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$750 AMD

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Athlon X2 5000+ 135
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard MSI K9N-Neo V3 94
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 60
Hard Drive 250GB Samsung Spinpoint P120 SP2504C 70
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS 179
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 w/430W PSU 100
Power Supply Included with case -
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 673 + 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 Core 2 Duo E4500 145
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte P31-S3L 99
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 60
Hard Drive 250GB Samsung Spinpoint P120 SP2504C 70
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS 179
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 w/430W PSU 100
Power Supply Included with case -
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 688 + Postage

$1000 AMD

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Athlon X2 6000+ 179
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard MSI K9N-Neo V3 94
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 60
Hard Drive 320GB Samsung Spinpoint T HD321KJ 88
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 311
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 67
Power Supply SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W 110
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 944 + 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 E4500 145
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 123
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 60
Hard Drive 320GB Samsung Spinpoint T HD321KJ 88
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 311
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 67
Power Supply SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W 110
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 939 + 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 Athlon X2 6400+ 259
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard MSI K9N-Neo V3 94
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 65
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 129
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 314
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 67
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 159
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro 35
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1157 + Postage

$1250 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 219
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 123
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 65
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 129
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 314
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 67
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 159
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 39
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1170 + Postage

$1500 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 219
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 123
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 65
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 129
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 768MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTX 620
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 67
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 159
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 39
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1456 + Postage

This does go slightly over budget, but it gives you an excellent video card. If price is an issue, maybe drop down to an E6550 or a Radeon HD2900XT/GeForce 8800GTS instead.

$1750 Intel

Part Model Price Case
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 318
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05
Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3L 123
RAM 2x 2GB Corsair TwinX DDR2 800 212
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ 129
Optical Drive LG GSA-H62N 18x SATA DVDRW 35
Graphics Card 768MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTX 620
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 67
Power Supply 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX 159
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 39
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1712 + 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 E6850 is similar money.

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


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