Gaming Machine

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Contents 1 $750 AMD 2 $750 Intel 3 $1000 AMD 4 $1000 Intel 5 $1250 AMD 6 $1250 Intel 7 $1500 Intel 8 $1750 Intel

$750 AMD

Part	Model	Price	Case
CPU	AMD Athlon X2 5200+	144
Motherboard	MSI K9N-Neo V3	98
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	65
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung Spinpoint P120 SP2504C	70
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	35
Graphics Card	256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS	187
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 w/430W PSU	100
Power Supply	Included with case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	699 + Postage

This system, despite its low price is a viable ticket to entry level gaming. It features a reasonable sized hard drive (250GB) sufficient for most users, and a decent video card, which will be plenty quick enough for most games.

$750 Intel

Part	Model	Price	Case
CPU	Intel Core 2 Duo E4500	145
Motherboard	Gigabyte P31-S3L	99
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	65
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung Spinpoint P120 SP2504C	70
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	35
Graphics Card	256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS	187
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 w/430W PSU	100
Power Supply	Included with case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	696 + Postage

$1000 AMD

Part	Model	Price	Case
CPU	AMD Athlon X2 6000+	179
Motherboard	MSI K9N-Neo V3	98
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	65
Hard Drive	320GB Samsung Spinpoint T HD321KJ	88
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	35
Graphics Card	512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT	314
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05	67
Power Supply	SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W	111
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	957 + Postage

For $1000 this machine represents unbelievable value, with an 8800GT, a quick AMD 6000+ CPU along with 2GB of RAM.

$1000 Intel

Part	Model	Price	Case
CPU	Intel Core 2 Duo E4500	145
Motherboard	Gigabyte P35-DS3L	123
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	65
Hard Drive	320GB Samsung Spinpoint T HD321KJ	88
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	35
Graphics Card	512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT	314
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05	67
Power Supply	SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W	111
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	948 + Postage

At a touch under $1000 the Intel Core 2 Duo system is quite impressive. For $1000, this system would be very quick and well suited for demanding office applications and some decent gaming.

$1250 AMD

Part	Model	Price	Case
CPU	AMD Athlon X2 6400+	259
Motherboard	MSI K9N-Neo V3	98
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	65
Hard Drive	500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ	129
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	35
Graphics Card	512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT	314
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05	67
Power Supply	620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX	164
Cooling	Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro	35
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	1166 + Postage

$1250 Intel

Part	Model	Price	Case
CPU	Intel Core 2 Duo E6750	219
Motherboard	Gigabyte P35-DS3L	123
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	65
Hard Drive	500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ	129
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	35
Graphics Card	512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT	314
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05	67
Power Supply	620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX	164
Cooling	Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro	39
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	1175 + Postage

$1500 Intel

Part	Model	Price	Case
CPU	Intel Core 2 Duo E6750	219
Motherboard	Gigabyte P35-DS3L	123
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	65
Hard Drive	500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ	129
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	35
Graphics Card	768MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTX	640
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05	67
Power Supply	620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX	164
Cooling	Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro	39
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	1481 + Postage

This does go slightly over budget, but it gives you an excellent video card. If price is an issue, maybe drop down to an E6550 or a Radeon HD2900XT/GeForce 8800GTS instead.

$1750 Intel

Part	Model	Price	Case
CPU	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600	318
Motherboard	Gigabyte P35-DS3L	123
RAM	2x 2GB Corsair TwinX DDR2 800	212
Hard Drive	500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ	129
Optical Drive	LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW	35
Graphics Card	768MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTX	640
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05	67
Power Supply	620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX	164
Cooling	Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro	39
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	1737 + Postage

Probably as far as the average user needs to go to have a very decent gaming experience - top of the range graphics card with a decent CPU. If dualcore is more your thing, an E6850 is similar money.

After this point, the higher end systems are found in the Dream Machine section