This is created as interest from LifeHacker article
List of hardware:
Asus Motherboard ~ 1100 NIS
GeForce 7300GT 256MB ~320 NIS
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor ~700 NIS
Corsair Memory 2 Gb ~630 NIS
Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive ~870 NIS
LG DVD Burner ~200 NIS
Antec Sonata III Case 500W ~820 NIS
I just got the P180, beautiful - you can come to see -- Alon 2008-04-11
Total: ~ 4630 NIS (at \$ low rate it's about \$1160)
Update April 10, 2008:
Asus Motherboard ~ 1100 NIS
GeForce 7300GT 256MB ~200 NIS
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor ~700 NIS
Corsair Memory 2 Gb ~330 NIS
Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive ~450 NIS
LG DVD Burner ~100 NIS
Antec Sonata III Case 500W ~670 NIS
Total for the similar configuration: 3550 NIS ( at \$ low rate ~ \$1000)
Possible addons:
- Memory upgrade to 4G : adds ~ 340 NIS
- CPU Upgrade: Quad core Q6600, adds ~ 250 NIS
New Total: 4100 NIS
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I got an offer to Core 2 duo configuration from Ivory - 2970 NIS
An offer for Quad core Q6600 + 4G of RAM - ~3500 NIS
Ain't that neat?
Now, here's the new configuration I'm after:
MB: Abit IP35 Pro - ~ 1000 NIS
CPU: Intel Quad Q9300 (Penryn 45nm) - ~ 1400 NIS
Memory: Take a look at this forum - 4Gb, doesn't really matter the vendor ~700 NIS
- Graphics: any NVidia 256MB on PCIe will do ~ 300 NIS
- HD: I haven't decided yet. Potential candidates: ~ 700 NIS
- 1 large disk, like 250Gb in the system.
- 1 small disk, say 80Gb for OS install, and another big disk (say 250 G) for data
- 3 or 4 disk, say 160G, in RAID5 configuration.
- after some research, ICH9R (which is the southbridge part of P35 chipset, which provides RAID functionality) seems to be software RAID, which I'm not sure worth the squeeze. I might go with 2nd option after all.
- I like option 3 the best, but its the most expensive one.
- Case and PSU: don't care that much, but no more shiny piano cases. Just a regular black or white case. PSU - anything good, with stable parameters. ~500 NIS
- DVD Burner I don't even count, it's ~ 3-4% of the cost of the machine.
Total for this configuration: 4600 NIS
Still Excellent!