Gaming Machine OC Variant
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$750 AMD
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Athlon X2 5200+ | 135 |  |
| Motherboard | ASUS M2N-E | 100 | |
| RAM | 2GB PNY DDR2 800 | 61 | |
| Hard Drive | 250GB Samsung Spinpoint P120 SP2504C | 75 | |
| Optical Drive | 18x Pioneer 212D | 35 | |
| Graphics Card | 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS | 169 | |
| Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
| Case | Cooler Master Elite RC-331 | 44 | |
| Power Supply | 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power | 47 | |
| 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.
$750 Intel
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180 | 105 | |
| Motherboard | abit IP35-E | 119 | |
| RAM | 2GB PNY DDR2 800 | 61 | |
| Hard Drive | 250GB Samsung Spinpoint P120 SP2504C | 75 | |
| Optical Drive | 18x Pioneer 212D | 35 | |
| Graphics Card | 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS | 169 | |
| Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
| Case | Cooler Master Elite RC-331 | 44 | |
| Power Supply | 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power | 47 | |
| Cooling | Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro | 39 | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 695 + Postage |
$1000 AMD
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Athlon X2 5200+ | 135 |  |
| Motherboard | ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe | 164 | |
| RAM | 2GB Transcend aXeRam DDR2 800 | 106 | |
| Hard Drive | 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS | 87 | |
| Optical Drive | 18x Pioneer 212D | 35 | |
| Graphics Card | 256MB ATI Radeon HD 3850 | 228 | |
| Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
| Case | iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS | 70 | |
| Power Supply | 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power | 47 | |
| Cooling | Thermaltake BigTyp 120 | 60 | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 932 + Postage |
$1000 Intel
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 | 189 | |
| Motherboard | ASUS P5K | 143 | |
| RAM | 2GB Transcend aXeRam DDR2 1066 | 148 | |
| Hard Drive | 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS | 87 | |
| Optical Drive | 18x Pioneer 212D | 35 | |
| Graphics Card | 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS | 169 | |
| Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
| Case | iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS | 70 | |
| Power Supply | 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power | 47 | |
| Cooling | Thermaltake BigTyp 120 | 60 | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 948 + Postage |
At a touch under $1000 the Intel 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 AMD
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Athlon X2 5600+ | 166 | |
| Motherboard | ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe | 164 | |
| RAM | 2GB Transcend aXeRam DDR2 800 | 106 | |
| Hard Drive | 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS | 87 | |
| Optical Drive | 18x Pioneer 212D | 35 | |
| Graphics Card | 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT | 329 | |
| Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
| Case | iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS | 70 | |
| Power Supply | SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W | 109 | |
| Cooling | Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme + Fan | 99 | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 1165 + Postage |
$1250 Intel
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 | 219 | |
| Motherboard | ASUS P5K | 143 | |
| RAM | 2GB Transcend aXeRam DDR2 1066 | 148 | |
| Hard Drive | 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS | 87 | |
| Optical Drive | 18x Pioneer 212D | 35 | |
| Graphics Card | 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT | 329 | |
| Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
| Case | iCute S901-4GA-BB/SS | 70 | |
| Power Supply | 560W SilverStone Strider ST56F | 109 | |
| Cooling | Thermaltake BigTyp 120 | 60 | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 1200 + Postage |
$1500 Intel
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 | 219 |  |
| Motherboard | DFI Infinity BloonIron P35-T2RL | 189 | |
| RAM | 2GB Transcend aXeRam DDR2 1066 | 148 | |
| Hard Drive | 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS | 87 | |
| Optical Drive | 18x Pioneer 212D | 35 | |
| Graphics Card | 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT | 329 | |
| Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
| Case | iCute S901-5GA-BB/WW/SS | 85 | |
| Power Supply | 560W SilverStone Strider ST56F | 109 | |
| Cooling | Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme + Fan | 99 | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 1300 + Postage |
$1750 Intel
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 | 219 | |
| Motherboard | DFI Infinity BloonIron P35-T2RL | 189 | |
| RAM | 2x2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 | 330 | |
| Hard Drive | 320GB W.D. Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS | 83 | |
| Optical Drive | 18x LG H62N SATA | 40 | |
| Graphics Card | 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT | 314 | |
| Sound Card | Onboard from motherboard | - | |
| Case | iCute S901-5GA-BB/WW/SS | 85 | |
| Power Supply | 620W Corsair CMPSU-620HX | 165 | |
| Cooling | Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme + Fan | 99 | |
| Additional | - | - | |
| Total Cost | - | 1524 + Postage |
After this point, the higher end systems are found in the Dream Machine section
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