How to Build Your Own PC - Total System Cost

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How to Build Your Own PC - Save A Buck And Learn A Lot
9 Chapter 1: Purchasing Components
9 Will I Save Money by Building My Own System?

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Total System Cost

The total cost of the system built in this book was $975.15. The costs break down by component as shown in Table 1.

**Table 1**
Component	Cost
*From Insight Components:*
Enlight en-7255 mid-tower case with ATX 360w power supply	$74.28
Asus a7v333-x Socket A mainboard with audio & LAN	$89.99
AMD 2000+ Athlon XP CPU	$79.99
Asus v7100 Pro Geforce2 64MB 4x AGP video card	$44.99
Floppy Drive	$10.99
Windows XP Home Edition OEM	$92.99
*From Best Buy:*
Creative Labs Speakers	$19.99
Kingston Value RAM 512 MB PC2700 DDR RAM	$39.99 (after $30 in mail-in rebates)
80 GB 7200 RPM Western Digital Hard Drive	$59.99 (after $40 in mail-in rebates)
Verbatim 52x24x52 CD-RW Drive	$14.99 (after $55 in mail-in rebates)
ViewSonic A70f+ CRT Monitor	$149.99 (after $40 mail-in rebate. Rebate was approved after follow-up.)
U.S. Robotics 56K V.92 Internal Modem	$79.99
*From Amazon.com:*
Red Hat Linux 9.0 Personal	$36.99
*Upgrades (BestBuy.com):*
Hewlett-Packard 300I Internal DVD+RW Drive	$179.99
*Scrounged From Existing PCs:*
Keyboard & Mouse	$0.00
Total System Cost:	$975.15

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