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Revision as of 21:30, 19 December 2007

Contents

$750 AMD

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Athlon X2 5000+ 126
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard MSI K9N-Neo V3 89
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 50
Hard Drive 250GB Samsung Spinpoint P120 SP2504C 70
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 256MB ATI Radeon HD3850 210
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 w/430W PSU 101
Power Supply Included with case -
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 681 + 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 Pentium Dual Core E2180 105
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 110
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 54
Hard Drive 250GB Samsung Spinpoint P120 SP2504C 70
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 256MB ATI Radeon HD3850 229
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 w/430W PSU 99
Power Supply Included with case -
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 709 + Postage

$1000 AMD

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Athlon X2 6000+ 176
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard MSI K9N-Neo V3 89
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 54
Hard Drive 320GB Samsung Spinpoint T HD321KJ 88
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 329
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 67
Power Supply SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W 109
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 947 + 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 E4600 165
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 110
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 54
Hard Drive 320GB Samsung Spinpoint T HD321KJ 88
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 329
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 67
Power Supply SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W 109
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 957 + 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 Phenom X4 9500 299
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Asus M3A 125
RAM 2GB Corsair TwinX DDR2 800 85
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 118
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 329
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 67
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 149
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro 35
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1242 + Postage

$1250 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 219
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 110
RAM 2GB Corsair TwinX DDR2 800 85
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 118
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 329
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 67
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 149
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 39
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1151 + Postage

$1500 AMD

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Phenom X4 9600 339
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Asus M3A 125
RAM 2GB Corsair TwinX DDR2 800 85
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 118
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 512MB ATI Radeon HD3870 330
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 67
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 149
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro 35
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1283 + Postage

$1500 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 315
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 110
RAM 2GB Corsair TwinX DDR2 800 85
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 118
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 329
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 67
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 149
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 39
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1247 + Postage

$1750 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 315
Silverstone Temjin TJ04
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 110
RAM 2x 2GB Corsair TwinX DDR2 800 170
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 118
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 768MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTX 629
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Silverstone Temjin TJ04 123
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 149
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 39
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1698 + 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

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