Today (being the Monday of this particular week) will be the day that I set out to put a
down payment on my soon-to-be
existing computer. I think it's rather a good deal, the entire rig will cost me $1270
CDN, or $1460 with
tax, ahd I merely need to put a
pittance, $450 down, in order for him to build it. He being Mr. Rieger, of Apex Computers. The reasons for me paying for someone else to build a system are
threefold. One, it's much faster than if I were to catch the bus around
town, tracking down the places which I have listed as having the
cheapest parts. Two, it's cheaper overall, since I'd be paying approximately ten dollars a day on fare, finding parts by bus. And three, Mr. Rieger generously gives a
one year warranty on parts and labour, in addition to those pertaining to the
manufacturer's.
The reason I set this down now,
December 8, 2000, is because I have been awake for the last two and a half days working on a
secret project, and I believe I will now
sleep through the weekend.
Wait, I will wish a happy birthday to
Shanoyu. I don't really know you, but you are a fellow
E2'er, and you took the time to announce your
birthday, so I shall take the time to
congratulate you.
Ah, as an addendum, I shall attach the
specs for the system in question as requested by, '
you know who you are'.
AMD Duron 700
Gigabyte 7ZX Socket A Mainboard
w/ integrated Creative Labs SoundBlaster PCI128 (4-channel, CT5880 chip)
128M PC133 SDRAM
2x Quantum LM Plus 20G Hard Drive @ 7200 rpm
Video Excel GeForce2 MX 32M AGP
AOpen 48x CDROM
56k v.90 Motorola SoftModem (or PC-Tel AMR riser)
- this I shall be replacing with DSL, when the time is right.
Linskey 10/100 PCI Ethernet Controller
Liteon Internet Keyboard
Mitsumi Scroll Mouse
MidiLand MLi 747 5-piece Subwoofer/Satelllite Set (40W total)
17" ATX Case w/ 300W Power Supply
17" Samsung 750s (.24 H)
I should like to purchase a
CDR drive as well, but in that respect my finances are lacking.