Buyer's Guide: Dream System - August 2002
by Matthew Witheiler on August 23, 2002 2:47 AM EST- Posted in
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Summary
|
Dream System |
Component
|
Price
|
|
CPU
|
Pentium
4 2.53GHz
|
$322
|
|
Motherboard
|
ASUS
P4T533-C
|
$155
|
|
Memory
|
1024MB
Mushkin PC1066 RDRAM
|
$756
|
|
Video
Card
|
ATI
Radeon 9700 Pro
|
$380
|
|
Monitor
|
Samsung
SyncMaster 240T
|
$3600
|
|
Case
|
Cool
Master ATC-AX1 and 430W Power Supply
|
$290
|
|
Sound
Card
|
Creative
Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum
|
$166
|
|
Speakers
|
Klipsch
ProMedia 5.1
|
$360
|
|
Ethernet
|
Linksys
EtherFast 10/100
|
$20
|
|
Hard
Drive
|
2x
Seagate Cheetah X15 36.7GB
|
$660
|
|
Hard
Drive Controller
|
Adaptec
39160
|
$220
|
|
CDRW
Drive
|
Plextor
PX-W40012TA/SW 40x12x40
|
$125
|
|
DVD+RW
Drive
|
HP
DVD200XI DVD+RW
|
$390
|
|
Bottom
line
|
|
$7444
|
You can now see why our dream system configuration will prove to be one of the fastest desktop machines money can buy. By far the most expensive component in our system is the Samsung monitor, but it is really worth every penny. Even at $7444, this month's dream system is $556 less expensive than our dream system configured last year. By far the largest difference in price stems from the different hard disk and controller recommendations.
With that said, we have one question for you. Is your keyboard still dry?
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