Dream Machine

Revision as of 20:26, 15 November 2007

NOTE: The Core 2 Quad Q6600 is a 2.4GHz, 1066FSB, quad-core CPU. If people would prefer a faster dual-core CPU, the Core 2 Duo E6850 (3.0GHz, 1333MHz FSB, dual-core) is about the same price as the Q6600.

$2250 Intel

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Core 2 Quad Q6600	308
Motherboard	Gigabyte P35C-DS3R	158
RAM	2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800	169
Hard Drive	500GB Samsung HD501LJ	121
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	35
Graphics Card	768MB nVidia GeForce 8800 Ultra	714
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Antec P180	167
Power Supply	700W OCZ GameXStream	217
Cooling	Thermaltake BigTyp 120	60
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	1949 + Postage

$2500 Intel

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Core 2 Quad Q6700	646
Motherboard	Gigabyte P35C-DS3R	158
RAM	2x 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800	348
Hard Drive	500GB Samsung HD501LJ	121
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	35
Graphics Card	768MB nVidia GeForce 8800 Ultra	714
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Antec P180	167
Power Supply	700W OCZ GameXStream	217
Cooling	Thermaltake BigTyp 120	60
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	2466 + Postage

$4000 Intel

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Core 2 Extreme QX6850	1219
Motherboard	Asus P5E3	327
RAM	2x 2GB Corsair TwinX PC8500 DDR3	832
Hard Drive 1	150GB Western Digital Raptor X	264
Hard Drive 2	500GB Samsung HD501LJ	129
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	35
Graphics Card	768MB nVidia GeForce 8800 Ultra	799
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Antec P180	165
Power Supply	Thermaltake ToughPower W0131 - 850W	249
Cooling	Thermaltake BigTyp 120	60
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	4019 + Postage

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 NOTE: The Core 2 Quad Q6600 is a 2.4GHz, 1066FSB, quad-core CPU. If people would prefer a faster dual-core CPU, the Core 2 Duo E6850 (3.0GHz, 1333MHz FSB, dual-core) is about the same price as the Q6600.
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-| [http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.aspx?IMODULE=BL2KIT12864AA804 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800] || [http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=2gb+ballistix+6400 169]
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-! Hard Drive
-| [http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointTSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointTSeries_HD501LJ.asp 500GB Samsung HD501LJ] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=500GB+SATA 121]
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-! Optical Drive
-| [http://www.pioneer.com.au/products/computer_peripherals/index.html 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=212D 35]
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-! Graphics Card
-| [http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce8.html 768MB nVidia GeForce 8800 Ultra] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=8800+Ultra+768 714]
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-! Sound Card
-| Onboard from motherboard || -
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-! Case
-| [http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=tj04&area= Silverstone Temjin TJ04] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=TJ04 123]
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-! Power Supply
-| [http://www.corsairmemory.com/products/hx.aspx Corsair HX-620 620W] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Corsair+620 159]
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-! Cooling
-| [http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Cooler/Retail/CL-P0114-01/cl-p0114-01.asp Thermaltake BigTyp 120] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Big+Typ 60]
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-| - || -
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-! Total Cost
-| - || 1845 + Postage
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