I'd put a bit more money into the hard drive. Maxtor 20gig. drives are
ridiculously cheap these days. If I'm not mistaken, a 27gig. Maxtor
goes for less than a 540*meg.* Western Digital went for five or six
years ago.
You can NEVER have too much disk space.
-----Original Message-----
From: Hugo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 5:56 PM
To: Red Hat List
Subject: [OT] build a Linux box for $800
Following the excellent "Cheap /Linux/ Box" guide, I've come up with the
following list of parts, prices and suppliers. $800 (inc. tax) will
buy:-
- AMD K6-2/450
- 64Mb SDRAM
- 8.4Gb HDD
- SoundBlaster 32 PnP
- 56k h/w modem
- 4Mb ATI Xpert98 AGP-2x (DVD support)
- Hitachi 2x DVD drive
- mouse & keyboard
- 15" monitor
- battery backup (in case the 110V supply wobbles or fails)
ATX case 38 Axion Tech
modem 45 Axion Tech (AOpen FM56-ITU/2)
CPU + m/board 140 Tuf Shop (FIC PA-2013; AMD K6-II 450)
3.5" FDD 15 Comp Geeks (205-3235)
15" monitor 57 Comp Geeks (205-2215)
HDD (8.4Gb) 93 Comp Geeks (205-4084)
SB 32 PnP 22 Comp Geeks (205-3601)
VGA card 48 PC Cost (Xpert98 AGP-2x)
64Mb SDRAM 110 PC Cost (ECC, 8x72, 3.3v)
3-button mouse 10 PC Cost (PS/2)
keyboard 10 PC Cost
Hitachi DVD (2x) 45 Computers Lane
battery backup 46 "c-source"
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679
S&H 60 (approx)
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739
Tax 61
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TOTAL 800
Web sites:-
http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/CheapBox.html
http://www.pricewatch.com
http://www.axion-tech.com
http://www.tufshop.com
http://www.compgeeks.com
http://www.pccost.com
http://www.computerslane.com
http://www.c-source.com
All comments are appreciated. I'll order the parts in a week or two,
ceteris
paribus.
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