Building another computer rig to annoy me (~ $1,400-1,500)

[Dina Lerret]

I've been wanting a dual boot PC with WinXP SP2 (32 or 64bit) and Mac
OSX for awhile, and with the Intel price cuts, I think I'll
figuratively bite the bullet.

My current rig that I built at the beginning of 2006:
Case	$145	Thermaltake full tower (420w PSU)
Motherboard	$196	Intel (Socket 775)
Processor	$239	Intel P4 HT 3.4
Heatsink	$28	Thermaltake
RAM	$310	Corsair (2gigs)
Hard drive	$276	Raptor SATA 150gigs
Hard drive	$100	SATA 250gigs
Hard drive	$89	SATA 400gigs
Hard drive	$89	SATA 400gigs
Video card	$90	Nvidia
DVD burner	$42
Total: $1,604

I have my eye on:
Case	$200-250?
PSU	?	
Motherboard	$200-210?	Intel
Processor	$227	Intel E6600 C2D
Heatsink	?	
RAM	$129	Corsair (2gigs)
Hard drive	$175	Raptor SATA 150gigs
Hard drive	$120	SATA 500gigs
Hard drive				
Video card	$125-175?	Nvidia
DVD burner  ?
Base Total: $1,268?	

I'm estimating a budget of $1,400-1,475... Okay, I remember what a
pain in the arse the first rig was to build but... a year has passed
and maybe the memory of how *much* a pain it was has kinda faded. {g}
I'll see how things go because the parts are being slowly bought and a
dual boot with both Windows and Mac operating systems will be even
more difficult because you have to hack Mac.

Hm, I could probably build a decent vidding rig for $700-750, but
these are the parts I want.  I've already budgeted $1,000 that I was
thinking of investing in a bank CD... {sigh}  So much for saving money
and not spending it.  Yeah, I still have $$$$ but it's tied up in
investments and anticipating paying off a mortgage this year because
keeping a roof over my head is kinda a priority. ;-)

Dina