Current system specs as of 08-15-2003. Original build date: 01-07-2003. All components in full retail boxes with all manuels and accessories. Seagate Cheetah 15K & 10K retail minus accessories or box.

 

Samsung 17" 170S TFT 1280 x 1024 Display Panel.

ASUS P4P800 Deluxe Main Board with Intel 865PE Chipset.

Intel Pentium IIII 3.2 HT 512KL2 800 FSBus CPU with Stock Heat Sink & Fan.

1 Gig OCZ Dual Channel PC 3700 Gold Edition Rev. 2 (512x2).

ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 8X AGP 128DDR Video Adapter.

Adaptec 2120S Ultra 320 SCSI RAID Controller - 66Mhz CPU, RAID Levels 0,1,10, 5, 50, & JBOD.

HD1: Seagate Cheetah 15,000K (15.3) Ultra 320 36G SCSI HDD @ RAID0 with 10K Cheetah & @ RAID1 with 10K Cheetah.

HD2: Seagate Cheetah 10,000K Ultra 320 36G SCSI HDD @ RAID0 with 15K Cheetah & @ RAID1 with 15K Cheetah.

HD3: Seagate 7200K 120Gig ATA 2 Meg Barracuda HDD @ RAID1 with 7K Barracuda.

HD4: Seagate 7200K 120Gig ATA 2 Meg Barracuda HDD @ RAID1 with 7K Barracuda.

HD5: Seagate 7200K 120Gig ATA 8 Meg Barracuda HDD, Break Array Drive / Backup.

LiteOn DVD +-R +-RW Burner / CD, CDRW Burner.

LiteOn 48 x 24 x 48 CDRW / Burner / Rewriter combo.

Antec True Power 430 Watt Silent Dual Fan Power Supply.

Creative Labs Audigy MP3 with Software.

Altec Lansing ATP3 With Sub Woofer.

Labtec Versa 514 Microphone.

Lian Li PC60 Brushed Aluminum Case - 12 Drive Bays - 3 Fans.

Aluminum CDRW Drive Bezel.

Aluminum DVDRW Drive Bezel.

Aluminum Floppy Drive Bezel.

Aluminum Dual LCD HD Temperature Bezel.

Micro Innovations Black Keybored.

Microsoft Wireless Optical Blue Mouse.

Adaptec 32" 5 Position Ultra 320 Rounded SCSI Cable.

PCT 18" ATA 133 Rounded Braided Dual IDE Cable.

PCT 18" ATA 133 Rounded Braided Single IDE Cable.

Manhattan 18" ATA 133 Rounded Braided Single IDE Cable.

Vantec 10" Rounded Braided Floppy Cable.

1.4" Internal Floppy Disk Drive.

 

PRICES

Note: just a short word about pricing and computers. Some may look at these prices and say that they are expensive but everything is relative to your budget, needs, etc. I have been building and using computers since 1987 and have admined single boxes which cost in excess of $250,000.00. Any computer with a total cost under say roughly $20,000.00 is still pretty inexpensive when you look at the enterprise level which is where I have spent a good deal of time.

The specs you see here were compaired to 5 various Hyper PC builders out on the Internet, some of them the best known in the industry, all of their prices ranged from $1,000.00 to $1,500.00 higher without a high end SCSI controller and you have to wait 4 weeks from today to receive it. I highly recommend Micom Computers in Nashville TN, just call 615-356-3884 and ask for Iman, I have been doing business with him for 8 years and you will receive honest and professional service. Note: this price is for the basic system not for printers, routers, cameras, etc that are listed under accessories.

Actual cost as of- Aug-15th-2004 / Original build date: 01-07-2003.

$416.88 = Sam's Club - Samsung 17" 170S TFT 1280 x 1024 Display Panel.
$99.72 = Micom - ASUS PFP800 Deluxe Main Board with Intel 865PE Chipset.
$319.00 = Micom - Intel Pentium IIII 3.2 HT 512KL2 800 FSBus CPU.
$314.46 = Micom - 2 Gigs Micron PC 2700 DDR Memory in 4 modules.
$229.99 = Comp USA - ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128DDR Video.
$409.00 = NewEgg - Adaptec 2120S SCSI Ultra 320 RAID 0,1,5,10,50 Controller.
$107.50 = Ebay - Seagate Cheetah 15,000K Ultra 320 36G SCSI HDD.
$109.00 = Ebay - Seagate Cheetah 10,000K Ultra 320 36G SCSI HDD.
$129.99 = Comp USA - Seagate 7200 RPM 120Gig ATA 8 Meg Barracuda HDD.
$160.00 = Micom - Seagate 7200 RPM 120Gig ATA 2 Meg Barracuda HDD.
$160.00 = Micom - Seagate 7200 RPM 120Gig ATA 2 Meg Barracuda HDD.
$129.56 = Office Depot - LiteOn DVD +-R +-RW Burner / CD, CDRW Burner.
$55.00 = Micom - LiteOn 48 x 24 x 48 CDRW / Burner / Rewriter combo.
$79.99 = Comp USA - Creative Labs Audigy MP3 with Software.
$0.00 = Altec Lansing ATP3 With Sub Woofer.
$14.99 = Comp USA - Labtec Versa 514 Microphone.
$99.00 = Comp USA - Antec True Power 430 Watt Silent Dual Fan Power Supply.
$129.99 = Comp USA - Lian Li PC60 All Aluminum Case - 12 Drive Bays - 3 Fans.
$29.99 = Comp USA - Aluminum Dual LCD Temperature Bezel.
$4.99 = CompUSA - Aluminum Floppy Drive Bezel.
$5.99 = Comp USA - Aluminum CDRW Drive Bezel.
$5.99 = Comp USA - Aluminum DVD Drive Bezel.
$10.00 = Comp USA - Micro Innovations Black Keyboard.
$29.00 = Micom - Microsoft Wireless Optical Blue Mouse.
$10.99 = Comp USA - PCT 18" ATA 133 Rounded Braided Dual IDE Cable.
$10.99 = Comp USA - PCT 18" ATA 133 Rounded Braided Single IDE Cable.
$15.00 = Micom - Manhattan 18" ATA 133 Rounded Braided Single IDE Cable.
$0.00 = Adaptec 68 Pin Ultra 320 SCSI Cable With 5 Connectors & Terminator.
$8.99 = Comp USA - Vantec 10" Rounded Braided Floppy Cable.
$10.00 = Micom - 1.4" Internal Floppy Disk Drive.
$89.88 = Comp USA - Belkin 800V UPS With AVR.

$3,189.89 = Sub Total
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Purchased But Traded In or Sold or Discarded:

$99.72 = Micom - Intel Pentium IIII 2.66c HT 512KL2 800Bus CPU.
$149.00 = Micom - ASUS A7V8X Main Board with VIA KT400.
$95.00 = Micom - AMD XP 2000 CPU @ L6Ghz with Heat Sink & Fan.
$249.99 = Comp USA - ATI 8500 128 Meg DDR All In Wonder 4XAGP Video Adapter.
$35.00 = Micom - Highpoint Rocket Head IDEATA100 to Serial ATA Adapter.

$628.71 = Sub Total

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My old parts traded in:
7 year old 120Mhz AMD computer with 64 megs RAM, dual 1.2 G Maxtor hard drives,
generic keyboard, generic mouse, 16x cdrom, 16x4 cdbumer, 3 com ISA 10 BT NIC,
mini case, 250Watt power supply, 15 inch VGA monitor.
Three 3Com ISA10 BT NICs, 2 parallel cables, one 3Com PCMCIA 56K Modem, 2
keyboards.

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$3,818.60 = Sub Total.

+ $355.76 = Tax
+ $25.00 = Exchange Fees
+ $2.50 - Postage
-37.83 = Adjustment for no tax on SCSI controller.
-10.08 = Adjustment for no tax on SCSI 10K 36G drive.
-9.94 = Adjustment for no tax on SCSI 15K 36G drive.
-$20.00 = Rebate Belkin UPS.
- $130.00 = Rebates on ATI Video Card & Other.
-70.00 = Rebate Seagate 120G ATA HDD.
-40.00 = Rebate LiteOn DVD Burner.
- $175.50 = Sold ATI Video Card on eBay.
- $30.00 = Rebate ATI 9800 Pro.

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$3,678.51 = Total Price of The Mechanizer (08-15-2004)

including 4 major upgrades, 19 months worth of hard core usage (price a lease on one of these, it is very expensive), all bench work and support at Micom, all support through vendors. Original Build Date Jan 7th 2003. Started with Matsonic main board, switched it for ASUS A7V8X before the 14 days was out with Micom. ASUS A7V8X was replaced with ASUS P4P800 Deluxe. Upgraded RAM about 4 times before finally settling on 1 gig of Micron PC 2700, added another gig during the upgrade. CPU started with AMD then switched for Intel 2.6 HT then finally to the 3.2Ghz HT. Upgraded Monitor 3 times with Micom and Sam's Club. Video card upgraded or changed 5 times.

 

PRICE COMPARISONS

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