Thank Goodness for MicroCenter!

I received my Federal income tax return this past Friday. On Saturday, we went to the MicroCenter in Overland Park, not too far from home, and I got the parts to build my own computer!

Antec 300 MidTower Gaming Case, Black $44.99
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 Processor, 2.33 Ghz $119.99
Gigabyte E45-UD3L Motherboard, FSB 1600 $94.99
4 GB - OCZ Gold DDR2-1066 Memory $99.99
Hitachi 1 TB, 7200rpm SATA HD $69.99
2 - Sony Optiarc 24X DVD+-RW, DL Burners $24.99 x 2
3 - 120 mm Blue LED Case Fans $4.79 x 3
3.5" to 5.25" Bay adapter kit $5.99
2 way Y adapter for case fan power $1.99
2 - 18" SATA cables $3.99 x 2
Antec Formula 5 Thermal Paste Tube $9.99
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS PCIe Graphics Card - From Angel
PCI slot SATA adapter card from old computer
3 - Seagate 250 GB, 7200 rpm SATA HD from old computer
1 - Western Digital 120 GB, 7200 SATA HD from old computer
500 Watt Power Supply from old computer
HP 3.5" bay Multi Card Reader from old computer

I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit edition on this also.

I am so happy with this machine! It is awesomesauce to the Nth Power! At least for me... this thing ROCKS!

New Monitor Too!

I was going to take all the leftover pieces of my old computer and put them together on Craig'sList, but today, RJ Fox came by to visit, and he expressed interest in them, and so we did a deal. In exchange for the old case and bits, I got his slightly used HP w1907 LCD monitor and DVI cable. I think I came out far ahead, as I was wanting to get my first LCD monitor soon, and this is worth a lot more than the parts were to me, so once again, I came out ahead. Wow, this seems to be happening more and more for me as of late, which is awesomesauce in it's own right!