How old is your computer monitor? and other stuff

[Dina Lerret]

I've got most of the parts I want at a reasonable price, including shipping:
Motherboard	$196	Intel D955XBKLKR (Socket 775)
Processor	?	
RAM	$310	Corsair Twin2x2048-5400c4 (two 1gig sticks)
Hard drive	$100	Hitachi SATA 250gigs (I'll watch prices to buy more drives)
Video card	$90	Nvidia Quadro FX540 (used)
Case	$145	Xaser III V2420 full tower
DVD burner	$42	NEC 3550A

I'm still watching prices on CPUs.  I think I got gouged on the RAM
but only NewEgg had the "cheapest" {quirks eyebrow} since I was trying
to follow the Corsair 'configurator' for a two gig config.  Once I've
got a CPU and appropriate heatsink/cooling unit, along with heatsink
grease (recs are for Arctic Silver 5), I *think* I may have all parts,
if I decide the onboard sound is sufficient... I'll double check on
parts before starting.  I even got an anti-static wrist band.

My boss knows about my 'project' and he then asked about the
monitor/display and I'm like 'the same two CRTs, a 14" from 1995 and a
15" from 2000'.  Heh, still using a computer monitor that's a decade
old. {g}  I even still have an RCA TV from the early 1980s that I
'inherited'.  As cool as it would be to get one of those LCDs:
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=3007WY3
Mmm, 30" widescreen... my current lot still works perfectly fine...
No, scratch that, the 14" has a defective left speaker and the
brightness/contrast are pumped all the way up, but aside from that,
still works.  Maybe next year I'll scrap the 14" for an LCD. {g}

Dina