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If I were Building a System Today... (7/26/06) by Joe Whinery

Joe Whinery's Excel Spread Sheet List of PC Build Specs: (9/19/06)

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		DDR	By Joe Whinery	7/26/2006
						Directron	Axiontech
	Item	Brand	Model	Est. Price	Actual $	Part Numbers	S/N
1.)	Case	Athenatech	A747SS	$42.99
1a.)	Case P/S	Thermaltake TR2	W0069RU	$46.00		W0069RU
2.)	DVD-ROM	BenQ	1650V	$19.99		1650V
3.)	DVD+-RW	Lite-On OEM	SHW160P6S-BLK	$32.99		SHW160P6S-BLK	NewEgg
4.)	CPU	Athlon 64 x2 3800+	ADA3800CUBOX	$199.00		Special Sale!	Retail Box
5.)	Fan (CPU)	Included with Retail Box Athlon XP				^
6.)	Floppy	Mitsumi OEM	D359M3D (pdf)	$7.99		D359M3D MIT
7.)	SATA HDD	WDC	WD800JD SE	$53.95			Shop Around!
8.)	Hard Drive	WDC	WD800JD SE	$53.95			<$0.40 per GB
9.)	Keyboard	Logitech	MX3000 Combo	$59.99
10.)	Memory	Kingston	(2) 512 Meg Sticks	$89.99			Shop Around!
10a.)		Crucial	(2) 512 Meg Sticks
11.)	Modem	Lucent Agere	56K - V.90 Modem Drivers OEM	$8.50		MDM Lucent
12.)	LCD Monitor	Acer	AL1916AB - 19"	$204.00
13.)	MotherBoard	Giga-Byte	M55SLI-S4	$107.00
14.)	Mouse	Logitech	Included in Wireless Desktop
15.)	OS	Windows XP	XP Pro OEM	$133.00
16.)	Speakers	Altec Lansing	SPK-VS2221	$34.99		SPK-VS2221
17.)	Video Card	Connect 3D	Radion-X550-256MB	$62.98
	Total	...	=	$1,150.31

	Something else to consider!!
18.)	Mobile Rack	Lian Li	HD-RH-38B (SATA)
19.)	Router	LinkSys	WRT54G	$56.99
20.)	Monitor CRT	AOC	FT920 Flat Screen 19"				AOC 9KLR

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