System Builder Marathon: Price/Performance. system builder marathon. We've built and tested our low-, mid- and higher-cost systems at standard and overclocked speeds. Now we're ready to compare their performance, price, and value.. Here's a list of the System...

System Builder Marathon: Price/Performance. system builder marathon. Wrapping up our system builder marathon, let’s analyze the price vs. performance of our sub-$1,000, sub-$2,000, and sub-$4,000 PCs.. As we wrap up another system builder marathon, we realize...

SATA 7200 RPM One thing you'll notice is that in each system builder marathon, the storage capacity of the low-cost machine always skyrockets since the last marathon. In the previous low-cost PC we used a 320 GB drive; now 500 GB Caviar drives can be had for...

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on performance and value and compare to last month's machines.. System Builder Marathon, November 2008: The Articles Here are links to each of the three articles in this month’s System Builder Marathon (we’ll update them as each story is published)....

System Builder Marathon: Day 4. system builder marathon. We've built and tested them, now let's compare the results from the low-, mid- and high-cost PCs. How closely are price and performance related? And, we introduce a powerful Budget Gamer's System.. The...

System Builder Marathon: Mid-Cost System. system builder marathon. We double the budget of yesterday's low-cost PC and build the best possible unit we can for under $2000.. System Builder Marathon, March 2008: The Articles Here's a list of the System Builder...

System Builder Marathon: High-Cost System. system builder marathon. In addition to an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 CPU, Asus Striker II Formula motherboard, and dual Gigabyte GeForce 8800GTX graphics cards, our high-cost system features a Swiftech H20-120 Compact...

System Builder Marathon: Sub-$4000 PC. computer price performance. Today, day one of our SBM, our highest-priced system sets the performance standard against which the less expensive configurations will be compared.. This System Builder Marathon marks the...