Just built this system twice today.

[Reschke]

Just finished building two nearly identical systems for the company. We got all the components through Newegg.com and bought them on the 30th of September and had everything by the 2nd of October with their "Fedex Express Shipping" option that is free on many items.

Both systems are centered around P4 2.4GHz CPU's with 512MB DDR and ASUS P4PE-X. The only difference is one has a TEAC CD-RW and the other just a plain 52X CD drive. I love the cases but still went out and bought two more 120mm fans for them today. Wanted to have one in the front of the case pulling air through them to help keep it cool since they will be running 24/7.

Here is the breakdown:

VGA PROLINK|MX440 8X 64M 64bit TV R       $49.00 x 2
CPU P4/2.4BGHz 533M 478PIN/512K RTL     $164.00 x 2
FD 1.44MB|TEAC FD235HFC291 PS/2            $7.75 x 2
MB ASUS P4PE-X 845PE FSB800 R                $84.99 x 2
CDROM 52X|TEAC INT CD552EA94               $22.99 x 1
CDRW 52x24x52|TEAC INT CDW552E/KIT    $46.99 x 1
CD MS|WINDOWS XP PRO w/SP1a               $145.00 x 2
DDRAM 256MB|32X64 PC-2700 CRUCIAL      $46.00 x 2
HD 40GB|WD 7200RPM 8MB WD400JB          $61.00 x 2
CASE ANTEC|Sever Tower SLK3700AMB        $62.00 x 2
       
  Subtotal $1,401.46
  Tax $.00
Shipping and Handling charge 52.00
Total $1,453.46

[Nilsen]

Oh my, those intel based systems costs a bundle

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"CD MS|WINDOWS XP PRO w/SP1a $145.00"

Where do you get that for $145?

[boxboy28]

its an OEM copy you can get them even cheaper than that!

[Reschke]

http://www.newegg.com was where I bought WinXP Pro and I didn't think that 726.73 after shipping was that bad for each system. One was really a little bit higher than the other due to the CDRW in one and plain CD in the other.

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Thanks...  They won't ship English XP to me in Japan. Will cost me about $450 to buy it locally. Crap.