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