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Old 01-25-2008, 10:38 PM   #41 (permalink)
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Re: call me crazy?

so, to further save $$$, here's what i'm looking at- Take the $30 i saved from switching mobo's and CPU's, make the case bigger, and get 3 250mm armor fans for 20 bucks each as upposed to 2 200's for 30 each. Require me to remake nearly the whole case, but I could make do with it. Plus it would be 100% quiet less the 120mm rear fan (no 120mm front fan anymore), and even then, i could use a switch to control that fan as either on or off, and remove the need for a fan controller altogether (saving more money).

Origional price list:

CPU: 48
MB: 85
PSU: 40
memory: 30
2 200's- 60
1 250- 25
1 120- 15
fan controller- 20

new price list:
CPU- 40
mobo- 65
PSU- 20
memory- 30?
3 250s- 60

net savings- $108 give or take

not bad, eh?

Fans are ordered. Good thing i bought 8 foot of 1x3, i'll need all of it. The tray mounting system should stay intact, just everything around it will change up. The 3.5" audio/I/O front panel should be able to be set in horizontally now.
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