The Ideal system(s) for 1500-2000bucks.
May 08 '00 (Updated Jun 06 '01)
The Bottom Line Best deals, in my humble epinion, in this price range listed here.
This epinion is intended to be a "this is what you want," rather than a technical primer on the pc. So, anyway, if you're looking for a hardware dictionary, this is not it. Other epinioners and myself have covered the detail work before, so this is purely what I would buy given the 1500-2000 limits.
$1500:
1.4 GHz AMD ATHLON THUNDERBIRD PROCESSOR
256MB PC2100 DDR 266MHz SDRAM
40-50GB EIDE Hard Drive(7200 RPM)
ATI RADEON VE 32MB DDR Video
8X4X32 CD-RW
19" .22 SVGA monitor(sony screen recomm.)
12X DVD-ROM Drive
8X CD-RW Drive
SoundBlaster Live value Sound Card
Altec Lansing ACS33 Subwoofer Sound Package
56K fax/modem
$1750:
Same as above with following changes:
16X DVD
12X8X40 CD-RW
NVIDIA GEFORCE-ULTRA 64MB VIDEO
$2000:
As above with following changes:
512 MB RAM
DUAL 40 GIG HD, 7200 RPM IN RAID ARRAY
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YOU CAN BUILD A REALLY NICE SYSTEM LIKE THIS ONE AND GET ALL THE FOLLOWING PERIPHERAL ITEMS TOO.
AMD ATHLON DURON 850MHz processor
EPOX 8KTA MB, W INT SOUND, USB, ETC.
256MB PC133 SDRAM
30 GIG 7200 RPM HD
TNT2 32MB VIDEO
MID-ATX TOWER
17" KDS XFLAT .22mm monitor
8X4X32 CD-R
56K MODEM
ALTEC LANSING ACS54 Subwoofer/speaker combo
Lexmark Z32 PRINTER
VIDEO CAM
FLATBED SCANNER(USB OR PAR)
Kodak DC3200 MEGAPIXEL Digital cam
nice mic
*********and still have a couple of bills left out of your 1500 for software!!!!******************************
I would recommend going with Windows 98SE over Millenium for now, as there are still a lot of bugs to work out.
I would make sure any choice I looked at didn't skimp on the warranty and that the Hard Drive was a major brand(personally, I prefer Western Digital). Please read the other articles in this section before a purchase, this is just a recommendation of what I would look for in a particular purchase as of June 6, 2001. Thanks for reading.
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Member: Richard Alcorn
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