July 31, 2005

$800 Game PC Buyer's Guide

Extremetech - With this system, we're quite happy with the performance we were able to achieve at such a low price point. The system's performance is only half the story, though. The real value of this system is actually that it's ready for the future. The modern motherboard will be good for another couple years of CPU upgrades, including dual-core Athlon 64 X2 CPUs. By making the leap to PCI Express, we're set for video card upgrades for the foreseeable future.