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Building a PC Equal to XBox for the Same Price or Less?

Posted by Cliff on from the a-challenge-to-the-readership dept.

Lonnold asks: "Every time the topic of Linux on the XBox and/or XBox modding comes up, some one always responds, 'I can build a better PC from scratch, why waste time modding a game console?' So that's my challenge, can anyone demonstrate that it is cheaper to build a PC comparable to the XBox specs?"

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  1. Lets see here by Glonoinha · · Score: 4, Informative

    CPU : PIII 733MHz w/ 128k cache
    RAM : 64M
    Video card : GeForce 3ti or maybe even a low end GF4.
    Sound card : Regular ol' sound card.
    Media : CD/DVD reader.
    Hard drive : 8G

    $220 without a floppy drive, keyboard, or OS? I think we can probably do that pretty easy, or should I say yes, very easy. Probably do twice as much performance (Celeron 1.4GHz or even higher cpu, twice as much memory, hard drive space) for $250.

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    Glonoinha the MebiByte Slayer