Summary

High-end Gaming

Component
Price
CPU
Pentium 4 2.4B GHz
$340
Motherboard
Gigabyte 8IEXP
$130
Memory
512MB Mushkin Basic PC2100 DDR SDRAM
$109
Video Card
Gainward GeForce4 Ultra/750XP NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
$340
Monitor
Sony StylePro CPD-E540
$550
Case
Antec Performance Plus PLUS1080
$145
Sound Card
Integrated Creative CT5880E
$0
Speakers
Logitech Z-560
$140
Ethernet
Integrated Intel Pro/100 VE
$0
Hard Drive
Maxtor DiamondMax D740X 6L080J4 80GB
$110
Hard Drive Controller
None
$0
CD-ROM
None
$0
DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
Plextor PX-320A/SW 12x20x10x40
$170
Bottom line
$2034

A high-end gaming system that has the potential to perform at close to the maximum possible speeds of today's hardware for slightly over $2000. Not a bad deal at all considering that last year's high-end gaming system set one back almost $600 more ($591 more, to be exact). There is little question that the system as speced out above will be fast in 3D games. The only other advice we leave you with is that perhaps waiting a two or three weeks until a ATI Radeon 9700 card can find its way into your high-end gaming system may be worth it.

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  • SilasDG - Saturday, July 10, 2021 - link

    This article has been of immense help while building my new gaming PC. I am having trouble sourcing the components though. They must be in high demand.

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