Building new FS Machine- A few questions

[brynjames]

Gary, some very useful links to the NickN config settings threads which I hadn't seen before - many thanks.

The FS9 config tweaks url points to the same thread as the System Setup url - was this intentional?

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Bryn

[Gsey]

No that was my mistake. Sorry about that. Fixed now.

Gary

[mlscotti]

Brian, reference to your new system that sounds like a good price, where did you get it... I'm looking a new quad core system from tiger direct but i think it's gonna set me back double your costs... Mike

[PDT 200]

Ordered everything from Newegg.com
ASUS MB P5FK-E with wifi (not used) P35 775 13-131-196 $149.99
Case CM/RC 330 11-119-115 $39.95
CPU INTEL C2Q Q6600 2.40G 775 8M RT 19-115-017 $199.99
HD 640GB WD 7K 16M WD6400AAKS 22-136-218 $89.99
MEM 1Gx2 Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 20-145-034 $58.00
Subtotal was $537.96 with $19.69 for shipping for a total of $557.65
No sales tax paid.
The numbers xx-xxx-xxx are the stock numbers from Newegg. The system is pretty extensive with "from the internet" BIOS update available. no more bootable floppy to update the BIOS. BIOS date right now on the board is 3/2008 so it's pretty current. I haven't tried to update it yet.
I had a floppy drive and a DVD/CD/burner already so I didn't have to order them. Got all the monitors up and running (not the Matrox yet because I still have to setup the other projectors and mount them) so all the video cards are working well. I bought the video cards from Circuit City. ( I forgot to include them in my order)
EVGA EGEFORCE 8800GT-512 $189.99 (there is a $30.00 rebate)
EVGA EGEFORCE 8600GTS-256 $129.99
Sales Tax 21.59 for a total of $341.57 So I've got $899.22 tied up in this system. Probably get a better price from Newegg on the video cards.
Regards,
Brian