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Here are some of the best PC hardware parts available, based on performance availability and cost, any PC with this hardware will be one to boast about!
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ATi's Radeon 9700Pro
The 9700Pro comes with a core clock of 325Mhz and a memory clock of 310Mhz, it is currrently the fastest Graphics card in the world and has the highest ever recorded 3DMark of 22103!!
You can see the benchmark results here |
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Soundcards
With Dolby Pro-Logic 5.1 surround sound being used in more and more games, a decent Soundcard that utilises it is a must, these vary from the Creative Audigy 1 or 2, Hercules Fortissmo 5.1, or the Santa Cruz Turtle Beach, any of these cards is a good option for surround sound gaming.
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System Memory
Todays operating system of choice is Windows XP, however to run XP successfully and stable requires a lot of RAM, I would recommend using a retail branded RAM such as Winbond, and as todays standard RAM type upgrades to PC2700(DDR333) availability has increased, you can get 512MB Winbond Pure RAM for around £100
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Monitors
Often an overlooked accesory is the monitor, yet its the part we use the most, a good monitor should be at least 17" support 1600x1200 Resolution and have a dot-pitch of anything under .27, and have a good set of options for user prefernces.
Iiyama make very affordable and exceptionally good monitors as do Sony or Phillips
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The MSI KT3 Ultra2
The MSI KT3 Ultra2, a highly dependable and stable motherboard, supporting the new 333 front side CPU range (XP2600+ and above) and running asynchronous with DDR333 RAM, makes this board very popular, it also has a very user friendly BIOS, with safety settings and very powerful tweaking settings makes this a must have for any high end system! |
The AMD XP CPU Range
The AMD XP CPU's range from the 1500+ Palomino core to the AMD XP2800+Thoroughbred/Barton core, and range in price from an extremely affordable £40(1500+) to a little bit expensive £248(2800+)
They perform as well as their P4 counterparts and often better, in everyday use their speed is comparative to Intels by one and a quarter, so if you own an 1800+, that is comparitive to a P42.2Ghz, and so on
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