Gaming Machine OC Variant

Revision as of 17:27, 21 May 2007

Part	Model	Price
CPU	AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+	98
Motherboard	ABIT KN9	106
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2 667	90
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	-	692 + 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
CPU	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+	165
Motherboard	ABIT KN9	106
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2 667	90
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	82
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	46
Graphics Card	256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GTS	244
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	CoolerMaster Elite RC-331	49
Power Supply	SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W	121
Cooling	Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro	35
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	938 + Postage

$1000 Core 2 Duo

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Core 2 Duo E4400	182
Motherboard	Gigabyte 965P-S3	115
RAM	2GB Ram Bo DDR2 800	110
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	82
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	46
Graphics Card	256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GTS	244
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS	70
Power Supply	430W Coolermaster Extreme Power	49
Cooling	Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro	39
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	937 + 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
CPU	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+	165
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	381
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS	70
Power Supply	SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W	121
Cooling	Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro	35
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	1191 + Postage

$1250 Core 2 Duo

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Core 2 Duo E6420	253
Motherboard	Gigabyte 965P-DS3 V3.3	145
RAM	2GB A-DATA DDR2 800	179
Hard Drive	320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 3200AAKS	109
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	46
Graphics Card	256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GTS	246
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	-	1174 + Postage

$1500 Core 2 Duo

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Core 2 Duo E6420	253
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	381
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	-	1382 + Postage

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

$1750 Core 2 Duo

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Core 2 Duo E6600	290
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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