Yep, exams are getting close (7 weeks! AHHHH!) so I have decided that I am going to get myself a new computer and build it. This is clearly NOT going to distract me, but will instead serve as stress relief
Gonna be building it myself, 'cos I'll be off to a computer science course in uni, so I need it so I can feel special about myself. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Also looks to be cheaper, and I'll be learning quite a bit. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Of course, I may not be building it before I actually leave Malaysia, because I'll worry about my precious new baby being shipped and will probably decide to take it handluggage... and etc... but I may buy the components here before I leave, as they may be cheaper. I'm heading off to either Canada (Vancouver), or England (Manchester). If there's anyone who lives in those countries, and could give me some indication of the costs compared to the links I post, I'll check here and see what the best option will seem to be. Or would mail order be cheaper anyway?
Anyway, the plan is...
Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ (~215 US, 260 Canadian, 130 Pounds)
Motherboard:
Asus A8N5X Motherboard (~100 US, 120 Canadian, 60 Pounds)
RAM:
2x Crucial 1GB PC3200 DDR DIMM Memory (~150 US, 180 Canadian, 90 Pounds)
Video Card:
eVGA GeForce 7900 GT Video Card (~320 US, 400 Canadian, 200 Pounds)
Sound Card:
Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic (~100 US, 120 Canadian, 60 Pounds)
Hard Drive:
Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB Hard Drive (~75 US, 90 Canadian, 45 Pounds)
Optical Drive:
Sony DRU500A DVD±RW Writer (~70 US, 80 Canadian, 40 Pounds)
Monitor:
Samsung SyncMaster 19" LCD Monitor (~300 US, 360 Canadian, 180 Pounds)
Speakers:
Creative Inspire P5800 5.1 Speaker System (~40 US, 50 Canadian, 25 Pounds)
Power Supply:
Tagan 480W 2Force Silent PSU or
525W Hiper HPU4S525 (~80 US, 100 Canadian, 50 Pounds)
Cooling Fan:
ThermalTake Silent 939 cooler (~30 US, 40 Canadian, 20 Pounds)
And I figure I can pick up a case from whatever is in the store, at not much cost.
Total cost: around about 1500 US dollars, 1760 Canadian Dollars, or 880 pounds.
Any comments/suggestions/improvements/insults welcome [img]smile.gif[/img]
[ 03-16-2006, 08:17 PM: Message edited by: Callum ]