I&#39;m a professional cynic, but my heart&#39;s not in it.

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Here's what I'm currently contemplating... although I think I will probably hang on a while now, and see if the PCI-E AMD64 stuff happens in the next month or two.

Case: ATX MidiTower with tool free access
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
Motherboard Features: ASUS A8V Deluxe Athlon 64 Mainboard - 2000MHz SB, Dual LAN, IEEE 1394, SATA
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (939PIN)
Memory: 1024Mb PC3200 DDR (400MHz)
Hard Drives: 200GB Serial ATA (150Mb/s)
Video Card: 128MB nVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Optical Drives: 52x32x52x16 CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive
Sound: Onboard Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Modem: 56kbps V92 Modem, featuring data and fax.
Keyboard & Mouse: Logitech Cordless Desktop Keyboard & Mouse
Warranty: 3 Years - Parts & Labour - Back-to-Base Warranty
Delivery: Insured Del within Mainland UK

Price Excluding VAT: £662.26
Price Including VAT & Del: £778.16

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I wasn't looking at price yet (or suppliers, local dealer would be around 840 for what I quotes)

Who are you looking at as a supplier?

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Mesh. The price for the closest setup I could find to your selection was something like £890 inc VAT and delivery.

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Aha...

Want me a new machine, but it's do I don't I wait for PCI-e...

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This one is what I was tweaking, for both my own spec and yours.

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Nice system they have there, very helpful :)

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I have a special spreadsheet which I use for pricing up computers, and I'm so used to getting a list of components and putting the costs from our suppliers's site into it, I sort of did this one by accident.

With the exception of the sound card and the CD-RW, I've priced that lot up at £598.84. Is that better or worse than what you've got for it?

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inc or exc vat?

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Including. Should really have mentioned that.

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C-orks!

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Very nice pirce, that a mix and match; not decided where to get mine yet; would be 800+ from local shop tho'

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That's with the exact components you mentioned above. I excluded the CD-RW because I couldn't find one that matched it exactly, and I decided to go home instead of umming and ahhing over a suitable substitute.

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That from shopping around with multiple people then?

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Nope. Single local supplier who we have a trade account with.

We usually mark it up by a third, but I could probably wangle it at trade price if you wanted me to look into it. I'm not sure how their shipping upscales to elsewhere around the country, though.

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Ahhh trade prices, that explains.
I'd likely be interested if you could find out if it's possible. :)

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I shall investigate.

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Mucho gracias!

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karohemd.livejournal.com

Where did you get it?

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Haven't yet; still pondering

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dmh.livejournal.com

I was dearly hoping the cut-tag was hiding the sentence, "... a life size Millenium Falcon!!!1! In my garden!!!1! In time for my Star Wars Christmas Party!!!!!1!!!1!!"

But no. Once again I am let down in life by my unrealistic hopes and dreams.

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If I could - I would!

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dmh.livejournal.com

I could've made a good Han Solo. Hey, I would even've stooped to a stormtrooper or Imperial technician if it would've got me in the Falcon. But now the moment is lost.

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briggsy.livejournal.com

Gigabyte K8NF-9 nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI Express Motherboard (MB-032-GI) In Stock

But that appears to be it (and it is Gigabyte, yawn), although there seem to be a bazillion nForce4 SLI motherboards arriving on most websites, suggesting they'll be in stock soon (one Asus SLI board is listed as being in stock on Monday).

Shame your computer didn't die a fortnight later, really...

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