Gaming Machine

Revision as of 18:45, 5 October 2008

Part	Model	Price
CPU	AMD Phenom X3 8650	139
Motherboard	ASUS M3A78-EM	89
RAM	4GB Transcend DDR2 800	82
Hard Drive	500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ	71
Optical Drive	22x Samsung SpeedPlus SH-S223F	23
Graphics Card	512MB ATI Radeon HD 4850	189
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Antec NSK4480B	97
Power Supply	380W EarthWatts included with case	-
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	690 + Postage

$750 Intel

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Core 2 Duo E5200	109
Motherboard	ASUS P5K	100
RAM	4GB Transcend DDR2 800	82
Hard Drive	500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ	71
Optical Drive	22x Samsung SpeedPlus SH-S223F	23
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	-	681 + Postage

$1000 AMD

Part	Model	Price
CPU	AMD Phenom X4 9750	198
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3	104
RAM	4GB Transcend DDR2 800	82
Hard Drive	500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ	71
Optical Drive	22x Samsung SpeedPlus SH-S223F	23
Graphics Card	512MB ATI Radeon HD 4870	315
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	ASUS TA-98	65
Power Supply	430W Seasonic S12II	87
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	945 + Postage

$1000 Intel

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400	199
Motherboard	ASUS P5K/EPU	119
RAM	4GB Transcend DDR2 800	82
Hard Drive	500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ	71
Optical Drive	22x Samsung SpeedPlus SH-S223F	23
Graphics Card	512MB ATI Radeon HD 4870	315
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	ASUS TA-98	65
Power Supply	430W Seasonic S12II	87
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	961 + Postage

$1250 AMD

Part	Model	Price
CPU	AMD Phenom X4 9750	198
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3	104
RAM	4GB Transcend DDR2 800	82
Hard Drive	500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ	71
Optical Drive	22x Samsung SpeedPlus SH-S223F	23
Graphics Card	1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	504
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	ASUS TA-98	65
Power Supply	525W Enermax Modu82+	122
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	1169 + Postage

$1250 Intel

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Core 2 E8500	215
Motherboard	ASUS P5K/EPU	119
RAM	4GB Transcend DDR2 800	82
Hard Drive	500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ	71
Optical Drive	22x Samsung SpeedPlus SH-S223F	23
Graphics Card	1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	504
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	ASUS TA-98	65
Power Supply	525W Enermax Modu82+	122
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	1201 + Postage

$1500 AMD

Part	Model	Price
CPU	AMD Phenom X4 9750	198
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H	175
RAM	4GB Transcend DDR2 800	82
Hard Drive	750GB Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ	101
Optical Drive	22x Samsung SpeedPlus SH-S223F	23
Graphics Card	1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	504
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Lian Li PC-A07B	125
Power Supply	525W Enermax Modu82+	122
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	1330 + Postage

$1500 Intel

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Core 2 E8500	215
Motherboard	ASUS P5K/EPU	119
RAM	4GB Transcend DDR2 800	82
Hard Drive	750GB Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ	101
Optical Drive	22x Samsung SpeedPlus SH-S223F	23
Graphics Card	1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	504
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Lian Li PC-A07B	125
Power Supply	525W Enermax Modu82+	122
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	1293 + 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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-| [http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_15331_15332,00.html AMD Phenom X3 8450] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Phenom+8450 142]
+| [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=X3+8650 AMD Phenom X3 8650] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=X3+8650 139]
 | rowspan="12" | [[Image:Antec_NSK4480B.jpg|right|Antec NSK4480B]]
 |- bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Motherboard
-| [http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2722 Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=GA-MA770-DS3 104]
+| [http://asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=149&l3=639&l4=0&model=2252&modelmenu=1 ASUS M3A78-EM] || [http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=M3A78 89]
 |- bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! RAM
-| 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=2GB+DDR2+Kingston+667 45]
+| 4GB Transcend DDR2 800 || [http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=4GB+DDR2+800 82]
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 ! Hard Drive
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 ! Optical Drive
-| [http://www.samsung.com/au/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=computerperipherals&type=opticaldiscdrive&subtype=dvd_rwdrive&model_cd=SH-S203B/BEBN 20x Samsung super-WriteMaster SH-S203] || [http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Samsung+S203 25]
+| [http://www.samsung.com/ca/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=computersaccessories&type=opticaldiskdrives&subtype=dvdwriter&model_cd=SH-S223F/BEBN 22x Samsung SpeedPlus SH-S223F] || [http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=DVDRW+SATA 23]
 |- bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Graphics Card
-| [http://ati.amd.com/products/Radeonhd4800/index.html 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4850] || [http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=HD+4850 193]
+| [http://ati.amd.com/products/Radeonhd4800/index.html 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4850] || [http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=HD+4850 189]
 |- bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Sound Card
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 ! Total Cost
-| - || 627 + Postage
+| - || 690 + Postage
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