insight.com/product/Presentation/index.vm?product_id=LSI773739) $1,194.99
Memory
2GB 266MHz DDR PC2100 Reg ECC DIMM CL2.5 (http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator/PartsInfo.asp?ktcpartno=KVR266X72RC25/2G&SearchType=KingPNFind&submit=Search) $3,857.00
1GB 266MHz DDR PC2100 Reg ECC DIMM CL2.5 (http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator/PartsInfo.asp?ktcpartno=KVR266X72RC25L/1G&SearchType=KingPNFind&submit=Search) 2 @ $557.00
Block total: $7392.19


DVD-RW Drive: Philips DVDRW228 (http://www.philipsusa.com/global/b2c/ce/catalog/product.jhtml;jsessionid=SLXFL4F22D4FSCRQNAVRX2IKGBUTSHAW?divId=0&groupId=CONNECTIONS&catId=DVDRWDRIVES&subCatId=cat100002&productId=DVDRW228) $334.00
CD-RW Drive: Philips PCRW4012 (http://www.philipsusa.com/global/b2c/ce/catalog/product.jhtml;jsessionid=SLXFL4F22D4FSCRQNAVRX2IKGBUTSHAW?divId=0&groupId=CONNECTIONS&catId=CDREWRITEABLEDRIVES&subCatId=INTERNALDRIVES&productId=PCRW4010_17) $90.00
Primary IDE Drive: Maxtor 120GB 7200rpm DiamondMax Plus 9 (http://www.dirtcheapdrives.com/Itemdesc.asp?CartId={DFB3D69E-45A7-4F9C-928C-4D93BE24B3AB}&ic=6Y120L0&Tp=) $185.00
ZIP Drive: Zip® 750MB Internal Atapi Drive (http://www.iomega.com/na/products/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=391607&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=432677&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=63191&bmUID=1039534873309) $125.00
Block total: $734.00


SCSI Enclosure: 10 Bay U-160 Case w/300W Hot Swap Redundant Power Supply (http://www.dirtcheapdrives.com/Itemdesc.asp?CartId={E189B47E-45C3-40B0-A769-8B2732211D6A}&ic=10BAYCASERD%2F160&Tp=) $639.00
SCSI Drives: Maxtor 73.4GB 10K 68-Pin Atlas 10K III (http://www.dirtcheapdrives.com/Itemdesc.asp?CartId={E189B47E-45C3-40B0-A769-8B2732211D6A}&ic=KW073L8&Tp=) 7 @ $539.00
Block total: $4412.00

Case: Lian Li PC-6099 (http://www.xoxide.com/lianlipc6099.html) $362.95
Mouse & Keyboard Combo: LogiTech Cordless Elite Duo (http://www.logitech.ch/index.cfm?page=products/details&CRID=486&CONTENTID=5061&countryid=19&languageid=1) $99.95
Monitor: ViewSonic VP2290b (http://www.viewsonic.com/products/lcd_vp2290b.htm) (http://www.computers4sure.com/Product.asp?ProductID=1257221&iid=342) $7,298.95
Speakers: Monsoon MH-505 (http://www.monsoonpower.com/mh505.shtml) $179.99
Block total: $7941.84

Case Hardware
Thumbscrews (http://2cooltek.safeshopper.com/47/89.htm?767) (black) 10 @ $0.40
Grommets for fan mounting (http://2cooltek.safeshopper.com/47/196.htm?767) 4 @ $0.50
Zip Ties - Red (http://2cooltek.safeshopper.com/47/128.htm?767) $1.00
Jumpers (http://2cooltek.safeshopper.com/47/179.htm?767) 2 @ $0.50
Case Wiring
Three Pin Extension (http://2cooltek.safeshopper.com/58/44.htm?767) 4 @ $1.25
4 Pin Y-Adapter (http://2cooltek.safeshopper.com/58/48.htm?767) 3 @ $1.00
Single Device Floppy - 18" (http://2cooltek.safeshopper.com/57/324.htm?767) $5.00
Copper Dual IDE (http://2cooltek.safeshopper.com/57/353.htm?767) $11.00
Additional Case Cooling
Twin-fan Drive Cooler (http://2cooltek.safeshopper.com/45/168.htm?767) $10.00
Orion HC-720 Aluminum Drive Cooler (http://2cooltek.safeshopper.com/45/271.htm?767) $20.00
Arctic Silver III, 6 Grams (http://2cooltek.safeshopper.com/50/333.htm?767) $11.00
Universal Socket A Shim (http://2cooltek.safeshopper.com/40/395.htm?767) $7.00
Coolermaster Heatpipe Cooler (http://2cooltek.safeshopper.com/39/403.htm?767) $34.00
Vantec Copper DDR Memory Heat Spreaders (http://2cooltek.safeshopper.com/51/407.htm?767) 3 @ $9.00
Block total: $141.00

Grand Total: $20621.03

Now my standard for this kind of build is cost + 20%... which is a positively staggering amount. Almost as staggering as that blasted monitor he's wanting. Great Maker, that thing's expensive!

Anyway, cross your fingers that he's serious, and not just playing mind games with me. That $4k could get my mortgages caught up and enable me to do a bit of Christmas shopping.

*hugs!*
~Ellie-chan

Comments

[wibbble]

Bloody hell.

What's he planning to do with all that? Play Quake and have a lot of MP3s? :op

[kyrlan.livejournal.com]

It sounds like he's trying to build a min sky-net or somethind

Computer stuffus

[lys1022.livejournal.com]

*looking around with glazed eyes after all that technobabble*

I hope it works out for you, hon...I know how much you can use the money! *HUG*