Buyer's Guide: Value Gaming - September 2002
by Matthew Witheiler on September 25, 2002 12:00 PM EST- Posted in
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Summary
|
Value Gaming |
Component
|
Price
|
|
CPU
|
AMD
Athlon XP 1700+
|
$66
|
|
Motherboard
|
MSI
KT3 Ultra2
|
$80
|
|
Memory
|
256MB
Crucial PC2700 SDRAM
|
$74
|
|
Video
Card
|
ATI
Radeon 8500LE 64MB
|
$87
|
|
Monitor
|
Samsung
955DF
|
$185
|
|
Case
|
Antec
SX630
|
$75
|
|
Sound
Card
|
Integrated
ALC650
|
$0
|
|
Speakers
|
Logitech
Z-540
|
$57
|
|
Ethernet
|
Linksys
EtherFast 10/100
|
$20
|
|
Hard
Drive
|
Western
Digital WD400BB 40GB
|
$70
|
|
Hard
Drive Controller
|
Integrated
KT333
|
$0
|
|
CD-ROM
|
None
|
$0
|
|
CD-RW
|
Name
brand 24x10x40
|
$50
|
|
Bottom
line
|
|
$764
|
Our value gaming platform increased in price this time around by a inconsequential $12. For the extra $12 you are getting a newer motherboard, a faster hard drive, and a CD recorder. The system, as configured above, should have no problem playing today's games at reasonable resolutions and should even be able to handle tomorrow's 3D games.
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