[geeks] suggestions for a PC game box

[Shawn Wallbridge]

Matty wrote:

>On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 16:19, Shawn Wallbridge wrote:
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>>William S. wrote:
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>>>I already have a PS2 and am quite happy with the
>>>device and the games it offers. I am now considering
>>>putting together a PC box that I can play 3D type
>>>games on since my Thinkpad 600e does not support
>>>3d graphics.
>>>
>>>Does anyone have an opinion of what would be
>>>a good choice of hardware:
>>>
>>>CPU
>>>graphics card
>>>motherboard
>>>sound board
>>>Case (power supply, tower? desktop (I love my old
>>>    Palo Alto desktop case that my old P166MMX
>>>    Micron came in. Too bad they were acquired
>>>    by Flextronics.)
>>>
>>>I don't want to get into an overkill situation
>>>where I will need to deal with overclocking
>>>nor excessive heat issues.
>>>
>>>How much should I expect to spend?
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>Personally, this is what I would get.
>>
>>Antec Plus1080B Mid tower Case
>>AthlonXP 2100+ Retail 
>>Soyo KT400 DragonUltra Socket A ATX Motherboard
>>PC2700 512MB DDR
>>WD 80GB 8MB Cache 7200 RPM Hard Drive
>>Black Panasonic Floppy
>>Liteon LTR48246W/B/BK
>>Gainward Ti4200 128MB w/TV-Out (golden Sample)
>>3Com 3CSM905CXTXM 10/100 Ethernet
>>Creative SBS270 Black
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>I am still a big fan of Intel CPUs, since you have more MB options. If
>you need a good hardware reseller, check out www.monarchcomputers.com.
>They are located in Atlanta, and have some awesome combos (AMD CPU + MB
>& Intel CPU + MB).
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I would disagree with the motherboard options part, but I am not going 
to get into it here. Bang for the buck, I think AMD is faster.

shawn