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%date 2008-08-15 04:24:23
:diary:livejournal:fossils:

2GB RAM
Gigabyte ATX motherboard, open box special
Celeron Conroe-L 1.8GHz low power processor
Arctic Cooling fan/heatsink
Radeon X1650 Pro dual headed video card
Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATA drive
A couple cheapo fans, just in case
(Using the case from Ryan's old box; Thermaltake dealie with PSU and seven(!) fans)

All came out to $265 or so, which is a pretty good deal, I suppose.  I have the old box up and limping with the case open and the PSU lifted out to improve circulation.  Works well enough to back up all that I need just in case.  If things can be fixed in any reasonable fashion, I may turn it into a back-up box, just run a stripped down Debian installation and only turn it on to back stuff up to it.

Hodgepodge as it was, it served me well.