Gamer's delight

Recently, one of our members decided to climb onto the gaming bandwagon. While not particularly inclined to gaming with personal computers, I still appreciate the engineering challenge of configuring a respectable gaming platform. Challenges in designing a respectable gaming system significantly elevate the effort of configuring a capable platform.

There are gaming solutions available from well-known companies. Typically, entry-level gaming computers weigh in with hefty bottom line. It is not unusual for hard-core gamers to invest more than $10,000 in prestige systems; beginning gamers will spend $1000 or more. For convenience of shoppers, MyDLLURTH has a tabulated comparison of extreme and entry-level gaming platforms from Dell, Gateway and Hewlett-Packard. You'll want to stick around for the finale, so all links open in a new window; when you know URTH you stay.

Vendor Dell Gateway Hewlett-Packard
Entry level XPS 420 Gateway® FX540B Blackbird 002
Extreme XPS 730 H2C Gateway® FX540XT Blackbird 002 LCi
Gaming spectrum Dell Gaming Gateway® FX Series Blackbird 002 PC

The science of gaming system considers powerful central processing with plenty of memory. The happy gamer will have strong audio and video subsystem controllers with more than capable peripherals. Don't forget to include adequate data store and networking, but remember that all of the extra equipment requires extra power and cooling. Engineering a good gaming system is not trivial, but our research left nothing out.

Don't despair, we've done the research. Our foundation is priced competitively with entry-level gaming systems. There are options, but the standard configuration is very capable; you might invest your time by considering advantageous game controllers for your favorite games. The URTH_X1, although it is our basic gaming system, ranks with champions.

All of our systems build from one proven basis. We have selected the best of breed components for our basis by researching values of: Operating parameters, Reliability, Durability and Documentation. The result of our research is the following basis specification.

Component Manufacturer :: Part ID Highlights
Motherboard ASUS® :: P5K Deluxe/WIFI-AP
  • Intel LGA775 Platform
  • Intel® P35 chipset
  • Extensive Intel® processor support
  • Dual-channel DDR2 1066/800/667 MHz
  • Heat Pipe & Stack Cool 2
  • 6 on-board SATA ports
  • 2 eSATA ports
  • 2 Gigabit LAN ports
  • WiFi (AP or client mode)
Processor Intel® :: Q9550
  • Core 2 technology
  • Quad processor
  • 2.83 GHz
  • Over-clocking ready
RAM Kingston :: KHX8500D2K2/2GN 4GB DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
Hard Disk Western Digital :: WD3000GLFS
  • 5 year warrranty
  • SATA II
  • 10000 RPM
  • 300GB
  • 3GB/s
  • 16MB cache

We offer our system in three packages: economy, certified and turnkey.

The economy (eX+URTH)/0
Bundled for do-it-yourself enthusiasts, the X1-e has the same quality, high-performance parts used in our other two packages. We carefully pack all parts into one box and ship it for you to assemble and enjoy.
The certified (cX+URTH)/0
Bundled for budget gamers with software configuration skills, this unfinished bundle is assembled and tested with a multimedia-ready Ubuntu distribution of the popular GNU-Linux operating system. This package is ready to run, or it can be loaded with Windows Vista. All parts are registered for the buyer in our service database.
The turnkey (tX+URTH)/0
This package is perfect for gifts, gamers with minimum technical skills, and public gaming venues. (tX+URTH)/0 purchasers can get our professional on-site integration as an option. The turnkey package is fully configured to the user's specification for user and networking preferences with performance tuning to specified gameplay. All hardware and software components are registered for the buyer with the product warranty agent and in our service database. Software will, optionally, be activated.

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