# I'm building myself a PC! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 13, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-building-myself-a-pc/123630 "2002-08-13T03:07:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-building-myself-a-pc/123630/1 "2002-08-13T03:07:15Z")
Yup, I decided that my craptop is no longer adequete for my needs (nor was it ever.) I have begun the process of putting together my own, custom PC. I have already ordered the CPU, motherboard, memory, hard drive, and video card. I still need to get a case w/ power supply, CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive, a monitor, and a keyboard (I already have a mouse.) I’m going to hold off on the soundcard for a bit to see if the built in one on the motherboard will meet my needs. I’m not an audiophile, so it probably will. My processor is an AMD Athlon XP 1900, the motherboard is an FIC AD11-XP SOCKET-A, and I got 512 MB of PC2100 DDR SDRAM. The video card is a Visiontek Xtasy Geforce4 Ti4200 64MB DDR DVI TV Out. The hard drive is a 120GB 7200 RPM IBM HDD. So far I have spent ~$670. I think I’m making out pretty good price wise, though I am overbudget on what I originally had things priced. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-building-myself-a-pc/123630/2 "2002-08-13T06:46:23Z")
Wow! I admire people who do this. 🆒 Hope it all works out. ---
**Author:** ![sezyou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@sezyou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sezyou)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-building-myself-a-pc/123630/3 "2002-08-13T06:53:51Z")
Sweet machine. Best of luck to you. Yeh, the price is stupendous. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-building-myself-a-pc/123630/4 "2002-08-13T14:12:46Z")
I was going to build a PC too until I found an Athon XP 1800 on eBay. I don’t know how that company does it, either they have a massive discount or they’re losing quite a bit on each system. I figure I saved about $400. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-building-myself-a-pc/123630/5 "2002-08-13T17:34:50Z")
Well, I bought my monitor today. A 19" flatscreen Envision EN-980e. The price was $190 at CompUSA after a manufacturer mail-in rebate. I also got a keyboard and network card…$15 for the board, andf $5 for the card after a rebate. Now I just need a case and a CD drive of some sort. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-building-myself-a-pc/123630/6 "2002-08-13T17:51:11Z")
Wow, there must be some sort of bug going around lately. Check out: [Critique My ULTIMATE GAMING MACHINE](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=122154) [Building my own PC](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=129238)