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The Search for The Ideal PC:
By Vajra Chandrasekera and Kanishka Wanasundera February 10th, 1999 |
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Every day, we receive scores of email asking us
for advice on what PC components to buy.
This brought to our attention the fact that many
end users deeply concerned with the innards of their machines are deprived
of accurate information. All too often, people are forced to muddle through
on the basis of information provided in hyped-up advertising campaigns.
Oh, the information is out there, but so is a lot of misinformation. They
don’t call it the Net of a Thousand Lies for nothing…
However, this is the 90s. Nothing is simple and
clear-cut nowadays. Our search for the ideal PC led us to determine that
there were actually two possibilities: one system for the average user
and the other, specifically emphasizing performance, for the demanding
user. The vital criterion shared by both systems is price: we’ve endeavored
to keep the cost of both systems to a minimum while still maintaining quality.
The average system can be built for an approximate $1900, while the high-end
system will cost an estimated $2500. The latter is aimed specifically at
the more demanding users, which includes the more powerhungry gamers as
well as professionals looking for cheap processing power. As for the former
system, don’t be discouraged by us calling it an “average” system- it is
perfectly capable of anything you might demand from it and is ideal for
anything from gaming to
surfing the web.
In this article, we’ll tell you the how, where
and what to buy for both these ideal systems in this best
of all possible worlds. Read on, and enjoy.
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