2007-04-24

strredwolf: (Default)
2007-04-24 08:51 am

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Commodore Gaming came out with UK pricing for their Cxx and Cgx gaming systems.  Pick the Cxx, and it's supposedly 2,900 quid.

That's a little over $5,800 US, according to Google's Calculator.  And that's alot of money.

So, onto my favorite game, pricing hardware cheaply.  Back to Newegg for these specs which come from their website:
  • Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 2.66 GHz 8M cache
  • ASUS P5N32E Nforce 680i SLI
  • One 500GB 7.2K RPM SATA
  • 4Gig Corsair Dominator 2xTwin2x2048-8500C5D 1066Mhz
  • Phillips DVDRW
  • 1000W ICE Cube PSU
  • Creative Soundblaster X-Fi
  • Two Nvidia 8800 GTX 768MB SLI
  • Vista Ultimate
I have a few caveats when I looked today:
  • Instead of RAID using two 150GB drives spinning at 10K RPM, I went with option #2, and grabbed a Western Digital 500GB 7.2K RPM drive.
  • The NVidia cards are made by PNY
  • The Philips DVD Burner they had was out of stock.  Instead, $550 more gives you a Blu-ray burner.
  • The Soundblaster X-Fi is the low-end version.
  • The power supply used wasn't there, so I chose a similara BFG Tech 1KW supply.
  • The Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 came with a gift of Supreme Commander OEM
  • Windows Vista Ultimate is the 32-bit version OEM.
The total is:  $4,240.91

I saved around $1,600 US by building it myself.

Commodore Gaming's not going to sell alot of systems, I'll tell you.