When I left this aside last year I was having problems running my CAD program on my old Compaq V2404US notebook. The computer's performance was slowing me down to such an extent that it was getting very frustrating. So, I decided that I would need a new computer before I went much further. Of course these things take time and money, and now I've finally got my computer up and running with CAD performing with 100% detail and all options.
Here is what I built for myself:
Processor Intel Pentium Dual Core E6500 $138.47
CPU Cooler AVC Genghis Khan $29.66
92mm PWM Fan Revoltec $10.00
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3LR $107.86
2x USB header extension Generic $3.48
Thermal Paste Nexus Thermal Compound $6.07
Graphics Card Palit Nvidia GeForce 8800GT $84.18
Graphics Card Cooler Thermalright HR-03 Rev.A $40.47
Graphics Card RAM heatsinks Primecooler PC-RHS1 $6.37
Graphics Card Fan Controller AAB $2.86
RAM Micron DDR3 PC3-8500E-7-10-E0 ECC CL7 $62.21
Hard Drive Kingston SSDNow V Series SNV125-S2/40GB $84.99
3.5in Adapter for 2.5" disks Syba CL-MRA25006 $17.98
Power Supply Nexus Value 430 $114.46
Case Fever Shinobi FC-SH09A $43.88
Case Fans 3x Nexus 120mm Real Silent Case Fan $32.95
Case Fan Filters 3x AAB Cooling Filter 120mm $10.86
Case Fan Grill AAB $1.69
Rubber Case Fan Mounts AAB $3.38
Card Reader Equip USB 2.0 Multi-Frontpanel $31.39
Wireless Card Linksys WMP300N-RM $22.98
Small Wireless Card Antennas Generic $4.74
Firewire Card Generic $10.61
TV Card Leadtek WinFast PxPVR2200 $61.48
IR cable for TV Card Remote Generic $3.57
Monitor NEC MultiSync LCD10970NXp $120.41
Bluetooth Conceptronic Bluetooth 200M $18.44
Keyboard e5 Multimedia Keyboard KM080 PS/2 $10.98
Mousepad Fellowes Microban Mousepad $17.14
total $1,103.57
Everything laid out:
Mostly assembled.
Right now I've got my CPU slightly overclocked at 3.20 GHz FSB 1600 MHz and graphics card overclocked at 740 MHz/1040 MHz/1850 MHz. My CAD program is running fluidly with 100% and all display options available. I'm really satisfied! It's time to move from what I'm going to do, to what I'm doing...
Time: too much to count so we'll leave it at 230 h
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