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Gaming Machine OC Variant

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| [http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointPSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointPSeries_SP2504C.asp 250GB Samsung SP2504C] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=250GB+SATA 82]
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| [http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointPSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointPSeries_SP2504C.asp 250GB Samsung SP2504C] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=250GB+SATA 78]
 
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Revision as of 20:50, 6 June 2007

Contents

$750 AM2

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 95
Powerhouse E-18
Motherboard abit KN9 106
RAM 2GB Ram Bo DDR2 800 90
Hard Drive 250GB Samsung SP2504C 78
Optical Drive 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 46
Graphics Card 256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GT 154
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Powerhouse E-18 27
Power Supply 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power 49
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro 35
Additional - -
Total Cost - 680 + 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 an 8600GT (capable of pulling reasonable frames for most of today's games I believe). Being an OC variant, the choice of Mainboard and 65nm CPU should be very overclocking friendly for the price.

$1000 AM2

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 165
iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS
Motherboard abit KN9 106
RAM 2GB Ram Bo DDR2 800 90
Hard Drive 250GB Samsung SP2504C 78
Optical Drive 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 46
Graphics Card 256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GTS 244
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS 70
Power Supply SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W 114
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro 35
Additional - -
Total Cost - 950 + Postage

$1000 Core 2 Duo

Part Model Price Case
CPU Core 2 Duo E4400 182
iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS
Motherboard Gigabyte 965P-S3 115
RAM 2GB Ram Bo DDR2 800 90
Hard Drive 250GB Samsung SP2504C 78
Optical Drive 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 46
Graphics Card 256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GTS 244
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS 70
Power Supply 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power 49
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 39
Additional - -
Total Cost - 915 + Postage

At a touch under $1000 the Core 2 Duo system is quite impressive. The RAM, CPU and Board will allow for some nice overclocking, whilst the 8600GTS is a decent card. For $1000, this system would be very quick and well suited for games.

$1250 AM2

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 165
iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS
Motherboard abit KN9 106
RAM 2GB A-DATA DDR2 800 159
Hard Drive 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 3200AAKS 99
Optical Drive 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 46
Graphics Card 320MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTS 379
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS 70
Power Supply SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W 114
Cooling Thermaltake BigTyp 120 62
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1200 + Postage

$1250 Core 2 Duo

Part Model Price Case
CPU Core 2 Duo E6420 253
iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS
Motherboard Gigabyte 965P-DS3 V3.3 136
RAM 2GB A-DATA DDR2 800 159
Hard Drive 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 3200AAKS 99
Optical Drive 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 46
Graphics Card 256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GTS 241
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS 70
Power Supply SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W 114
Cooling Thermaltake BigTyp 120 62
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1180 + Postage

$1500 Core 2 Duo

Part Model Price Case
CPU Core 2 Duo E6420 253
iCute S901-5G1-BB/WW/SS
Motherboard Gigabyte 965P-DS3 V3.3 136
RAM 2GB G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-HK 189
Hard Drive 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 3200AAKS 99
Optical Drive 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 46
Graphics Card 320MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTS 379
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case iCute S901-5GA-BB/WW/SS 85
Power Supply SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W 114
Cooling Thermaltake BigTyp 120 62
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1363 + Postage

Sub $1500 Core 2 system with 8800GTS in the house!

$1750 Core 2 Duo

Part Model Price Case
CPU Core 2 Duo E6600 290
iCute S901-5G1-BB/WW/SS
Motherboard Gigabyte 965P-DS3 V3.3 136
RAM 2GB G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-HK 189
Hard Drive 2x 250GB Samsung SP2504C 164
Optical Drive 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 46
Graphics Card 640MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTS 517
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case iCute S901-5GA-BB/WW/SS 85
Power Supply Antec TruePower Trio TP3 550 550W 145
Cooling Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme 95
Additional Scythe S-FLEX SFF21E 30
Total Cost - 1697 + Postage

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