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Top 20 Power Desktops

500-MHz Pentium III systems claim four of five Best Buy spots. But top dog in the pack is a Dell PII-450, a blue-ribbon system backed by superb support and reliability.

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As more Pentium III-500 systems give Pentium II-450s a run for their money, this month's chart splits evenly between the two processor types. Four of the five Best Buys run the faster CPU, and six of the eight new PIII-500 systems we evaluated this month make the chart--including the number five Best Buy, the CyberMax Enthusiast 500, priced at just $2399. But our top Best Buy, Dell's OptiPlex GX1p 450, is a fast PII-450­based corporate desktop that also sells for $2399 and is backed by Dell's terrific system reliability. On average, PII-450s run only 7 percent slower than their PIII-500 counterparts, yet they sell for at least $400 less. Still, for pure power, nothing can touch the PIII-500s.

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