Thanks to GTALUG Members,
for the last series of emails I fetched on this thread.
Many useful ideas and much interesting info. Copious snippets have been
carefully collected into a text file.
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I have reviewed the quotation I received from NCIX, and can report:
1. Contrary to my earlier assertion, NCIX in fact has included an item for:
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Edition 64Bit DVD SP1 OEM
Price C$187.99 [Reg. C$214.98]
2. And the the (now corrected) NCIX total price for hardware components alone,
seems reasonable:
NCIX: $1593.13 PCPartPicker: $1517.98
Caution: NCIX has made some hardware substitutions, so the total prices are
only generically comparable.
I compared the sum of component prices, NCIX versus PCPartPicker, and NCIX is
acceptably close to PCPartPicker.
Here is a summary of the component price comparison (all prices $C):
----------------- NCIX* PC PartPicker**
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CPU $269.99 $249.25
CPU Cooler $92.98 $79.95
Motherboard $289.99 $228.98
Memory $44.99 $75.98
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Case $144.99 $129.99
Power Supply $214.98 $159.99
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Solid State Drive $135.70 $156.99
Hard Drive $67.99 $81.95
Optical Drive $92.98 $86.98
-----------------
Video Monitor $167.98 $167.92
Keyboard $15.98 $40.00
Mouse (incl.) $10.00
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Dialup Modem $54.58 $50.00
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TOTAL1: $1593.13 $1517.98
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MS Windows 7 $187.99
Assemble & Test $49.98
Environ. Fees $16.65
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TOTAL2: $1897.73
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Not an inexpensive PC. And not a souped-up gamer's PC. But one that I believe
will run plenty fast and stay cool under 24/7 duty. With lots of expansion
capacity for additional hardware, that will not stress the power supply or the
cooling apparatus.
My plan now is to revise the Linux PC specification, taking into account the
avalanche of advice I have received from GTALUG members. (e.g. increase RAM to
16 GB from 8, drop the dial-up modem and source later, change HDD to Western
Digital Black, etc.)
Then I will ask NCIX for a revised quotation, confirm with NCIX a number of
picky details (e.g. is the WIndows 7 DVD SP1 OEM at the latest SP level?, etc.)
and get NCIX agreement on technical details of HDD partitioning (GPT) and boot
setup (multi-boot, with Windows 7 installed; ready for a Linux (debian 8)
drop-in installation.
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I'm probably not going to be able respond to many more individual posts to this
thread, but I will read any that follow with interest.
Will report back, upon conclusion of my negotiations with NCIX. The self-build
option for the new Linux PC remains open, should NCIX be unable to satisfy the
requirements.
Many thanks again to GTALUG !!
Best Regards,
Steve
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Steve Petrie, P.Eng.
ITS-ETO Consortium
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
(905) 847-3253
[email protected]
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