Need some quotes and suggestions on THE best gaming setups....

[nV2a]

One for $800, and one for $1100.00 BOTH including monitors.


The absolute BEST and fastest for gaming and everything.

 

[fkloster]

That's a tall order for $800 bones. One thing for sure, go AMD...you will get better bang for the buck...

 

[nV2a]

Can anyone break down part by part with a price next to it showing specifically what I would be getting?



TIA

nV2a 🙂

 

[Noriaki]

August 2001 Value PC Buyers Guide Summary


Hmmm $960 for the gaming rig there...
You can probably get a 17" monitor instead of the 19"...Maybe a smaller hard drive...or dump the speakers, and get cheap job $20...
Maybe an ECS Sis735 (7K5SA I think) for the motherboard, that's only like $65...that would save you a few bucks. Seems to be a good solid mobo, but no overclocking features whatsoever...which could kinda suck, cuz overclocking a low speed Duron is the best way to get some extra power for you $$$...


For the $1100 one I'd start with the same value gaming rig, up the CPU a bit, and get a GF2Pro or so.
Maybe a slightly better monitor like a Samsung 900NF.

 

[nV2a]

Thanks Noriaki 😎

 

[splice]

Since you'll want to include a <good> monitor I would go for something like this

~$800
ECS Socket A K7S5A SiS 735 $ 65
AMD Thunderbird 1GHz 266FSB $ 73
GLOBALWIN WBK38 HSF $ 20
256MB Crucial PC2100 ~$ 40
ATI Radeon 32MB DDR LE $ 70
Hercules Fortissimo II $ 41
AOPEN 12X DVD ROM $ 41
MITSUMI Floppy Drive $ 9
INWIN Mid-Tower IW-S500 $ 55
Western Digital 30GB 7200 $ 91
Hitachi CM751 19&quot; $246
2x Sunon 80mm case fans $ 10
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Total $761 + Shipping

~$1100
ECS Socket A K7S5A SiS 735 $ 65
AMD T-Bird 1.4GHz266FSB $115
GLOBALWIN WBK38 HSF $ 20
2x 256MB Crucial PC2100 ~$ 80
Leadtek Geforce2 Ultra 64MB $229
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz $ 70
AOPEN 12X DVD ROM $ 41
MITSUMI Floppy Drive $ 9
INWIN Mid-Tower IW-S500 $ 55
Western Digital 30GB 7200 $ 91
Viewsonic E790 19&quot; $300
2x Sunon 80mm case fans $ 10
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Total $1085 + Shipping