Weekly Buyer's Guide: Mid-Range System - June 2004
by Evan Lieb on June 18, 2004 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Keyboard and Mouse
While trivial, it's still important that you purchase the right keyboard and mouse. Different people have different preferences for a keyboard's look and feel, and the same goes for a mouse. Therefore, we suggest that you personally try out a keyboard and mouse. Recommending that you purchase these items online is misleading, as there are too many users with different preferences for this type of thing. Visit your nearest PC outlet to try out a keyboard and mouse yourself; a PC Club, Best Buy, CompUSA, or Circuit City store will do. We suggest that you start with Microsoft and Logitech keyboards and mice. Make sure you also check out optical mice from Microsoft and Logitech as well. A good solid optical mouse from either manufacturer should run about $20, but in some cases, can run as little as $10 if you can find the right deal.If you cannot find the lowest prices on the products that we've recommended on this page, it's because we don't list some of them in our RealTime pricing engine. Until we do, we suggest that you do an independent search online at the various vendors' web sites. Just pick and choose where you want to buy your products by looking for a vendor located under the "Vendor" heading.
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gherald - Friday, June 18, 2004 - link
Hmm, in the article you say:"Recommendation: Western Digital 800JB"
but then in the summary:
"Hard Drive Western Digital 800BB (80GB) $67"
I assume you meant to put the JB model in the summary...
Well I think a SATA drive would be a worthwhile upgrade. I don't understand the use of 2x256mb DIMMs on a single-channel platform... 1x512mb would make much more sense. And the case selection could use some work as per usual but otherwise this system looks perfect.
Good job Mr. Lieb.
Nighteye2 - Friday, June 18, 2004 - link
Why is there no mention of the possibility of using SATA RAID if you have a little extra money to spend on an extra HD? It would be a great recommendation for the load-time-conscious gamer.As to suggestions for future guides: how about guides for a Gamer System and an Office System, without specific budgets, aimed at getting a system that will 3 years after buying it still suffice for it's purpose at a good price\performance ratio?
mino - Friday, June 18, 2004 - link
ehm, sory for some spelling mistakes, I wrote it in hurry. ;)mino - Friday, June 18, 2004 - link
Why the Hell have chosen 2*256MB memory instead of 1*512 when U are recommending Single channel CPU ???With 2 modules installed it it will be problematic to upgrade memmory in the future and 2 module provide no advantage here.
Also for Storage I will go for at least 120G SATA drive, since price difference is negligible, but value much bigger. Also WD drives are the ones that nave BANN at me since it is not acceptable to end day with headache from their famous whine anymore.
Last poit is that I see no reason to go for 3.0C, 2.8C will suffice and provide better OC if requested