Author: Aaron Gordon
Date: 13:42:44 12/04/02
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I spent a few minutes putting together a decent value system thats pretty fast and has quite a few high quality, name brand items.. All the items are listed off www.pricewatch.com, check this out.. AthlonXP 2100+ ------- $87 Epox 8K3A ------------ $67 256mb PC2100 --------- $48 17" Dell monitor ----- $79 Maxtor 60GB HD ------- $72 3Com 3c905B ---------- $16 Mid-Tower ATX + 400w - $22 Geforce4 MX440 64mb -- $50 Aopen 48x12x50 CDRW -- $47 Large heatsink/fan --- $6 Total: $494 Would be cheaper AND faster than the Gateway system, has a good network so you don't need to fiddle with drivers (windows will automatically install the 3c905), the heatsink/fan is pretty large (3" tall, 2x2" wide, comes w/ 60mm 7k rpm fan), motherboard can support an 2800+ Athlon XP easily as well incase you want to upgrade later. Video card is fast enough to do what you need to do (unless you're a professional gamer going to tournaments often or like playing games in 1280x1024x32 w/ FSAA). If you do it yourself you save a ton of money :)
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