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Always a plus
Had I had more money, I would have probably sprung for the Core 2 Duo, but right now I am still on Single Core AMD.

Still thinking about that Mac Book Pro though :/
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Always a plus  nucrash | 06/13/07
None of the above  D. T. Schmitz | 06/13/07
iPhone costs $2500  georgeou | 06/13/07
George you should read up more on the iPhone  mrlinux | 06/14/07
what does the iphone have to do with this article lol (NT)  SO.CAL Guy | 06/14/07
True  D. T. Schmitz | 06/14/07
Oh for the love of....  James T. Kirk | 06/14/07
Don't know.  GuidingLight | 06/14/07
I hope that,  Arnout Groen | 06/14/07
AMD processor is linked wrong  Unk2U | 06/14/07
Thanks, it's fixed  georgeou | 06/14/07
Digital Video Editing  Cornhead | 06/14/07
Video Editing / Encoding  IAM.CA | 06/14/07
I do a fair amount of DV work...  Dr. John | 06/14/07
Forgot to mention...  Dr. John | 06/14/07
Thanks for the tips  Cornhead | 06/14/07
No, SCSI is slower  georgeou | 06/14/07
George: hard drive question for you  NonZealot | 06/14/07
Doh! One tag typo ruins the post  NonZealot | 06/14/07
I'm not sure if it makes a difference to get RE  georgeou | 06/14/07
Not exactly correct...  Dr. John | 06/15/07
It's not theoretical. I've tested performance.  georgeou | 06/15/07
Won't let me reply in the right spot, so...  Dr. John | 06/20/07
Always more performance per dollar with SATA  georgeou | 06/20/07
The debate continues...  Dr. John | 06/22/07
A Late Thanks!  Cornhead | 06/25/07
rendering is better than expected  Dr. John | 06/15/07
If DV is your goal, take the mainstream system but use the storage from  georgeou | 06/14/07
Quad core CPU costs about $400 extra  georgeou | 06/14/07
July 22  IAM.CA | 06/14/07
Thanks, I heard that date too  georgeou | 06/14/07
Quad core price did not drop, right?  ZDNetReader1 | 07/05/07
No, it will come in August I think with some new quad core models  georgeou | 07/17/07
Good advice!  Cornhead | 06/15/07
Hardware always gets cheaper  georgeou | 06/15/07
how quiet is your enthusiast beast?  applejack99 | 06/14/07
It should be somewhat quiet if you do the following  georgeou | 06/14/07
Thermaltake Armor  Gasman_z | 06/14/07
Yeah I heard that complaint too  georgeou | 06/14/07
"home brew" PC  puppadave | 06/14/07
You're right, it is home brew  georgeou | 06/14/07
Oh my goodness!  Red_One | 06/14/07
$700 pc  elmerpaul | 06/14/07
I screwed up the part on AMD, fixing it now  georgeou | 06/14/07
Sweet Article. I have bookmarked it for future reference.  heres_johnny | 06/14/07
Great! Note that some parts might change in the fall  georgeou | 06/14/07
nope, no, when extra security and IT support are included they are all bad  ralphrides | 06/14/07
Quite Interesting  GuidingLight | 06/14/07
Message has been deleted.  James T. Kirk | 06/14/07
Yet more proof that the Mac is horribly overpriced  NonZealot | 06/14/07
Be careful what you type...  James T. Kirk | 06/14/07
Typo  Michael Kelly | 06/14/07
Thanks, much appreciated  NonZealot | 06/14/07
Well then  Michael Kelly | 06/14/07
Also, where are you getting $3158  Michael Kelly | 06/14/07
I even bolded it!!!  NonZealot | 06/14/07
My mistake  Michael Kelly | 06/14/07
More like  Michael Kelly | 06/14/07
You forgot the Xeon factor...  zkiwi | 06/14/07
Did I?  NonZealot | 06/14/07
Your right  Tigertank | 06/15/07
Now you see why OSX is such a bad choice  NonZealot | 06/15/07
Everything you wrote is spot on, except...  Tigertank | 06/15/07
Different strokes  georgeou | 06/15/07
Good discussion  NonZealot | 06/15/07
I agree with you on most of the components.. except  Been_Done_Before | 06/14/07
You might be right, this is mostly a guideline  georgeou | 06/14/07
on another note..  Been_Done_Before | 06/14/07
WITH A NEW DELL YOU GET A WARRANTY  BALTHOR | 06/14/07
You get warranties building your own too...  Dr. John | 06/14/07
Exactly! I absolutely hate dealing with tech support  georgeou | 06/14/07
Or.....  James T. Kirk | 06/14/07
Wooo  devlin_X | 06/15/07
Only one video card? Bah.  shoktai@... | 06/14/07
Two cards are expensive and noisy  georgeou | 06/14/07
Since I mentioned this in a post above  Michael Kelly | 06/14/07
do the math....  zigip | 06/14/07
Because I kept updating the parts  georgeou | 06/14/07
Middle system  Freebird54 | 06/15/07
Yes and no  georgeou | 06/15/07
Thanks...  Freebird54 | 06/16/07
further..  Freebird54 | 06/16/07
10K drives are a BIG waste of money  georgeou | 06/16/07
Probably they are  Freebird54 | 06/16/07
That's because older RAID controllers were ineffective  georgeou | 06/16/07
Shipping to Canada  nfhiggs@... | 06/19/07
So, where's the case?  TechnoSarge | 06/15/07
Aluminum and steel  georgeou | 06/15/07
CAV-T03-UW is the part number  georgeou | 06/15/07
I'll second that.  Dr. John | 06/15/07
$700 PC  dixon757@... | 06/15/07
It's hard to talk about upgrades because one thing leads to another  georgeou | 06/15/07
What, you never heard of  nfhiggs@... | 06/19/07
Love that word "enthusiast"...  tek_heretik | 06/15/07
Crapware is a big problem, but that isn't Microsoft  georgeou | 06/15/07
Oh, and George, if ya don't like...  tek_heretik | 06/15/07
Just explain to me what compaq crapware has to do with Microsoft  georgeou | 06/15/07
$700 PC  broozer@... | 06/18/07
Ah, sorry about that  georgeou | 06/18/07
Prices in AUS  jstonehouse@... | 06/18/07
Unfortunately, I have to plead ignorance on prices outside the US  georgeou | 06/18/07
Aus Machine  sfessey@... | 06/19/07
hi again George  broozer@... | 06/26/07
With the weak US dollar these days, your Australian dollar will go far  georgeou | 06/29/07
Sound level for the 5 drive cage  teknon5 | 06/18/07
The cage is loud if you turn the fan up to high  georgeou | 06/18/07
SATA DVD problems  rcugini@... | 06/18/07
What makes you think your Ethernet should reflect your broadband speed?  georgeou | 06/18/07
Nice $700 build - heres my version  nfhiggs@... | 06/19/07
You?re cheating if you include parts you already own to do a price comparis  georgeou | 06/19/07
Cheating is such a strong word!  nfhiggs@... | 06/19/07
I refuse to cut corners like that.  georgeou | 06/19/07
Its not cutting corners, its called different priorities  nfhiggs@... | 06/23/07
thanks again for good work  Ipsenol | 06/24/07
Would like to build a file server  cbvrha | 07/06/07
For a file server, you don't want these systems  georgeou | 07/08/07
I'm doing this for a small shop  cbvrha | 07/09/07
In that case, the tower is fine for your setup  georgeou | 07/17/07
Misc Components  dabeany | 07/09/07
Quad Core?  dabeany | 07/10/07
You don't need to change the other components  georgeou | 07/17/07
Mobo question  Freebird54 | 07/18/07
Adding second set of raid storage  picman1 | 07/19/07
OS on same drive as storage array?  picman1 | 07/19/07
Having OS on a single drive makes good sense  georgeou | 07/19/07
what if adding second set of 5-drive array?  picman1 | 07/20/07
follow-up to last question  picman1 | 07/20/07
You would need additional 6-port RAID controller  georgeou | 08/15/07
I Want to Do It But...  dabeany | 07/25/07
SATA  dabeany | 07/28/07
High end machine as a media server  ryanmc | 08/07/07
You don't need that high-end of a system for a Media PC  georgeou | 08/15/07
Nice story George  The_Curmudgeon | 09/10/07
Great Story, BUT  Sagax- | 09/10/07
Forgo the bucks get what ya want.  HapGail_HomeInMd@... | 09/10/07
What about server?  sbotsford@... | 09/10/07
RE: Build the biggest bang per dollar PCs: June 2007 Edition  markyannone | 09/10/07
RE: Your Articles here on building PCs  pmajmudar@... | 09/10/07
RAID ISSUE - Pls Help  dabeany | 10/13/07
Partial Solution  dabeany | 11/10/07

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