A solid 300-watts of SmartPower with ample fans for proper cooling, enclosed in an

attractive Antec SLK2600AMB case with (4) 5-1/4" and (4) 3-1/2" bays.  Next up, the Athlon XP 2400+/266MHz front-side bus processor, coupled with 256MB of fast PC3200 DDR400 memory. All this power makes it's home in a top-quality Abit NF7-S 2.0 motherboard, featuring dual-channel DDR for unprecedented AMD performance, SATA RAID support, 8x AGP, 6 USB 2.0 ports, 5 PCI slots, and 400MHz front-side bus support.  With the ability to take Gigahertz-class AMD processors and 2GB of RAM, you've got a solid foundation.

    Start with a quality Western Digital 40GB 'Special Edition' hard drive, spinning at 7200rpm with a huge 8MB buffer, and you've got some seriously screaming disc access.  A floppy drive, and Samsung's excellent 52x24x52+16x Combo drive round out your drive cage with style.

The nVidia GeForce4 MX 440 8x is a great all-around video card...excellent 2D quality and a capable gamer without breaking the bank.  A great choice for the casual gamer.  The SoundBlaster Audigy is truly a wonder.  It's features include powerful 5.1 positioning for all your multimedia, DVD, and 3D audio needs, stunning 24-bit/96khz digital-to-analog converters with a 100db signal-to-noise ratio for truly high-definition audio, and 1394/Firewire/DV connectivity for your DV video and firewire peripherals.  Included is a 10/100 NIC card to take advantage of your network or Cable/DSL modems (if a 56k v.90 modem is required, we'll swap it for free).

Why come this far and cheap out on the basics?  The Microsoft Internet Keyboard is very tough with a great feel, and sports 10 programmable hot-keys to make your browsing simple.  The Intellimouse is a bullet...anyone who's used a scroll wheel can't live without it.  To top that off, you've got a Ratpad Precision Mousing Surface...there's no better place for your mouse to be.  Finally, you've got a sweet Logitech Z-540 5-piece set...a subwoofer and 4 satellites to take advantage of the 4-post Positional Surround Environment that this system was built for.

Windows XP Home Edition is installed, and you'll receive the Full Version Disc and License (plus all the original drivers).  What's really cool is the Drive Recovery System.  If you ever just ruin your operating system (and who hasn't), just follow the simple instructions in the User's Manual, and your system will be restored to it's original pristine state.  And that's the beauty of it...we really torture these systems for you.  That's what we love to do.  We track down every little tweak, all the latest drivers, all those little shareware programs, flash the BIOS...then we grind the machine with a battery of games and creation programs 'till we say it's ready for prime time.  Only then is it ready for you.

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