Gaming Machine OC Variant

Part	Model	Price
CPU	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+	86
Motherboard	abit KN9S	112
RAM	2GB Ram Bo DDR2 800	116
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	75
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	46
Graphics Card	256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GT	139
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	CoolerMaster Elite RC-331	44
Power Supply	430W Coolermaster Extreme Power	49
Cooling	Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro	35
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	702 + 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
CPU	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+	139
Motherboard	abit KN9S	112
RAM	2GB Ram Bo DDR2 800	116
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	75
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	46
Graphics Card	256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GTS	225
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	-	934 + Postage

$1000 Core 2 Duo

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Core 2 Duo E4400	178
Motherboard	Gigabyte 965P-S3	115
RAM	2GB Ram Bo DDR2 800	110
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	75
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	46
Graphics Card	256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GTS	226
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS	70
Power Supply	SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W	114
Cooling	Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro	39
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	973 + 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
CPU	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+	139
Motherboard	MSI K9N Platinum	140
RAM	2GB A-DATA DDR2 800	149
Hard Drive	320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 3200AAKS	94
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	46
Graphics Card	320MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTS	363
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS	70
Power Supply	SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W	114
Cooling	Thermaltake BigTyp 120	61
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	1176 + Postage

$1250 Core 2 Duo

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Core 2 Duo E4400	178
Motherboard	Gigabyte 965P-DS3 V3.3	136
RAM	2GB A-DATA DDR2 800	149
Hard Drive	320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 3200AAKS	94
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	46
Graphics Card	320MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTS	363
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS	70
Power Supply	SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W	114
Cooling	Thermaltake BigTyp 120	61
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	1211 + Postage

$1500 Core 2 Duo

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Core 2 Duo E6600	290
Motherboard	Gigabyte P35-S3	158
RAM	2GB G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-HK	202
Hard Drive	320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 3200AAKS	94
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	46
Graphics Card	320MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTS	363
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	iCute S901-5GA-BB/WW/SS	85
Power Supply	SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W	114
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme	72
Additional	Scythe S-FLEX SFF21E	30
Total Cost	-	1454 + Postage

$1750 Core 2 Duo

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Core 2 Duo E6600	290
Motherboard	Gigabyte P35-DS3	189
RAM	2GB G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-HK	202
Hard Drive	2x 250GB Samsung SP2504C	150
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	46
Graphics Card	640MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTS	495
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	iCute S901-5GA-BB/WW/SS	85
Power Supply	Antec TruePower Trio TP3 550 550W	143
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme	72
Additional	Scythe S-FLEX SFF21E	30
Total Cost	-	1702 + Postage

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