Gaming Machine OC Variant
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$750 AM2
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ | 85 |  |
| Motherboard | ASUS M2N-E | 115 | |
| 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 | 128 | |
| Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
| Case | CoolerMaster Elite RC-331 | 44 | |
| Power Supply | 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power | 46 | |
| Cooling | Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro | 35 | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 685 + 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 | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Pentium Dual-Core E2160 | 86 | |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte P35-S3L | 125 | |
| 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 | 128 | |
| Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
| Case | CoolerMaster Elite RC-331 | 44 | |
| Power Supply | 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power | 46 | |
| Cooling | Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro | 39 | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 699 + Postage |
$1000 AM2
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ | 135 |  |
| Motherboard | MSI K9N Platinum | 136 | |
| RAM | 2GB Ram Bo DDR2 800 | 116 | |
| Hard Drive | 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 3200AAKS | 95 | |
| 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 | - | 946 + Postage |
$1000 Core 2 Duo
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Core 2 Duo E4400 | 137 | |
| Motherboard | abit IP35-E | 147 | |
| 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 | - | 941 + 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+ | 135 | |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte M59SLI-S4 | 162 | |
| 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 |
$1250 Core 2 Duo
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Core 2 Duo E4500 | 169 | |
| Motherboard | abit IP35-E | 147 | |
| 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 | 560W SilverStone Strider ST56F | 112 | |
| Cooling | SunBeamTech Tuniq Tower 120 | 69 | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 1199 + Postage |
$1500 Core 2 Duo
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Core 2 Duo E6750 | 226 |  |
| Motherboard | abit IP-35 Pro | 210 | |
| RAM | 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 | 219 | |
| 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 | 560W SilverStone Strider ST56F | 112 | |
| Cooling | Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme + Fan | 99 | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 1449 + Postage |
$1750 Core 2 Duo
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Core 2 Duo E6750 | 226 | |
| Motherboard | ASUS P5K-E | 225 | |
| RAM | 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 | 219 | |
| 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 | 620W Corsair HX-620 | 168 | |
| Cooling | Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme + Fan | 99 | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 1686 + Postage |
After this point, the higher end systems are found in the Dream Machine section
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