gurusan
Golden Master
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- Portland, OR
Alright so today I go into work expecting to help my boss move......well we moved a bed...but then he said he wanted a new puter and asked me to build one.
So I spent a few hours talking with him to find out what he wants. He basically wanted a functional computer that will remain fast for awhile and still have some upgradeability.
He was willing to spend 1500-2000 but of course less is better.
So I ended up getting him:
Exact same CPU, mobo, memory..setup as me because this is my first time building a puter for someone else and I know this combo is tried and tested by yours truly:
-Antec Smartpower 450w PSU
-Thermaltake Soprano
-AMD 64 3200+ Venice
-DFI nForce4 Infinity
-2 x 512mb mushkin enhanced performance (actually selling him my RAM and I will upgrade to 2gb)
-120gb WD Caviar SATA 7200rpm
-NEC DVD-R
-GeForce 7300gs (was this the right choice? He's not a gamer and it seemed like this was a very good budget build card)
-20.1'' Dell Widescreen monitor (he wanted a widescreen)
How quiet is the Thermaltake Soprano? I remember hearing it was one of the more quiet cases...
Thoughts on this build?
After EVERYTHING it cost about $1200...most of which was the monitor which was still a steal at 450 shipped
So I spent a few hours talking with him to find out what he wants. He basically wanted a functional computer that will remain fast for awhile and still have some upgradeability.
He was willing to spend 1500-2000 but of course less is better.
So I ended up getting him:
Exact same CPU, mobo, memory..setup as me because this is my first time building a puter for someone else and I know this combo is tried and tested by yours truly:
-Antec Smartpower 450w PSU
-Thermaltake Soprano
-AMD 64 3200+ Venice
-DFI nForce4 Infinity
-2 x 512mb mushkin enhanced performance (actually selling him my RAM and I will upgrade to 2gb)
-120gb WD Caviar SATA 7200rpm
-NEC DVD-R
-GeForce 7300gs (was this the right choice? He's not a gamer and it seemed like this was a very good budget build card)
-20.1'' Dell Widescreen monitor (he wanted a widescreen)
How quiet is the Thermaltake Soprano? I remember hearing it was one of the more quiet cases...
Thoughts on this build?
After EVERYTHING it cost about $1200...most of which was the monitor which was still a steal at 450 shipped