i was thinking the same thing
lets do a once over part wise off newegg {usa}seeing as they have a good parts\price list online.
time for some ball park number crunching.
cpu:
cheapest amd x4 phenom II atm is 99+tax {so two years ago lets put it at $150+tax}
memory:
their was a crash in price for drr2 some time back so lets put this at $50 {-50% what it costs now}
case:
no name brand $50+tax {comes with a 500watt no name brand that's really a 250watt that pops at 300watts will replace that}
psu:
antec 500watt $80+tax
video:
gt 240 ..don't know if they made that back then but lets just put it at $100+tax for a decent card
hdd:
two years back for a 640gig lets say $100 with tax {1000gigs atm is like $70+tax us}
optical drives:
Lg dvd-rw $30+tax ...their cheap in more ways when one but get the job done as long as you don't go burn crazy {Plextor drive would cost 3x}
total $524 with tax
total with out video card {using integrated garbage video} $424
sorry to bash macuser but something smells wrong
If you are interested in doing something similar, I could step you through the process
tnx .
mighty nice of you .
sadly i don't need the help seeing as im a pc hardware tech with over 20+ years experience on the topic so i have that part covered.
when i was saying i started with apple computers i meant this one and the one i had wasn't a legal apple ][+
it was a apple II clone {apple ][ compatible}
when i wanted to move on to the newer computer a apple II gs i couldn't seeing as the price was just stupid for one .
so after some years of being pissed off at apple i moved on to using ibm compatibles.
1mgz cpu 64k ram 16 colors
i still have a pile of 5 1/2 floppy's from that system as well as many books like one that lists all the memory locations of whats what & whats where in hex code for the apple II on the lowest level you can think of.
ever program in assembler ?
unlike many i still know what the first meg of ram in a i7 cpu computer still douse.
exaple low level stuff from a apple II
$9600-$BEFF = BASIC.SYSTEM
$9D5E = Routine called after RESTART is pressed
$A963 = Two-byte value that is the max. value allowed w/the L parameter
$AA57 = Current MAXFILES setting
$AAB1 = Default MAXFILES setting
$BE43 EXEC file active (status)
$BE44 Input file active (status)
$BE45 Output file active (status)
$BE46 Prefix active (status)
$BE47 Directory file being accessed (status)
$BE48 End of directory data reached (status)
$BE49 Index to free string space (in K) (data)
$BE4A Character count for WRITE's temporary buffer (data)
$BE4B Current character count during keyboard entry (data)
$BE4C ASCII code of last character sent to output (used in error detection)
$BE4D Number of open files (doesn't include EXECs) (data)
$BE4E EXEC file is being closed (status)
$BE4F DIR file is being read (status)
$BE58-59 The last used A parameter
$BE5A-5C The last used B parameter
$BE5D-5E The last used E parameter
$BE5F-60 The last used L parameter
$BE61 The last used S parameter
$BE62 The last used D parameter
$BE63-64 The last used F parameter
$BE65-66 The last used R parameter
$BE67 The last used V parameter
that book worth $$$ on ebay btw . iv done price checks before.
book is called
whats where in the apple
an atlas to the apple computer by william f.luebert
copy right 1981
i use to be a programmer btw or in to it at the very lest .biggest program i made for the apple II in what is now known as qbasic was 10000 lines though it was simply known as dos back then for the apple and qbasic for the ibm compatible in dos 6.22 or older.
later versions of dos from micro soft = ass
and man im just starting to play around with win7 atm .just installed it on my main system today {twin boot winxp pro\win7 ultimate to get some skillz on the topic .
my god what a pos OS......... anyways.
in the past id just install it or vista for others then run for cover .i couldn't get away from that os fast enough sometimes before i started feeling like i needed to go brake something or start punching walls.i should really get a punching dummy for my room that looks like bill gates or a face of gates on a dart board.
i cloned a game called brake out as well at one point just for fun lol.
and ya i know im the new guy on the forum hi
more info about what im using now hardware wise can be found here
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4078&start=30
sorry about the useless first pic but that's jpg for ya .ill replace it soon with the pic of something close to it in *.bmp
cant see anything in that jpg