[UFO Chicago] looking to purchase a bare bones box

Richard Lynch ceo at l-i-e.com
Wed Jan 23 17:15:08 PST 2008


On Thu, January 17, 2008 7:04 pm, Politik Durden wrote:
> Somewhat off topic, looking  to upgrade from a 500Mhz Celeron to a
> somewhat decent box.
>
> What I'm looking for:
>
> Pentium 4 or better, at least 1 GHz
> ~ 1G RAM
> - at least 2 open bays and at least 3 open slots
>
> flexible on the above but the closer the better
>
> I have drives, cards to swap out so a homebrew would be ideal but if
> it's got some built ins (NIC or sound card) that would be cool, too.
>
> And to keep it somewhat on topic, it would be handy if the box is
> Linux friendly. Looking to spend $200-$250. price is negotiable for
> extra goodies
>
> pricewatch has some pretty good bare bones but I figure I'd get more
> bang for the buck buying from a trusted local source.

Go to MicroCenter (city) or Frey's (suburbs) and buy parts and call it
done.

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