Technical Survey: Wednesday, June 15, 2011

GIGABYTE M68MT nForce 6 Barebones Kit - GIGABYTE M68MT Mobo, AMD Phenom II X3 710 CPU, CPU Fan, Corsair 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 RAM, Seagate 1.5TB HDD, LG 24x DVDRW, Thermaltake V2 Case Tower, 450-Watt PSU @ $250

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=693834&sku=B69-0388&SRCCODE=WEM2713BY&cm_mmc=email-_-Main-_-WEM2713-_-tigeremail2713

• 8 GB of memory (max memory for motherboard)
• 3 core CPU
• HyperTransport 3
• no OS
• adding window home junk adds $155, does that make any sense at all?
• I can buy windows Pro for $140
• GB ethernet
• nVIDIA GeForce 7025 on board
• RAID support

Yea, I think I could use this system.  However, it looks like I might want to get my own mother-board that supports more memory.

Fantom GD2000EU GreenDrive External Hard Drive - eSATA, USB 2.0, 2TB, 32MB Cache @ $90

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=5384379&sku=M261-8234&SRCCODE=WEM2713BY&cm_mmc=email-_-Main-_-WEM2713-_-tigeremail2713

• Wonder what shipping is?
• $8
• $102
• $51 per TB

D-Link DIR 601 Wireless-N 150 Home Router - IEEE 802.11n, 4x 10/100 LAN Ports, 10/100 WAN Port, External Antenna @ $30

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=5650958&sku=D700-5052&SRCCODE=WEM2713BY&cm_mmc=email-_-Main-_-WEM2713-_-tigeremail2713

• Instruction are misleading
• don't to connect to internet first
• Two people complained of signal strength
• Has been as low as $20

ZyXEL NBG416N IEEE 802.11b/g/n Wireless Router @ $17

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833181151&nm_mc=EMC-GD061511&cm_mmc=EMC-GD061511-_-index-_-Item-_-33-181-151

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