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Success....so far.

Here is....The Insomniac

SUPPLIES!
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Empty Case - Antec 300
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Empty Motherboard
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CPU & Fan installed
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Power Supply, look at THAT cable management mess...
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Motherboard mounted...
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Graphics card in (The cables look better than that now)
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Finished product before replacing sides of case.
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And, the Insomniac, up late.
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WHEW! What fun!
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hehe, nice, although I was expecting a picture showing a big explosion at the end ;)
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me too....lol

man, the fans are loud.
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me too....lol

man, the fans are loud.
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oops double post. where are the edit and delete post buttons?
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Mind if I ask for specs and price? Looks awesome.
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From Newegg.com - all shipped together for free

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor $190

Vista 64 bit $99.99 (OEM version, I am my own support now...yay)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $65

Antec EA650 650W ATX12V Ver.2.2 / EPS12V version 2.91 Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, FCC, TÜV, CE, CB, C-tick, CCC - Retail $99.99

From Tigerdirect.com $4.75 shipping

XFX GeForce 8800 GT Video Card $179 (Comes with Company of Heroes game)

From the local Micro Center store 7% tax

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard $115

Antec 300 case $50

4GB RAM $75 after $35 rebate

From Circuit City

2 Antec TriCool 120MM PC Case Fan w/ blue LED $13 each.....$26


I think I figured it totalled out right around $900

I "recycled" my DVD burner from my old PC. Figured I didn't need one of those right away.

Now to get all my games installed. Can't wait to see how they run now, especially looking forward to AOE.
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