Buyer's Guide: High-End Systems - June 2000
by Mike Andrawes on June 13, 2000 3:34 AM EST- Posted in
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Summary
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|
Dream
System
|
| CPU |
Dual
Intel Pentium III 866 - $650 x 2
|
| Motherboard |
Intel
OR840 - $400
|
| Memory |
512MB
RDRAM - $2200
|
| Video Card |
Hercules 3D Prophet II GTS 64MB - $425
|
| Monitor |
Sony
F500R 21" - $2000
|
| Case |
Addtronics
W8500-400A - $400
|
| Sound Card |
Sound
Blaster Live! Platinum - $200
|
| Speakers |
VideoLogic
Sirocco CrossFire - $400
|
| Ethernet |
Integrated
i82559 - $0
|
| Hard Drive |
3
x Seagate Cheetah 73 - $1400 x 3
|
| Hard Drive Controller |
DPT
SmartRAID IV Century PM2865U3 - $900
|
| CD-ROM |
Pioneer
DVD-303S - $140
|
| CD-RW |
Plextor
Plexwriter 12/4/32 - $350
|
| Bottom line |
$12,915
|
|
|
High-End
SOHO
|
| CPU |
AMD
Athlon 700 - $200
|
| Motherboard |
ASUS
K7V - $160
|
| Memory |
2
x 128MB Corsair/Mushkin PC133 SDRAM - $150 x 2
|
| Video Card |
Matrox
G400 32MB Dual Head - $120
|
| Monitor |
iiYama
VisionMaster PRO 450 - $650
|
| Case |
Supermicro
SC750-A Full Tower ATX - $150
Fong Kai FK-320ATX Mid Tower ATX - $120 |
| Sound Card |
Sound
Blaster Live! Value OEM - $50
|
| Speakers |
Cambridge
SoundWorks Digital - $100
|
| Ethernet |
Linksys
EtherFast 10/100 - $20
|
| Hard Drive |
2
x Quantum Fireball Plus LM 20GB - $150 x 2
|
| Hard Drive Controller |
Promise
FastTrak66 - $100
|
| CD-ROM |
Pioneer
DVD-115 16X DVD - $160
|
| CD-RW |
Plextor
Plexwriter 8/4/32 - $200
|
| Bottom line |
$2210
|
|
|
High-End
Gaming
|
| CPU |
Intel
Pentium III 866 - $650
|
| Motherboard |
ASUS
P3V4X- $120
|
| Memory |
2
x 128 MB Corsair/Mushkin PC133 SDRAM - $150 x 2
|
| Video Card |
Creative
Labs 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 - $300
|
| Monitor |
iiYama
VisionMaster PRO 450 - $650
|
| Case |
Supermicro
SC750-A Full Tower ATX - $150
Fong Kai FK-320ATX Mid Tower ATX - $120 |
| Sound Card |
Sound
Blaster Live! X-Gamer - $100
|
| Speakers |
Cambridge
SoundWorks Desktop Theater DTT2500 - $200
|
| Ethernet |
Linksys
EtherFast 10/100 - $20
|
| Hard Drive |
Maxtor
Diamond Max 40 Plus 20GB - $275
|
| Hard Drive Controller |
Promise
FastTrak66 - $100
|
| CD-ROM |
Pioneer
DVD-115 16X DVD - $160
|
| CD-RW |
Plextor
Plexwriter 8/4/32 - $200
|
| Bottom line |
$2925
|
|
|
High-End
Professional
|
| CPU |
AMD
Athlon 900 - $650
|
| Motherboard |
ASUS
K7V - $160
|
| Memory |
2
x 256MB Corsair/Mushkin PC133 SDRAM - $350 x 2
|
| Video Card |
ELSA
GLoria II (NVIDIA Quadro) - $650
|
| Monitor |
iiYama
VisionMaster PRO 510 - $1000
|
| Case |
Supermicro
SC750-A Full Tower ATX - $150
Fong Kai FK-320ATX Mid Tower ATX - $120 |
| Sound Card |
Sound
Blaster Live! Value OEM - $50
|
| Speakers |
Cambridge SoundWorks Digital - $100
|
| Ethernet |
Linksys
EtherFast 10/100 - $20
|
| Hard Drive |
2
x Quantum Fireball Plus LM 20GB - $150 x 2
|
| Hard Drive Controller |
Promise
FastTrak66 - $100
|
| CD-ROM |
Pioneer
DVD-115 16X DVD - $160
|
| CD-RW |
Plextor
Plexwriter 8/4/32 - $200
|
| Bottom line |
$3590
|
Final Words
And that concludes our recommendations for high-end systems in the fourth edition of the AnandTech Buyer's Guide.
As always, we’re open to any suggestions you may have. Remember that these are merely recommendations for a few system configurations. We know a lot of you won’t agree with the exact components chosen here, and we expect that, so plan on tweaking things a bit to get the perfect system for your needs. When sending in suggestions, remember that all the components must be readily available in the market today in order to be considered for the Buyer’s Guide.
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