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Revision as of 21:12, 14 February 2008

Contents

$750 AMD

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Athlon X2 5200+ 164
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard MSI K9N-Neo V3 89
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 48
Hard Drive 250GB Samsung Spinpoint P120 SP2504C 70
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 256MB ATI Radeon HD3850 200
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 - 706 + 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 E2200 99
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 110
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 48
Hard Drive 250GB Samsung Spinpoint P120 SP2504C 70
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 33
Graphics Card 256MB ATI Radeon HD3850 200
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 - 667 + Postage

$1000 AMD

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Phenom X4 9500 242
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 127
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 48
Hard Drive 320GB Samsung Spinpoint T HD321KJ 88
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 33
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 276
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 65
Power Supply SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W 108
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 991 + Postage

For $1000 this machine represents unbelievable value, with an 8800GT, a quad-core AMD Phenom CPU along with 2GB of RAM.

$1000 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 219
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 110
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 48
Hard Drive 320GB Samsung Spinpoint T HD321KJ 88
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 33
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 276
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 65
Power Supply SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W 108
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 947 + 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 242
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 127
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2 800 63
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 115
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 33
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 276
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 65
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 147
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro 35
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1103 + Postage

$1250 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 309
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 110
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2 800 63
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 115
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 33
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 276
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 65
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 147
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 39
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1157 + Postage

$1500 AMD

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Phenom X4 9700 363
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 127
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2 800 63
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 115
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 33
Graphics Card 1024MB ATI Radeon HD3870 X2 559
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 65
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 147
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro 35
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1511 + Postage

$1500 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 306
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 110
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2 800 63
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 115
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 33
Graphics Card 1024MB ATI Radeon HD3870 X2 559
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 65
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 147
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 39
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1440 + Postage

$1750 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 309
Silverstone Temjin TJ04
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 110
RAM 4GB Corsair TwinX DDR2 800 186
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 115
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 33
Graphics Card 1024MB ATI Radeon HD3870 X2 559
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Silverstone Temjin TJ04 122
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 147
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 39
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1630 + 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 E8500 (3.16GHz, 1333FSB, 2x3MB L2, 45nm) is similar money.

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