Decided on a case

Actually, I've decided on just about everything- I just won't pull the trigger!

This case is awesome. Quiet, heavy, comes with a power supply:



Okay, now it probably isn't worth going single-core. Chances are more software will want dual core stuff and when we tested my ATI HDTV tuner at New Year's, the CPU was getting hit pretty hard- as well as the disk drive! So, a faster CPU with modern disks should be the ticket.

Dual core means AMD or Intel- with Intel being about twice the price. So I think I'll go with the slowest X2 processor. It's still >$130, but last year it was double that, so... Anyway, then I need RAM- one stick of 1G should be enough for now. Hard drive... I want SATA just for the cool factor- it doesn't hurt that it also is faster. So, I'll be on the hunt for that too.

Let's add it up so far (and this is the reason I'm hesitant).

• Case. $92
• CPU. $130
• MOBO. $90
• RAM. $100
• Hard drives. $100.

Let's see- thats.. uh... 2..330..420..512. Ouch. No software either. No keyboard, or DVD drive (I have those).

How is Dell selling this same type internals for $419 with keyboard, dvd drive and XP?