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Gaming Machine OC Variant

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Revision as of 19:18, 18 May 2007

Contents

$750 AM2

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 65nm 98
Powerhouse E-18
Motherboard ABIT KN9 106
RAM 2GB Ram Bo DDR2-667 99
Hard Drive 250GB Samsung SP2504C 82
Optical Drive 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 46
Graphics Card 256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GT 159
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Powerhouse E-18 27
Power Supply 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power 49
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro 35
Additional - -
Total Cost - 701 + 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 an 8600GT (capable of pulling reasonable frames for most of today's games I believe). Being an OC variant, the choice of Mainboard and 65nm CPU should be very overclocking friendly for the price.

$1000 AM2

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 165
CoolerMaster Elite RC-331
Motherboard ABIT KN9 106
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2 667 100
Hard Drive 250GB Samsung SP2504C 82
Optical Drive 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 46
Graphics Card 256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GTS 246
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case CoolerMaster Elite RC-331 49
Power Supply 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power 49
Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro 35
Additional - -
Total Cost - 878 + Postage

$1000 Core 2 Duo

Part Model Price Case
CPU Core 2 Duo E4400 182
CoolerMaster Elite RC-331
Motherboard Gigabyte 965P-S3 115
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2 667 100
Hard Drive 250GB Samsung SP2504C 82
Optical Drive 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 46
Graphics Card 256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GTS 246
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case CoolerMaster Elite RC-331 49
Power Supply 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power 49
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 869 + Postage

At a touch under $1000 the Core 2 Duo system is quite impressive. The RAM, CPU and Board will allow for some nice overclocking, whilst the 8600GTS is a decent card. For $1000, this system would be very quick and well suited for games.

$1250 AM2

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 168
iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS
Motherboard ABIT KN9S 112
RAM 2GB A-DATA DDR2 800 179
Hard Drive 250GB Samsung SP2504C 82
Optical Drive 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 46
Graphics Card 320MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTS 385
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS 70
Power Supply SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W 121
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1163 + Postage

$1250 Core 2 Duo

Part Model Price Case
CPU Core 2 Duo E6420 253
iCute S901-5G1-BB/WW/SS
Motherboard Gigabyte 965P-DS3 V3.3 145
RAM 2GB A-DATA DDR2 800 179
Hard Drive 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 3200AAKS 110
Optical Drive 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 46
Graphics Card 256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GTS 254
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case iCute S901-5GA-BB/WW/SS 85
Power Supply 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power 49
Cooling Thermaltake BigTyp 120 62
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1183 + Postage

$1500 Core 2 Duo

Part Model Price Case
CPU Core 2 Duo E6420 253
iCute S901-5G1-BB/WW/SS
Motherboard Gigabyte 965P-DS3 V3.3 145
RAM 2GB A-DATA DDR2 800 179
Hard Drive 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 3200AAKS 110
Optical Drive 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 46
Graphics Card 320MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTS 385
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case iCute S901-5GA-BB/WW/SS 85
Power Supply SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W 121
Cooling Thermaltake BigTyp 120 62
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1386 + Postage

Sub $1500 Core 2 system with 8800GTS in the house!

$1750 Core 2 Duo

Part Model Price Case
CPU Core 2 Duo E6600 290
iCute S901-5G1-BB/WW/SS
Motherboard Gigabyte 965P-DS3 V3.3 154
RAM 2GB A-DATA DDR2 800 179
Hard Drive 2x 250GB Samsung SP2504C 164
Optical Drive 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 46
Graphics Card 640MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTS 517
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case iCute S901-5GA-BB/WW/SS 85
Power Supply SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W 121
Cooling Thermaltake BigTyp 120 62
Additional - -
Total Cost - 1618 + Postage

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

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