One of my supervisors threw out a small "contest" of sorts to see who could spend the closest to $1000 without going under to build a brand new PC from NewEgg. (he wants to use the $1000-no-interest-for-six-months deal)
It basically goes like this:
$56 - Basic black steel mid-tower case
$59 - Fortron 450W ATX12 PSU
$95 - Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mobo (doesn't need overclocking stuff)
$190 - C2D E6750 (2.66Ghz 4mb) retail with cooler
$300 - Asus 8800GT 512mb (yes, it's in stock)
$80 - Western Digital Caviar SE 320Gb SATA-II drive
$32 - Samsung 20x DVD+/-/R/RW/RAM SATA-II drive
$115 - Patriot 2Gb x 2 DDR2-667 sticks
$112 - Vista64 Home Premium OEM (he's not going to be swapping parts)
Grand total was $1029 (actually a few cents lower) plus shipping. He's reusing his 19" LCD and wireless keyboard/mouse from the previous rig, so that helped a bit. Still, that is a LOT of computer for a grand -- with a Vista OS even.
It basically goes like this:
$56 - Basic black steel mid-tower case
$59 - Fortron 450W ATX12 PSU
$95 - Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mobo (doesn't need overclocking stuff)
$190 - C2D E6750 (2.66Ghz 4mb) retail with cooler
$300 - Asus 8800GT 512mb (yes, it's in stock)
$80 - Western Digital Caviar SE 320Gb SATA-II drive
$32 - Samsung 20x DVD+/-/R/RW/RAM SATA-II drive
$115 - Patriot 2Gb x 2 DDR2-667 sticks
$112 - Vista64 Home Premium OEM (he's not going to be swapping parts)
Grand total was $1029 (actually a few cents lower) plus shipping. He's reusing his 19" LCD and wireless keyboard/mouse from the previous rig, so that helped a bit. Still, that is a LOT of computer for a grand -- with a Vista OS even.