Buyer's Guide: Value Gaming - July 2002
by Matthew Witheiler on July 19, 2002 3:37 AM EST- Posted in
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Summary
|
Value Gaming |
Component
|
Price
|
|
CPU
|
AMD
Athlon XP 1700+
|
$68
|
|
Motherboard
|
MSI
MS-6380E KT3 Ultra
|
$77
|
|
Memory
|
256MB
Mushkin PC2700 SDRAM
|
$62
|
|
Video
Card
|
ATI
Radeon 8500LE 64MB
|
$93
|
|
Monitor
|
Samsung
955DF
|
$215
|
|
Case
|
Antec
SX630
|
$65
|
|
Sound
Card
|
Integrated
Avance Logic ALC650
|
$0
|
|
Speakers
|
Logitech
Z-540
|
$57
|
|
Ethernet
|
Linksys
EtherFast 10/100
|
$20
|
|
Hard
Drive
|
Maxtor
DiamondMax D740X 6L040J2 40GB
|
$65
|
|
Hard
Drive Controller
|
Integrated
KT333
|
$0
|
|
CD-ROM
|
Name
brand 40X - 50X CD-ROM
|
$30
|
|
CD-RW
|
None
|
|
|
Bottom
line
|
|
$752
|
Again we can see that PC prices have been falling. Last year, our value gaming system rung in at a total of $960. That is $208 more expensive than our current value gaming system recommendation. The items that have changed the most drastically in terms of price are the motherboard, the hard drive, and the sound card. We feel that with a system like the one above you will have no problem playing today's games at reasonable resolutions while maintaining the ability to play the next generation 3D games as well.
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