Saturday, April 3, 2010

Parts Have Arrived

Well the ordering is done and the parts have arrived. Next Step is to inventory and build the system. There have been two updates to the design - so the final as ordered system now is as follows:


Component


Qty


12GB DDR3-1333 - 3 sticks of Crucial CT51264BA1339 RAM (4GB each)


1


Silverstone Raven RV02-BW Case


1


Xigmatek Thor's Hammer CPU Cooling Fan


1


ATI Radeon
HD 5970 Video Card - XFX Black Edition


1


Flash Media Reader/Writer - Rosewill RCR-IM5001


1


Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit


1


Corsair HX850 Power
Supply


1


MSI Eclipse SLI


1


Blue Ray Burner - Plextor PX-B940SA


1


Intel Core i7-920 CPU


1


Hard Drive (1 TB) - Western Digital Caviar Black


1


DVD+/-R/RW Dual Layer Drive - Samsung SH-223C


1



So my original cost estimate for this system was $3026.58 (does not include shipping) and my final actual cost before shipping and rebates is $2877.87 (a savings of $148.71). Shipping added 44.36 to this. I have one rebate to process which will lower the cost by $10.00 thus my final cost will be $2912.23 for a delta savings of $114.35 from the original build cost estimate. Now the fun begins - building it and documenting it all here.

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