SiXiam

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Original Budget: $1600
Currently Spent: $1901.54*
* Amount counts rebates, but doesn't count my UPS, printer, speakers, monitor (which was used as a television w/ tivo as a cable box) or other small misc items like a cheap sdhc usb stick reader, hdmi cable, usb extension cable, multiple audio splitters/connectors and zip ties I'd imagine...
** It would have been closer to budget, but I went from 3 to 6gb of ram that raised the price and I also decided on a better data protection scheme with 2 identical WD green drives, with one as an external sata (or e-sata) drive to back up the other...

Monitor
-Westinghouse L2410NM (MVA panel)
Glossy Black 24" 8ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 500 cd/m2 1000:1 Built in Speakers 1920x1200 w/ hdmi
Power usage: 105Watts (normal) vs 2watts (off)
349.99 + 14.99 shipping + 21.90 tax = 386.88 - 50 giftcard (x-mas) -21.20 credit from a sale after I bought it =
$315.68 (bestbuy.com 2/29/08)

Speakers
-2.1 Speakers
Logitech S-220 17 Watts 2.1 Multimedia Speaker System
$22.99 + free shipping (newegg 9/24/08)

Case
-Antec Nine Hundred
Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
$99.24 + free shipping (amazon 10/06/08)

Power-Supply
-550W Corsair
CMPSU-550VX ATX12V V2.2 NVIDIA SLI/CrossFire 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC (VX=nonmodular)
$85.76 + free shipping (amazon 10-07-08) - $20 mail-in rebate = $65.76
Rebate sent in 10-11-08 and received 12-15-08

Motherboard
* P6T Deluxe X58 (Core i7)
$299.99 + 10.73 shipping (newegg 11-17-08) = $310.72

CPU
-Core i7 920 2.66ghz @ 1.125v 45nm LGA1366 20x multi + 8x mem multi
$289 + 8.55 shipping (mwave.com 11-17-08) = $297.55

Thermal Paste
-Artic Silver 5
$8 (amazon -marketplace 10-18-08)

Memory
-6GB DDR3 (6x1GB)
1GB, 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-8500 memory module
CT12864BA1067 7-7-7-20 @ 1.5 volts DDR3 1066
41.99 x 3 = 125.97 + tax 8.82 + free shipping (crucial.com 10-10-08) = 134.79
26.74 x 3 = 80.25 + 8.54 shipping (mwave.com 11-17-08) = 88.79
= $223.58

GPU
-4870 512mb
ASUS EAH4870/HTDI/512M Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI Express x16 (2.0v) Video Card
$259.99 + $8.45 shipping (zipzoomfly 10-15-08) = $268.44 - $30 mail-in rebate = $238.44
Rebate sent in 10-23-08 and not yet received

Hard-Drives / Backup Equipment
-VelociRaptor 150GB
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (bare drive) - OEM
$179.99 + free shipping (newegg 10-15-08) 119.994 cents/GB

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2 Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AACS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (bare drive) - OEM
$69.99 x 2 = $139.98 + free shipping (NewEgg 10-18-08) 10.9365 cents/GB

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Rosewill RX81US-HT-35A-BLK 3.5” SATA to eSATA + USB & Aluminum w/ High Quality Texture surface Ext. Enclosure - Retail
$24.99 + $6.99 shipping (NewEgg 10-18-08) = $31.98

Optical
-Blu-Ray Player/DVD burner
LG Black LG Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD Burner SATA Model GGC-H20LK - OEM
$129.99 + free shipping (newegg 10-15-08)

Mouse
-Microsoft Sidewinder
Microsoft SideWinder HKA-00001 Black 9 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired 2000 dpi Mouse
$59.99 (bestbuy -in store 10-17-08) + tax $4.20 = $64.19

Keyboard
-Logitech 967740-0403 Internet 350 Vista Qualified Usb Keyboard - Black
$12.13 + free shipping (amazon 10-18-08)

OS
-Vista Home Premium 64-bit
$99.99 + free shipping (newegg 10-11-08)

UPS
-APC Back-UPS ES BE550G 550 VA 330 Watts (4) NEMA 5-15R (Battery Backup) (4) NEMA 5-15R (Surge Protection) Outlets UPS - Retail
$65.99 + 4.62 tax (Office Depot -in store 11-17-08) = $70.61

GPU Cooler
-Thermalright HR-03 GT
$61.95 w/ shipping (ebay 12-1-08) - Microsoft cashback (30% of $51.95) $15.59
= $46.36

Printer
-brother MFC Series MFC-8860DN MFC / All-In-One Up to 30 ppm Monochrome Laser Printer
$362.26 + free shipping (Amazon.com) / Cheap Paper: amazon HP: Grap n' Stow / Toner TN-550 (3500pages) or TN580 (7000pages)

Actual total w/out misc items: Too Much

Pics are here keep reading...

sabermetrics

Can't wait for the pics! looks good!

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How to: Silence your Computer

SiXiam

Thanks!
I already screwed something up... I had my 2nd set of DDR3 priced wrong and now it's fixed...

Korben

Awesome work and great job giving to the economy

I can't wait to see some screenies. I can't wait to post some of my own screenies of my i7 build. But nice way to spend your hard earned cash.

SiXiam

I do my best...

Hopefully I have prevented the unofficial recession from getting any worse...

guyladouche

LOL!

I am curious to see your results! Looks like an awesome build.

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VulcanDragon

A 550W PSU? I would be a little worried about that...I had a 530W and upgraded to an 850W for my build, which has a lot of the same or similar parts as yours (same MB and CPU, I went GTX 260 for video, etc.)

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Vulcan Dragon
Core i7 920 @ 3.7 GHz
Currently Playing: Galactic Civilizations II (PC); Call of Duty 4 (PC); Halo 3:ODST (X360); Rock Band: Metallica (X360); Dead Rising (X360); Mafia Wars (Facebook...DOH!!!!)
XBox Live Gamertag: Vulcan Draggon

Liability

People grossly overestimate (myself included ) how much power they need for their rigs. 550w is more than fine for a single 4870.

-iceblade^

i agree with Vulcan.

Corsair though it may be, that is a lot to call for from a 550W PSU... you might want to ask for a TX650 or TX 750 instead

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SiXiam

Yeah, if he was really paying attention he should have said:
"What only a 330watt UPS?"

550watt is plenty for an i7 build and a 4870, though if I decide in the future to go cross-fire I may need a better power supply. It's a good psu and I should have no problem overclocking to a nice stable 3.5ghz, without much issue.

Also keep in mind that the second hard-drive and the third are both green WD drives and the third one is externally powered with it's own ac adapter.

In terms of cooling I'm thinking of changing to a TRU 1366 and also one of Thermalright's VGA coolers, both for passive use. Of course that all depends on the overall noise level, which I won't know until the rest of the parts hit my door....