[Novalug] Building my own

[Igor Birman]

Tiger Direct is spotty - I recommend NewEgg if you are going to buy online.  I have a computer business and we order many of our products from them.  Barebones computers tend to come with really crappy cases.  I like to build computers with the Antec NSK4480B II case - you can usually find it for under $100 and it has a really nice power supply.  I only buy Asus and Gigabyte motherboards, and WD drives.   The new AMD Athlon II X4 chips start at $99 and are pretty good.  They are AM3 but the AM2+ motherboards are backwards compatible if you want a lower priced motherboard.

Igor



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From: John Kennedy <skebi69 at gmail.com>
To: Megan Larko <larkoc at iges.org>
Cc: NOVALUG <novalug at calypso2.tux.org>
Sent: Friday, October 2, 2009 6:24:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Novalug] Building my own

Megan,
Thanks.
I have been looking at Tiger Direct (http://www.tigerdirect.com) and found a 
barebones AMD quad core with 8GB RAM. Just need DVD, HD and Monitor for $580. 
All told would  be a bit above my target but maybe possible.
Has anyone else used Tiger Direct? If so, how are they?
Thanks,
John

On Friday 02 October 2009 22:58:34 Megan Larko wrote:
> John Kennedy wrote:
> 
> Welcome!
> 
> > I have spent the last 6 years living in the UK and just now am moving
> > back to the NoVa area. I am looking to build my own machine. I have
> > about$750 and need everything including a monitor.  I am hoping for a
> > quad core AMD CPU. Where is the best place to spend my money? I don't
> > mind if it is brick and mortar or online but I would prefer to purchase
> > everyting (except maybe the monitor) from the same place.
> 
> A monitor *and* a quad core with system for approximately $750.   I suggest
>  you start 2nd hand. The quad cores may not have much in the used market
>  yet.  What of memory?  What are you looking for there?  You will need a
>  motherboard to accommodate the quad core socket.
> 
> The cheapest AMD quad core I can find is an Opteron for $181 (buy.com). 
>  The least expensive mb for that is $399 (www.orbitmicro.com).   That is
>  not going to leave you with much for hard drive, case, fans, memory and
>  monitor.
> 
> I think you will have far better bang for your buck on-line than in a brick
>  and mortar location.
> 
> Just my opinion.
> 
> m
> 
> > Thanks,
> > John
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