Gaming Machine OC Variant

Part	Model	Price
CPU	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+	85
Motherboard	abit KN9S	112
RAM	2GB Ram Bo DDR2 800	116
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	75
Optical Drive	18x LG H62N SATA	40
Graphics Card	256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GT	130
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	CoolerMaster Elite RC-331	44
Power Supply	430W Coolermaster Extreme Power	49
Cooling	Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro	35
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	687 + 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.

$750 Core 2 Duo

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Pentium Dual-Core E2140	74
Motherboard	Gigabyte 965P-S3 V3.3	132
RAM	2GB Ram Bo DDR2 800	116
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	75
Optical Drive	18x LG H62N SATA	40
Graphics Card	256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GT	130
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	CoolerMaster Elite RC-331	44
Power Supply	430W Coolermaster Extreme Power	49
Cooling	Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro	39
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	699 + Postage

$1000 AM2

Part	Model	Price
CPU	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+	138
Motherboard	MSI K9N Platinum	140
RAM	2GB Ram Bo DDR2 800	116
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	75
Optical Drive	18x LG H62N SATA	40
Graphics Card	256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GTS	205
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS	70
Power Supply	SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W	112
Cooling	Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro	35
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	933 + Postage

$1000 Core 2 Duo

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Core 2 Duo E4400	137
Motherboard	Gigabyte P35-S3	143
RAM	2GB Ram Bo DDR2 800	116
Hard Drive	250GB Samsung SP2504C	75
Optical Drive	18x LG H62N SATA	40
Graphics Card	256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GTS	205
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS	70
Power Supply	SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W	112
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+	139
Motherboard	MSI K9N Platinum	140
RAM	2GB A-DATA DDR2 800	134
Hard Drive	320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 3200AAKS	95
Optical Drive	18x LG H62N SATA	40
Graphics Card	320MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTS	363
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS	70
Power Supply	SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W	112
Cooling	SunBeamTech Tuniq Tower 120	69
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	1162 + Postage

$1250 Core 2 Duo

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Core 2 Duo E4500	154
Motherboard	Gigabyte P35-S3	143
RAM	2GB A-DATA DDR2 800	134
Hard Drive	320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 3200AAKS	95
Optical Drive	18x LG H62N SATA	40
Graphics Card	320MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTS	363
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS	70
Power Supply	SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W	112
Cooling	SunBeamTech Tuniq Tower 120	69
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	1180 + Postage

$1500 Core 2 Duo

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Core 2 Duo E6750	226
Motherboard	Gigabyte P35C-DS3R	180
RAM	2GB G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-HK	200
Hard Drive	320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 3200AAKS	95
Optical Drive	18x LG H62N SATA	40
Graphics Card	320MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTS	363
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	iCute S901-5GA-BB/WW/SS	85
Power Supply	SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W	112
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme + Fan	99
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	1400 + Postage

$1750 Core 2 Duo

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Core 2 Duo E6750	226
Motherboard	ASUS P5K-E	225
RAM	2GB G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-HK	200
Hard Drive	2x 250GB Samsung SP2504C	150
Optical Drive	18x LG H62N SATA	40
Graphics Card	640MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTS	474
Sound Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	iCute S901-5GA-BB/WW/SS	85
Power Supply	Antec TruePower Trio TP3 550 550W	145
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme + Fan	99
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	1644 + Postage

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