It was about 7 months ago when Scott Hanselman and CodingHorror built the Ultimate Developer Rig.
Let's see what the saving are for late adopters...
Part | Then | Now |
Antec P182 Gun Metal Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail | $154.99 | $139.99 |
MSI P6N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail | $144.99 | $119.99* |
$337.98 | $239.98 | |
Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM | $199.99 | $169.99 |
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM | $120 | $120.00** |
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor - Retail | $531.90 | $279.99 |
$32.99 | $32.99 | |
CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W Power Supply - Retail | $129.99 | $124.99 |
$216.98 | $89.98 | |
$33.99 | $30.99 | |
Totals | $1903.80 | $1348.99 |
There is enough headroom now to pick up an extra 2GB of RAM and still put out less than $1500. I call this configuration the Ultimate Developer Rig +2***.
* Price includes mail-in rebate
** Drive is now deactivate, but comparable 500GB drives are still ~$120.00
*** Not to be confused with the Ultimate Rod of Dexterity +2 by you D&D nerds.
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