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Post #239,348
by Andrew Grygus
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12/24/05 8:52:57 PM
12/26/05 1:48:15 PM
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New Costs

Based on a machine I built for a home user about 2 weeks ago. Shipping costs are included in costs. All except cabinet purchased at "dealer cost", but I seem to remember back a few years ago the whole justification for the Internet was that everyone would be able to buy at below dealer cost, right?

Cabinet & Power$65 Directron (off Internet - my former vendor only does container loads now).
Motherboard$90Asus Socket 754
CPU Semperon 3000+$87
CPU Fan$0(included)
Memory 512-Meg$43PC3200
Floppy $17Teac
Hard Disk 120-Gig$77Maxtor
CD-RW/DVD-RW $61Samsung
Video Card 120-Meg$56AGP
Keyboard $20Keytronics
Mouse$4 PS/2
Network Card$0On-board
Sound Card$0On-board
Total$520

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Post #239,380
by ben_tilly
12/25/05 4:37:21 AM
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New The reason your table disappears like that..
You laid out your HTML with lots of linebreaks. Those linebreaks wind up being displayed before the HTML.

Either uncheck "Convert Newlines To BR Tags" or else remove the returns from your table definition.

Cheers,
Ben
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Post #239,383
by Andrew Grygus
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12/25/05 6:16:30 AM
12/25/05 6:21:05 AM
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New Thanks, knew there must be a reason.
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Post #239,394
by tonytib
12/25/05 2:22:41 PM
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New Don't do it for costs, do it for quality
I can go to Fry's and get a PC for under $300. But I wouldn't trust the quality, especially power supply quality.

Building your own (or speccing your own) lets you build a quiet system (using resources such as Silent PC Review), a compact system (e.g. Shuttle), etc -- and also makes it easier to troubleshoot and upgrade later.

Tony
Post #239,446
by drewk
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12/26/05 12:17:42 PM
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New Please tell me the units are wrong on the HDD
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Post #239,452
by Andrew Grygus
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12/26/05 1:50:06 PM
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New Ok, ok, fixed.
You could tell by the price. If I really needed a new 120-Meg drive I could probably get one, but it'd cost me a whole lot more than that.
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     Has anyone been following DIY prices lately? - (Silverlock) - (29) - Dec. 24, 2005, 07:17:04 PM EST
         I'd do something like this. - (Another Scott) - Dec. 24, 2005, 07:41:41 PM EST
         Costs - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - Dec. 26, 2005, 01:48:15 PM EST
             The reason your table disappears like that.. - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Dec. 25, 2005, 04:37:21 AM EST
                 Thanks, knew there must be a reason. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - Dec. 25, 2005, 06:21:05 AM EST
             Don't do it for costs, do it for quality - (tonytib) - Dec. 25, 2005, 02:22:41 PM EST
             Please tell me the units are wrong on the HDD -NT - (drewk) - (1) - Dec. 26, 2005, 12:17:42 PM EST
                 Ok, ok, fixed. - (Andrew Grygus) - Dec. 26, 2005, 01:50:06 PM EST
         Matter of fact, I have. - (Yendor) - (9) - Dec. 30, 2005, 10:56:38 PM EST
             Nifty handle on the case -NT - (drewk) - Dec. 26, 2005, 12:18:26 PM EST
             That's a unique take on "cool-lookin'" - (pwhysall) - (7) - Dec. 31, 2005, 06:30:41 AM EST
                 Cool-lookin' == more interesting to look at than Beige Box -NT - (Yendor) - (6) - Dec. 31, 2005, 09:53:40 AM EST
                     You wanna lian-li, then. - (pwhysall) - (5) - Dec. 31, 2005, 10:30:51 AM EST
                         Economy. Case w/PS, Mouse, Keyboard and Speakers for $55.99. - (folkert) - (4) - Jan. 1, 2006, 08:38:43 PM EST
                             Economy was not the issue at hand, Greg. - (pwhysall) - (3) - Jan. 2, 2006, 12:11:26 AM EST
                                 take a phot of yer favorite stripper and paste on case -NT - (boxley) - (2) - Jan. 2, 2006, 01:14:54 AM EST
                                     May have unfortunate domestic ramifications - (pwhysall) - (1) - Jan. 2, 2006, 01:28:30 AM EST
                                         'Honest' he says - just in case -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - Jan. 2, 2006, 01:46:22 AM EST
         Hey ADMIN, how about a Shuttle update? - (bepatient) - (4) - Jan. 2, 2006, 10:39:19 AM EST
             Eh? I don't know of this "Shuttle" of which you speak... - (admin) - (3) - Jan. 2, 2006, 10:15:48 PM EST
                 Did you not build a micro not long ago? -NT - (bepatient) - (2) - Jan. 2, 2006, 10:39:37 PM EST
                     Nope. - (admin) - (1) - Jan. 2, 2006, 10:43:50 PM EST
                         Ahhh....sorry. -NT - (bepatient) - Jan. 2, 2006, 10:52:15 PM EST
         P.S. Don't buy ABit. - (inthane-chan) - (6) - Jan. 2, 2006, 12:14:06 PM EST
             I was prejudiced against ASUS . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - Jan. 2, 2006, 12:52:09 PM EST
                 I try to avoid VIA like the plague. - (inthane-chan) - (4) - Jan. 2, 2006, 01:38:02 PM EST
                     Agreed. - (admin) - Jan. 2, 2006, 10:16:59 PM EST
                     RuhRoh - (broomberg) - (2) - Jan. 2, 2006, 10:37:41 PM EST
                         Depends on the board designer. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Jan. 2, 2006, 10:42:53 PM EST
                             Looking for OpenBSD boxes - (broomberg) - Jan. 2, 2006, 10:59:04 PM EST

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