I would start with an initial 2Gb RAM, most likely upgrading at some point. I was thinking of using an Atom dual core CPU board (perhaps this one) : Yes, it's not much of a leap between a games console and a PC which would lessen any element of surprise but I think it still has a slightly curious "woah!" factor. Having (unwittingly) bought a modded (original style) Xbox 360 - unwittingly as the item description made no mention of having the optical drive replaced - which has subsequently died gives me a decent sized alternative. I still want to build a "surprise" system though - ie put a fully functional computer inside something that you wouldn't necessarily associate with a working desktop PC - so this leads me to another option. Having toyed with the idea of gutting a "boombox" stereo player and building a mini-ITX powered system inside that casing, I have decided against that - mainly due to the fact that even using the mini-ITX form factor boards it would be a very tight squeeze. Works great and most of the components are over four years old now (except for the motherboard, second and third hard drives, GFX card, case, DVD burner) Monitor: SAMSUNG 941BW Black 19" 4ms (GTG) Widescreen LCD Monitor - also four years old, recently got one dead pixel in the lower center, but it's been doing fine other than that. Optical: LG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner w/ SecurDisc Tech Black SATA, and a regular OEM IDE dvd burner (it's ok LG is much better though)Ĭase: Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Speakers: Logitech X-230 32 watts RMS 2.1 Black Speaker System Sound: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card HDDs: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KS 320GB 7200 RPM, Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA, Western Digital Elements 1.5TB External Hard Drive video card cooling: ZALMAN VF1000 2 Ball VGA Cooler GFX: XFX PVT88PYHE4 GeForce 8800GT Extreme 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Not OC'd now with new MB.ĬPU Fan: ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink On my old MB it was oc'd to 2.7 with a Zalman cooler. Mobo: ASUS P5QL/EPU LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel MotherboardĬPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz LGA 775 65W - Old, but solid. PSU: XCLIO GOODPOWER 500W - been running almost always on for over four years now. it's running just fine, has been for years too.
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