Gaming Machine OC Variant
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$750 AMD
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | AMD Athlon X2 6000+ | 121 | |
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 | 105 | |
RAM | 2GB PNY DDR2 800 | 60 | |
Hard Drive | 250GB Samsung Spinpoint P120 SP2504C | 75 | |
Optical Drive | 18x Pioneer 212D | 35 | |
Graphics Card | 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS | 160 | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | Cooler Master Elite RC-331 | 44 | |
Power Supply | 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power | 50 | |
Cooling | CoolerMaster Hyper 212 | 50 | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 689 + 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 should be very overclocking friendly for the price.
$750 Intel
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180 | 105 | |
Motherboard | abit IP35-E | 122 | |
RAM | 2GB PNY DDR2 800 | 60 | |
Hard Drive | 250GB Samsung Spinpoint P120 SP2504C | 75 | |
Optical Drive | 18x Pioneer 212D | 35 | |
Graphics Card | 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS | 160 | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | Cooler Master Elite RC-331 | 44 | |
Power Supply | 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power | 50 | |
Cooling | CoolerMaster Hyper 212 | 50 | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 701 + Postage |
$1000 AMD
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | AMD Athlon X2 6400+ | 164 | |
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 | 105 | |
RAM | 2GB Transcend aXeRam DDR2 800 | 104 | |
Hard Drive | 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS | 89 | |
Optical Drive | 18x Pioneer 212D | 35 | |
Graphics Card | 256MB ATI Radeon HD 3850 | 210 | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS | 70 | |
Power Supply | 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power | 50 | |
Cooling | Thermaltake BigTyp 120 | 60 | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 913 + Postage |
$1000 Intel
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 | 143 | |
Motherboard | ASUS P5K | 143 | |
RAM | 2GB Transcend aXeRam DDR2 800 | 104 | |
Hard Drive | 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS | 89 | |
Optical Drive | 18x Pioneer 212D | 35 | |
Graphics Card | 256MB ATI Radeon HD 3850 | 210 | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS | 70 | |
Power Supply | 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power | 50 | |
Cooling | Thermaltake BigTyp 120 | 60 | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 926 + Postage |
At a touch under $1000 the Intel 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 AMD
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | AMD Athlon X2 6400+ | 205 | |
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 | 136 | |
RAM | 2GB Transcend aXeRam DDR2 800 | 106 | |
Hard Drive | 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS | 89 | |
Optical Drive | 18x Pioneer 212D | 35 | |
Graphics Card | 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT | 329 | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS | 70 | |
Power Supply | 550W Corsair VX550W | 131 | |
Cooling | Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme + Fan | 99 | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 1200 + Postage |
$1250 Intel
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 | 185 | |
Motherboard | DFI DK P45-T2RS PLUS | 179 | |
RAM | 2x1GB Cell Shock DDR2 1000 (D9GKX) | 110 | |
Hard Drive | 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS | 87 | |
Optical Drive | 18x Pioneer 212D | 35 | |
Graphics Card | ATI Radeon HD 4850 | 194 | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS | 70 | |
Power Supply | 525W Enermax Pro82+ | 109 | |
Cooling | Xigmatek HDT-S1283 | 47 | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 1200 + Postage |
$1500 Intel
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 | 185 | |
Motherboard | DFI DK P45-T2RS PLUS | 179 | |
RAM | 2x1GB Cell Shock DDR2 1000 (D9GKX) | 110 | |
Hard Drive | 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS | 87 | |
Optical Drive | 18x Pioneer 212D | 35 | |
Graphics Card | 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX | 329 | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | iCute S901-5GA-BB/WW/SS | 85 | |
Power Supply | 525W Enermax Modu82+ | 122 | |
Cooling | Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme + Fan | 99 | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 1269 + Postage |
$1750 Intel
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 E0 | 305 | |
Motherboard | DFI DK P45-T2RS PLUS | 179 | |
RAM | 2x1GB Cell Shock DDR2 1000 (D9GKX) | 110 | |
Hard Drive | 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS | 64 | |
Optical Drive | 20x Samsung super-WriteMaster SH-S203 | 27 | |
Graphics Card | ATI Radeon HD 4870x2 | 640 | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | Lian Li PC-60 Plus II | 166 | |
Power Supply | 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX | 137 | |
Cooling | Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme + Fan | 99 | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 1727 + Postage |
After this point, the higher end systems are found in the Dream Machine section