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Revision as of 00:49, 12 January 2008

Contents

$750 AMD

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Athlon X2 5200+ 135
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard MSI K9N-Neo V3 89
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 48
Hard Drive 250GB Samsung Spinpoint P120 SP2504C 70
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 256MB ATI Radeon HD3850 210
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 w/430W PSU 102
Power Supply Included with case -
Cooling - -
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 a decent video card, which will be plenty quick enough for most games.

$750 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200 104
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 110
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 48
Hard Drive 250GB Samsung Spinpoint P120 SP2504C 70
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 256MB ATI Radeon HD3850 210
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 w/430W PSU 102
Power Supply Included with case -
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 686 + Postage

$1000 AMD

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Athlon X2 6000+ 176
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard MSI K9N-Neo V3 89
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 49
Hard Drive 320GB Samsung Spinpoint T HD321KJ 88
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 329
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 65
Power Supply SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W 108
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 939 + Postage

For $1000 this machine represents unbelievable value, with an 8800GT, a quick AMD 6000+ CPU along with 2GB of RAM.

$1000 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 165
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 110
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 49
Hard Drive 320GB Samsung Spinpoint T HD321KJ 88
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 329
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 65
Power Supply SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W 108
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 949 + 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 9500 248
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 129
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2 800 62
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 119
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 329
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 65
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 148
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro 35
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1170 + Postage

$1250 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 239
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 110
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2 800 62
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 119
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 329
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 65
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 148
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 39
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1146 + Postage

$1500 AMD

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Phenom X4 9700 363
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 129
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2 800 62
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 119
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 399
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 65
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 148
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro 35
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1355 + Postage

$1500 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 315
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 110
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2 800 62
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 119
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 399
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 65
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 148
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 39
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1292 + Postage

$1750 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 315
Silverstone Temjin TJ04
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 110
RAM 4GB Corsair TwinX DDR2 800 193
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 119
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 768MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTX 643
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Silverstone Temjin TJ04 122
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 148
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 39
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1734 + 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. If dualcore is more your thing, an E8500 (3.16GHz, 1333FSB, 2x3MB L2, 45nm) is similar money.

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