I will not do much on the look and feel of this page, but the info is there, all about my new computer I should have finished by the beginning of June. Some of the components I had, others I didn't. I think I will add photos and other things when I put it together. I don't know how well it will work, but it should kick ass running XP Pro, a few tweaks here and there. I just miss doing my video captures from TV, thats my main new emphasis, learning video editing, but I can't do it until I get this bad boy working. I haven't figured out the total cost, but I know it is WAAAAAYYYY cheaper than the one I saw for $2,600 bucks today. I added hard drive coolers on this one, since now I know those 7200's get very hot, and my last 40gig failed, I think heat caused it, so I will be more careful on these high RPM drives. I looked into RAM coolers, but my 256 DDR on here never even gets warm, so its probably a waste of money. I should be ok, but I may add another fan just to make sure the Video Card is running cool enough. When I get it running, I will also add a section on software.
Motherboard:
Tyan Tiger MP Dual Athlon Processor 266 FSB Link
Storage:
40GB IBM 7200 rpm Deskstar Hard drive Link
60GB IBM 7200 RPM Deskstar Hard Drive Link
Ram:
512MB Crucial Registered ECC DDR RAM Link
Video Card:
ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder Link
Sound Card:
Sound Blaster Live Platinum 5.1 Link
Processors:
Dual Athlon Palomino MP 1.2 Ghz Good Info about my board and processors
Case:
Antec SX1030 Server Chassis Link
CPU cooling:
2 Thermaltake Volcano 6 Cu's Link
Hard Drive Cooling:
2 Vantec Hard Drive Coolers Link
CD Burner:
Plextor Plexwriter 40/12/40x Link
DVD Player:
I don't even know the brand, but its 16X and it works great!