Buyer's Guide: High-End Gaming - August 2002
by Matthew Witheiler on August 8, 2002 11:17 PM EST- Posted in
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Summary
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High-end Gaming |
Component
|
Price
|
|
CPU
|
Pentium
4 2.4B GHz
|
$340
|
|
Motherboard
|
Gigabyte
8IEXP
|
$130
|
|
Memory
|
512MB
Mushkin Basic PC2100 DDR SDRAM
|
$109
|
|
Video
Card
|
Gainward
GeForce4 Ultra/750XP NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
|
$340
|
|
Monitor
|
Sony
StylePro CPD-E540
|
$550
|
|
Case
|
Antec
Performance Plus PLUS1080
|
$145
|
|
Sound
Card
|
Integrated
Creative CT5880E
|
$0
|
|
Speakers
|
Logitech
Z-560
|
$140
|
|
Ethernet
|
Integrated
Intel Pro/100 VE
|
$0
|
|
Hard
Drive
|
Maxtor
DiamondMax D740X 6L080J4 80GB
|
$110
|
|
Hard
Drive Controller
|
None
|
$0
|
|
CD-ROM
|
None
|
$0
|
|
DVD/CD-RW
Combo Drive
|
Plextor
PX-320A/SW 12x20x10x40
|
$170
|
|
Bottom
line
|
|
$2034
|
A high-end gaming system that has the potential to perform at close to the maximum possible speeds of today's hardware for slightly over $2000. Not a bad deal at all considering that last year's high-end gaming system set one back almost $600 more ($591 more, to be exact). There is little question that the system as speced out above will be fast in 3D games. The only other advice we leave you with is that perhaps waiting a two or three weeks until a ATI Radeon 9700 card can find its way into your high-end gaming system may be worth it.
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SilasDG - Saturday, July 10, 2021 - link
This article has been of immense help while building my new gaming PC. I am having trouble sourcing the components though. They must be in high demand.