Author: Matt Taylor
Date: 16:01:04 12/04/02
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On December 04, 2002 at 16:42:44, Aaron Gordon wrote: >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 :) For those who don't want to build, pre-built PCs with AthlonXP 2000 are available from Hewlett Packard and aren't too much more costly. I think the total for a comparable system is ~$600. AthlonXP 2000 is faster than a full P4 2.0 GHz.
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