I'm sure this will get updated when the staff get a chance. With the site updates, forums changes and server move there has been a lot going on behind the scenes.
My personal choices for a AMD system would be:
- Cooler Master ATC-710-GX2 $108 (personal preference)
- AMD XP Barton 3000+ $600
- Thermalright SLK-800 $38
- ThermalTake SmartFan II $17
- Abit NF7-S nForce2 $120
- ATI Radeon 9700Pro AIW $420
- 2x512mb Corsair XMS Cas2 PC3500 2x$177
- 2x 120GB MaxtorATA133 8mb cache (DiamondMax Plus 9) 2x$139
- Pioneer DVR-104 DVD-R/RW Drive (BLACK) $203
- Enermax EG651P-VE 550W PSU $156
- Logitech MX700 Cordless optical mouse $62
- Logitech BLACK Elite Keyboard $36
- Samsung 191T Silver 19" TFT $812 (Response times are starting to make these a viable alternative to CRTs)
TOTAL: $3202 (~£2000)
Personal choice of an Intel system would be:
- Cooler Master ATC-710-GX2 $108 (personal preference)
- Intel P4 3.06Ghz $583
- Thermalright SLK-800 $38 (or SLK-900 $46 as mounting holes are available)
- ThermalTake SmartFan II $17
- Gigabyte GA-8INXP $255
- ATI Radeon 9700Pro AIW $420
- 2x512mb Corsair XMS Cas2 PC3500 2x$177
- 2x 120GB MaxtorATA133 8mb cache (DiamondMax Plus 9) 2x$139
- Pioneer DVR-104 DVD-R/RW Drive (BLACK) $203
- Enermax EG651P-VE 550W PSU $156
- Logitech MX700 Cordless optical mouse $62
- Logitech BLACK Elite Keyboard $36
- Samsung 191T Silver 19" TFT $812 (Response times are starting to make these a viable alternative to CRTs)
TOTAL: $3322 (~£2080)
Of course this is a dream machine where money is no object really
[size=1]All prices taken from
www.pricewatch.com or
www.newegg.com since I am not familiar with US prices[/size]
02-25-2003
