I built my own computer! Whooo!
by Kyle on Jul.25, 2007, under Technology
Decided to upgrade my computer because I was running out of room due to my photos (and I just wanted to upgrade) so I got about $500 and bought all the parts to build my own computer. You can click on the links next to them if you feel like building your own pretty decent computer for under $600.
Here are the stats:
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 Duel Core Procesor 3000+ (soon to be overclocked to 2.6ghz) - $61.99 Link
- Raidmax Smilodon Case with 500w power supply. - $90…but you can go a lot cheaper with another case. Link
- 2 gigs of ram - $80 Link
- 320 GB hard drive - $75 Link
- Samsung DVD RW 18x - $37 Link
- ASUS motherboard - $100 Link
- EVGA Geforce 8600 GT - $114 Link
Total - $543 Yaaay.
So basically I got a formidable computer for photo editing and gaming at a really decent price. I’m happy with it and I felt accomplished when I finally booted the thing up and it worked correctly. Here’s a shot of my new favorite toy:
I’m a pretty big nerd.
4 comments for this entry:
July 27th, 2007 on 8:16 pm
Good stuff buddy, maybe your middle name should have been “Dell”!
August 13th, 2007 on 2:37 pm
Don’t you just love that case? I have the same one!! you should have went with the Sapphire x1950GT though…
August 13th, 2007 on 4:52 pm
Yeah I was thinking of an alternative video card, but I plan on picking up another Geforce 8600 to drop in there and run in tandem with my other one via SLI as soon as I get the cash. The case is amazing though. Plenty of room and cooling for all sorts of fun stuff.
January 7th, 2009 on 10:31 am
Your a nerd…