The FragBox, by Falcon Northwest
Sys compare [ April 2004 ]
| FragBox Pro | My Old Sys | Alienware (Area-51 "performance" low-end) |
What I bought instead: Dell Dimension XPS |
Falcon Northwest Mach V | Dell Dimension 4600 Series |
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$1700 |
$2,430 |
$1,750 (+$105 ship, +$155 tax) Total: $2,028; |
$2,665 (+shipping) |
$1,517
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| Note that the $1750 price includes 2GB of memory and a 17" flat-panel display | you can get a refurbished 2.8GHz model with 512 MB memory for about $750 upgrade video card from FX 5200 to 9800 Pro: add $200 upgrade to 1 Gb memory: add $110 (total $1,160) upgrade processor to 3.2: $280 (total $1,440) |
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| Intel®Pentium®4 2.80GHz 800MHz Front Side Bus Processor with Hyper-Threading (HT) Technology |
1.80GHz P4 | 3.0 GHz P4 | 3.2 GHz P4 | 3.2 GHz P4 | Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology 3GHz w/800MHz FSB |
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Intel® i865G Chipset
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Intel® i850 Chipset (400MHz system bus; Dual RDRAM capability) |
Intel® 875P / ICH5R (800Mhz system bus; PC-3200 DDR SDRAM; 4GB; 8x AGP; ATA-100; Serial ATA-150 Support) |
Intel® 875P |
Intel® i865G Chipset 800 Mhz system bus; Dual-Channel DDR SDRAM 400; 8x AGP |
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| ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe - Intel 875P Motherboard | ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe - Intel 875P Motherboard | ||||
| 120GB Hard Drive, 7200 RPM, 8MB Cache |
120GB Seagate Barracuda® 7200.7 Serial ATA (SATA), 7200 RPM 8MB Cache |
120GB Serial ATA (SATA), 7200 RPM |
120GB Seagate ST3120026AS 7200RPM SATA |
120GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) | |
| 1024MB DDR Memory - 400MHz (PC-3200 = DDR-400) |
1024MB DDR SDRAM Memory - (PC-3200 = DDR-400) |
2GB DDR SDRAM Memory - (PC-3200 = DDR-400) |
1024MB DDR SDRAM Memory - (PC-3200 = DDR-400) |
1GB Dual Channel DDR SDRAM at 400MHz (2x512M) PC3200 (PC-3200 = DDR-400) |
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| BFG Asylum nVidia GeForceFX 5950 Ultra 256MB Graphics Card |
Alienware Extreme Edition GeForce™ FX 5950 Ultra 256MB 8x AGP w/DVI & S-Video |
128MB DDR ATI RADEON 9800 PRO Graphics Card with TV-Out and DVI | GeForce™ FX 5950 Ultra | 128MB DDR ATI RADEON 9800 PRO Graphics Card with TV-Out and DVI | |
| DVD+/-RW Black (also supports DVD-Rom, CD-RW media) |
Plextor PX-708A 8x DVD±R/W Drive - Black | 16X DVD-Rom Drive | DVD+/-RW, TDK | ||
| Digital & Analog 6-Channel Sound | |||||
| 1.44MB Black Floppy Drive Intel USB 2.0 controller 4 Ports 1394a Firewire controller w/ 3 Ports 10/100 Network Interface Port Microsoft Windows XP Home PowerDVD DVD playback software Emergency System Recovery DVD |
Creative Labs Audigy II ZS Platinum Pro [+238] |
Creative Labs Audigy II ZS Platinum Pro |
+238 | ||
| Features: Clear Side Panels with laser cut active cooling Upfront Firewire (1394) port 2 Upfront USB ports Upfront speaker connections Upfront microphone connection Blue interior lighting 1 Available PCI expansion slot Digital audio (optical) in & outs Only 9.5"(H) x 8.3"(W) x 12"(D) Weighs only 14 pounds! PRICE: $1695 |
Build your own frag box:
| FragBox Pro | ||
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$1700 |
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| AMS e-cube EG65DBK P4 Barebone System (Black) Retail AMS e-cube EG65BK P4 Barebone System (Black) Retail AMS gBox P4 Aluminum Barebone System (Black) Retail (4XAGP) |
$270 $250 $200 |
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| Intel®Pentium®4 2.80GHz 800MHz Front Side Bus Processor with Hyper-Threading (HT) Technology |
3.2 GHz P4 2.8 GHz P4 |
$285 $180 |
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Intel® i865G Chipset
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| 120GB Hard Drive, 7200 RPM, 8MB Cache |
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| 1024MB DDR Memory - 400MHz |
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| BFG Asylum nVidia GeForceFX 5950 Ultra 256MB Graphics Card |
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| DVD+/-RW Black (also supports DVD-Rom, CD-RW media) |
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| Digital & Analog 6-Channel Sound | ||
| 1.44MB Black Floppy Drive Intel USB 2.0 controller 4 Ports 1394a Firewire controller w/ 3 Ports 10/100 Network Interface Port Microsoft Windows XP Home PowerDVD DVD playback software Emergency System Recovery DVD |
Retail USB 2.0 Firewire 1394A Intel 865 Chipset Hyper-Threading Support 800MHz FSB Dual Channel DDR400 Integrated 3D/2D Graphics AGP 8X Slot/Ready Realtek 10/100Base-T Ethernet Realtek AlC650 6-Channel Audio (S/PDIF In/Out) Serial ATA and Parallel ATA/100 XBlade Cooling Technology |
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| Features: Clear Side Panels with laser cut active cooling Upfront Firewire (1394) port 2 Upfront USB ports Upfront speaker connections Upfront microphone connection Blue interior lighting 1 Available PCI expansion slot Digital audio (optical) in & outs Only 9.5"(H) x 8.3"(W) x 12"(D) Weighs only 14 pounds! PRICE: $1695 |
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