A Tech forum, a tech forum, my colander for a tech forum!
Yes, anyway... quite a snappy title, don'tcha think?
Basically, this is as the title suggests - an investigation into how the prices of computer components fall over time. My hypothesis is that after six months, the price of a [new] component more or less halves. And to test it, I've put together a PC... well, two PCs. One is the UberPC in the title (a computer that is stupidly expensive and up-to-date), and a RealisticUberPC, which I hope to build in September with all my lovely monies from my Summer job.
Right, specs (with screenshots of the shopping basket to show the prices - the difference in prices are always from the original price)!
UberPC Mobo: Asus Striker II Extreme NF790i
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme QX9770 3.2ghz (Yorkfield, 45nm)
RAM: 8gb Corsair TwinX XMS3 DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600mhz)
Graphics Card: 2x 1gb Asus 9800GX2
HDD: 4x Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB
PSU: 1500W Xigmatex
Monitor: HyundaiIT W241D 24" Widescreen
Drives: 2x LG Blu-ray Combo
Case: Coolermaster Stacker 830 Evolution 'nVidia' Special Edition
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
UberPC - 02/04/08 = £5,023.82
UberPC - 11/04/08 = £5,033.17
+£9.35 UberPC - 19/04/08 = £4,928.69
-£95.13 RealisticUberPC
It's much the same, except more... realistic.
Mobo: Asus Striker II Extreme NF790i
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme QX9770 3.2ghz (Yorkfield, 45nm)
RAM: 8gb Corsair TwinX XMS3 DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600mhz)
Graphics Card: 1gb Asus 9800GX2
HDD: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB, 3x Seagate Barracuda 160gb
PSU: 1500W Xigmatex
Monitor: HyundaiIT W241D 24" Widescreen
Drives: 2x Asus DVD thing
Case: Coolermaster Stacker 830 Evolution 'nVidia' Special Edition
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
RealisticUberPC - 11/04/08 = £3,602.55
RealisticUberPC - 19/04/08 = £3,546.78
-£55.77
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The investigation started on the 2nd April for the UberPC, and the 11th for the RealisticUberPC, and from today will be a weekly thing.
Before it gets truly underway, and I get quite a way in, anyone got any suggestions/comments on the build, and what could be better?