Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 08:07:04 05/07/02
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On May 06, 2002 at 19:11:48, Keith Ian Price wrote: >Of course, it just occurred to me that you might be being facetious with the >"only $3000.00" header. But at the time I added up all the costs at the cheapest >I could get on price-grabber or pricewatch, and the total to put together a >similar system at the time was $4860. So I checked other mail order companies >and they ranged from $4200-$4600 for the same setup, or close. I wanted a large >flat screen and the cheapest 18.1 inch was $1000.00 at the time. DVD-RAMs were >$500.00, The video card was $400.00, the processor was $749 (it had just been >released) 1Gig of PC-800 was $900.00. Fast CD-RWs were $125.00, Microsoft Office >XP SBE was $300.00, Surround sound 5 speaker systems were $300.00, and sound >card at $150.00. If you are looking for a plain jane box to run chess programs, >then Gateway is not for you, since they use Intel, and their cheap boxes don't >have the fastest processors. When I put together s system for chess, it will be >just a box, motherboard, AMD processor(s), memory, CD-ROM, and cheap monitor >and keyboard/mouse. No sound, built-in video, etc. Only the processor, >motherboard and memory will be high-end. > >kp I don't doubt your research regarding the price of that Gateway system. It's just that most people don't have $3000 available to buy a PC. If Gateway's other systems were similarly underpriced (as compared to putting them together yourself), I'd be interested in finding one with a very fast CPU (Intel is OK), plenty of RAM, WinXP Pro (or Win2k), and a good motherboard and case and a decent video card and maybe a sound card. As for the monitor, I already have a 19" one with a switchbox to share it among computers, so I wish to OMIT the monitor entirely. I also have an extra hard drive and can buy new ones very cheaply, so I wish to minimize the expense of that component too. Does Gateway have such a system with a 2.x GHz current P4 (Northgate or whatever it's called) at an extraordinarily low price?
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