Hardware details
I used a Thermaltake Volcano 11, that is smothering an AMD Athlon 2600+ Barton CPU. I liked the idea of an all-copper dissipating structure, knowing the heat transfering qualities of that material.
Philosophically...cost was a secondary consideration, in this (my first and only) build project. I wanted to buy once and buy quality, and it STILL costs less than the Dull 8200 (uh, sorry, I meant Dell) computer that it is replacing. The difference in quality is so vast it doesn't validate the energy wasted making it a discussion point.
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