unhandledexception.net Today I finally got a chance to order the remaining parts to the new machine I am building for myself. I’m calling it Aria. I plan to hook it up to my TV as a media center, as a file server, a torrent server and my occasional gaming needs which don’t really amount to much.
So, here are the specs:
- Gigabyte MA790GP-UD4H
- AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0GHz Black Edition Quad Core
- Corsair Dual Channel TWINX 2048MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz (1200MHz is just too insanely expensive right now)
- DiabloTek PHD650 650-Watt Power Supply
- 3 Hard Disks, 2x 80Gb in RAID 0 configuration for the OS and 1.5TB for data storage, A Bluray/DVDRW drive,
Throwing that into an Antec P182 I got awhile ago.
It will be named Aria, after the top secret supercomputer in Eagle Eye 
Update: it should be in by Friday
Hmm… how much is that amounting to?
And how much is RAM costing you over there? I’m surprised that you say RAM is expensive. I mean, here in HK, one stick of Kingston 2 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 for laptop costs under 400 HKD, which should be equivalent to ~50 USD if you consider tax.
Comment by Kal — April 2, 2009 @ 4:55 pm
Yeah, but I want to go for 1200 MHz… my CPU supports it so why not :p Anyway, I got the 2×1GB 800MHz for dirt cheap, and 2G is actually pretty half-decent for Win7. At least I haven’t seen any significant swapping yet.
The final bill came around 800.
Comment by spiro — April 7, 2009 @ 3:25 pm