{"id":16,"date":"2003-02-28T12:51:31","date_gmt":"2003-02-28T17:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ywwg.com\/wordpress\/?p=16"},"modified":"2007-05-16T08:35:30","modified_gmt":"2007-05-16T13:35:30","slug":"parts-parts-parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ywwg.com\/wordpress\/archives\/16","title":{"rendered":"Parts parts parts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a lot of headaches and trying to get various parts to work, I have to alter the pricelist a bit.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><s>Subtract irman &#8212; the ir blaster does both input and output.  THANKS FOR TELLING ME<\/s>I later found out it works a lot better using the two IRs, so irman is good<\/li>\n<li>don&#8217;t bother with tv-out.  it&#8217;s just not good enough on linux<\/li>\n<li>Grandtec GXP-2000 Ultimate XP Pro scan converter &#8212; converts VGA to tv.  100$ from pcmall.com.<\/li>\n<li>you could probably shave 30$ off the ram by going with 256 instead of 512.  I don&#8217;t know yet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Note also that the All-in-Wonder was unnecessary.  Any video card with XVideo support is adequate<\/h6>\n<p>Looking at prices, I think ram dropped by about half.  shit.  I paid about 127 it seems, and now it&#8217;s 75$.  whoa.  And for 256 megs, that drops again to 42.  ok, you could shave $80 off the ram.<br \/>\nYou could also shave a bit off the video card since you don&#8217;t need tvout.  You just need XVideo support for myth to work<\/p>\n<p>Old total:  696.63<br \/>\nminus oopsies: 123<br \/>\nPlus scan converter: 112.17<\/p>\n<p>new total: 685.80$<br \/>\nEven with the 100$ scan converter it&#8217;s cheaper because RAM IS FUCKING CHEAP.   75$ for half a gig is <i>insane<\/i><\/p>\n<p>current component table:<\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"2\" border=\"1\" style=\"text-align: left; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;\">Part\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;\">Company\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;\">Rating\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: right; font-weight: bold;\">Price<br \/>\n(with shipping)\n      <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">MOTHERBOARD COMBO-AMD DDR333<br \/>\nBUNDLE<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AMD Athlon XP 1700+<\/li>\n<li> Shuttle AK35GT2 VIA KT333 W\/Audio<\/li>\n<li> Samsung 256MB PC2700 333MHz DDR SDRAM<\/li>\n<li> Thermaltake Volcano 9 Highest Performance Smart &amp;<br \/>\nSilent CPU Cooler (not totally silent)<\/li>\n<li> Arctic Alumina Thermal Compound<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/aicmicro.com\">aicmicro.com<\/a>\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">9.74\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: right;\">228.00\n      <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">ThermalTake TT420AD Power Supply<br \/>\n(silent) <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/enpc.com\">enpc.com<\/a>\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">7.96\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: right;\">62.33\n      <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/BananaPC.Com\/Products\/product_info.asp?product_id=3371\">HDD<br \/>\nSeagate Barracuda V 60 GB<\/a> (silent drive)<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bananapc.com\">bananapc.com<\/a>\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">9.22\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: right;\">89.62\n      <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">ATI All-In-Wonder 128 Pro 32MB<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalstormonline.com\">digitalstormonline.com<\/a>\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">9.42\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: right;\">84.69\n      <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">AverTV stereo capture card\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">Microcenter (brick store)\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: right;\">49.99\n      <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">Network card pillaged from old<br \/>\nmachine\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: right;\">0.00\n      <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">DVD rom pillaged from old machine\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: right;\">0.00\n      <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">IR Blaster (infrared transmitter<br \/>\nto control cable box)\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snapstream.com\">snapstream media<\/a>\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">only source, none\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; 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