Athlon64 3700+ 1mb L2 (San Diego core) $320.00
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum $90.00
1gb Corsair PC3200 at 2-2-2-5 $190.00
Dual Seagate 120 GB RAID 0 $180.00
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb $160.00
NEC 3520 DVD+/-RW $44.00
LiteOn 52x24x52 CDRW $25.00 (had it already)
All in a LanBoy mini tower aluminum case modd w/ extra 120mm case fan blowing directly on the CPU fan and RAM sticks $95.00
Powered by Rosewill 550W PSU (friggin' thing weighs more than a cinder block) $55.00
Total in at around $1160.00.
This thing is friggin' off the charts on PCPitStop.com for a 2.2 ghz processor, coming in at a score of 2081. The only thing I can get better is the HDD - a pair of 10K Raptors in RAID 0. Based on Everst diag software, the CPU hovers around 33 degrees idle and can crank up to 50 degrees encoding DivX (at around 20 frames/sec at 576x384 to 24 fps). **Note, a 1/32" copper plate was added between the CPU and HS/fan to disperse heat better** I'm pretty damn psyched that under $1200.00 can match up so close to Alienwares $4000.00+ boxes...and I haven't even started push the limits by O/Cing anything. And, the sucker glows blue![Biggrin :D :D](/images/smilies/xbiggrin.gif)
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum $90.00
1gb Corsair PC3200 at 2-2-2-5 $190.00
Dual Seagate 120 GB RAID 0 $180.00
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb $160.00
NEC 3520 DVD+/-RW $44.00
LiteOn 52x24x52 CDRW $25.00 (had it already)
All in a LanBoy mini tower aluminum case modd w/ extra 120mm case fan blowing directly on the CPU fan and RAM sticks $95.00
Powered by Rosewill 550W PSU (friggin' thing weighs more than a cinder block) $55.00
Total in at around $1160.00.
This thing is friggin' off the charts on PCPitStop.com for a 2.2 ghz processor, coming in at a score of 2081. The only thing I can get better is the HDD - a pair of 10K Raptors in RAID 0. Based on Everst diag software, the CPU hovers around 33 degrees idle and can crank up to 50 degrees encoding DivX (at around 20 frames/sec at 576x384 to 24 fps). **Note, a 1/32" copper plate was added between the CPU and HS/fan to disperse heat better** I'm pretty damn psyched that under $1200.00 can match up so close to Alienwares $4000.00+ boxes...and I haven't even started push the limits by O/Cing anything. And, the sucker glows blue
![Biggrin :D :D](/images/smilies/xbiggrin.gif)