Gaming Machine OC Variant
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$750 AMD
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | AMD Athlon X2 5200+ | 135 | |
Motherboard | MSI K9N4 Ultra-F | 80 | |
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 and 65nm CPU 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 | Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro | 39 | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 690 + Postage |
$1000 AMD
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | AMD Athlon X2 5600+ | 165 | |
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 | 136 | |
RAM | 2GB Transcend aXeRam DDR2 800 | 106 | |
Hard Drive | 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS | 87 | |
Optical Drive | 18x Pioneer 212D | 35 | |
Graphics Card | 256MB ATI Radeon HD 3850 | 228 | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS | 70 | |
Power Supply | 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power | 47 | |
Cooling | Thermaltake BigTyp 120 | 60 | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 935 + Postage |
$1000 Intel
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 | 165 | |
Motherboard | ASUS P5K | 143 | |
RAM | 2GB Transcend aXeRam DDR2 800 | 106 | |
Hard Drive | 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS | 87 | |
Optical Drive | 18x Pioneer 212D | 35 | |
Graphics Card | 256MB ATI Radeon HD 3850 | 228 | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS | 70 | |
Power Supply | 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power | 47 | |
Cooling | Thermaltake BigTyp 120 | 60 | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 941 + 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 | 87 | |
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 | Corsair VX550W 550W | 132 | |
Cooling | Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme + Fan | 99 | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 1199 + Postage |
$1250 Intel
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 | 219 | |
Motherboard | ASUS P5K | 143 | |
RAM | 2GB Transcend aXeRam DDR2 1066 | 148 | |
Hard Drive | 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS | 87 | |
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 | 560W SilverStone Strider ST56F | 109 | |
Cooling | Thermaltake BigTyp 120 | 60 | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 1200 + Postage |
$1500 Intel
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 | 219 | |
Motherboard | DFI Infinity BloonIron P35-T2RL | 189 | |
RAM | 2GB Transcend aXeRam DDR2 1066 | 148 | |
Hard Drive | 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS | 87 | |
Optical Drive | 18x Pioneer 212D | 35 | |
Graphics Card | 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT | 329 | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | iCute S901-5GA-BB/WW/SS | 85 | |
Power Supply | 560W SilverStone Strider ST56F | 109 | |
Cooling | Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme + Fan | 99 | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 1300 + Postage |
$1750 Intel
Part | Model | Price | Case |
---|---|---|---|
CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 | 219 | |
Motherboard | DFI Infinity BloonIron P35-T2RL | 189 | |
RAM | 2x2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 | 330 | |
Hard Drive | 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS | 83 | |
Optical Drive | 18x LG H62N SATA | 40 | |
Graphics Card | 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT | 314 | |
Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
Case | iCute S901-5GA-BB/WW/SS | 85 | |
Power Supply | 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX | 165 | |
Cooling | Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme + Fan | 99 | |
Additional | - | - | |
Total Cost | - | 1524 + Postage |
After this point, the higher end systems are found in the Dream Machine section