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Revision as of 15:43, 27 September 2008

Contents

$750 AMD

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Phenom X3 8450 142
Antec NSK4480B
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 104
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 45
Hard Drive 250GB Samsung Spinpoint P120 SP2504C 59
Optical Drive 20x Samsung super-WriteMaster SH-S203 25
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA Geforce 9600GT 141
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Antec NSK4480B 97
Power Supply Included with case -
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 627 + 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.

Now this machine is running a triple core AMD Phenom CPU. :)

$750 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E5200 109
Antec NSK4480B
Motherboard ASUS P5K 100
RAM 4GB Transcend DDR2 800 82
Hard Drive 250GB Samsung Spinpoint P120 SP2504C 59
Optical Drive 20x Samsung super-WriteMaster SH-S203 25
Graphics Card 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4850 193
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Antec NSK4480B 97
Power Supply 380W EarthWatts included with case -
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 665 + Postage

$1000 AMD

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Phenom X4 9750 226
Antec NSK4480B
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 104
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2 800 53
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 77
Optical Drive 20x Samsung super-WriteMaster SH-S203 25
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 275
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Antec NSK4480B 97
Power Supply SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W 97
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 928 + Postage

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

$1000 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 209
Antec NSK6580B
Motherboard ASUS P5K 100
RAM 4GB Transcend DDR2 800 82
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 77
Optical Drive 20x Samsung super-WriteMaster SH-S203 25
Graphics Card 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4870 316
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Antec NSK4480B 135
Power Supply EarthWatts 430W Included with Case -
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 944 + 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 9850 288
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 104
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2 800 53
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 77
Optical Drive 20x Samsung super-WriteMaster SH-S203 25
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX 329
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 67
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 144
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1135 + Postage

$1250 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 212
Antec NSK6580B
Motherboard Gigabyte EP35-DS3 105
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2 800 53
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 77
Optical Drive 20x Samsung super-WriteMaster SH-S203 25
Graphics Card 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4870 319
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Antec NSK6580B 135
Power Supply EarthWatts 430W Included with Case -
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 926 + Postage

$1500 AMD

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Phenom X4 9850 288
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 104
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2 800 53
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 77
Optical Drive 20x Samsung super-WriteMaster SH-S203 25
Graphics Card 1GB NVIDIA GeForce 9800GX2 584
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 67
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 144
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1351 + Postage

$1500 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 380
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte EP35-DS3 105
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2 800 53
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 77
Optical Drive 20x Samsung super-WriteMaster SH-S203 25
Graphics Card 1GB NVIDIA GeForce 9800GX2 584
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 67
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 144
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1439 + Postage

$1750 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 580
Silverstone Temjin TJ04
Motherboard Gigabyte EP35-DS3 105
RAM 4GB Corsair TwinX DDR2 800 107
Hard Drive Western Digital 1TB 16MB 3.5" SATAII (GREEN POWER) 175
Optical Drive 20x Samsung super-WriteMaster SH-S203 25
Graphics Card 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX280 487
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Silverstone Temjin TJ04 120
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 145
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 39
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1787 + 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.

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

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