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Okay, lately there has been a high influx of people posting threads asking for help and recommendations regarding parts for their new PC - so I figured I'd create a thread with my recommended systems at each of the major price points consisting of the best price/performance specifications possible at the given point in time.
The prices are a rough average estimate based on the first few results for each component from staticice.com.au - they don't include shipping. If you have any questions, concerns or have spotted an error with what I have listed here, please drop me a PM. I will try and keep this thread updated as often as possible as the technology and prices change. Updated: 20/7/2008 ~$750 Build: CPU: Intel Core2Duo E8200 (~$182) MOBO: Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L (~$107) GPU: NVidia 8800GT 512mb (Any brand) (~$187) RAM: 2GB Kingston PC-5300 667MHz DDR2 (~$48) Hard Drive: Western Digital 500gb SATAII (~$90) PSU: Coolermaster eXtreme 430w PCAR/PCAP (NOT PMSR) (~$55) DVD Writer (~$27) Case: Coolermaster Centurion 5 (~$65) TOTAL: ~$761 ~$1000 Build: CPU: Intel Core2Duo E8400/Intel Xeon E3110 (~$207) MOBO: Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L (~$107) GPU: ATi HD4870 512mb (Any brand) (~$325) PSU: Antec Earthwatts 500w (~$97) RAM: 2GB Kingston PC-6400 800MHz DDR2 (~$55) Hard Drive: Western Digital 500gb SATAII (~$90) DVD Writer (~$27) Case: Coolermaster CM690 (~$95) TOTAL: ~$1003 ~$1250 Build: CPU: Intel Core2Duo E8400/Intel Xeon E3110 (~$209) MOBO: Asus P5E (x38, NOT G35) (~$214) GPU: ATi HD4850 512mb Crossfire (Any brand) (~$428) (based on each card being ~$214 each) PSU: Corsair HX-620 620w Modular PSU (~$140) RAM: 2GB Geil Ultra PC-6400 800MHz 4-4-4-12 DDR2 (~$80) Hard Drive: Samsung 750gb SATAII (~$99) DVD Writer (~$27) Case: Coolermaster CM690 (~$95) TOTAL: ~$1292 ~$1500 Build: CPU: Intel Core2Duo E8400/Intel Xeon E3110 (~$209) MOBO: Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3P (~$152) GPU: Nvidia 280GTX 1gb (Any brand) (~$580) PSU: Thermaltake ToughPower 750w (~$200) RAM: 2GB Geil Ultra PC-6400 800MHz 4-4-4-12 DDR2 (~$80) Hard Drive: Samsung 750gb SATAII (~$99) DVD Writer (~$27) Case: Coolermaster CM690 (~$95) TOTAL: ~$1442 ~$1750 Build: None - stick with the $1500 system. Last edited by elmo; 20-07-2008 at 05:52 PM.. |
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Refer to my sig, alost the same pc, with a few exceptions |
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zzzZZZzzz we could argue all day, if your that desperate though you can go and check out their wiki article and make comparisons with what I've come up with and you'll see what I mean.
Just a quick example, their $750/$1000 Intel systems don't even include an aftermarket cooler - my $750 recommendation was centered around getting the E2160 stable @ ~3ghz, including a very decent graphics card and still staying at the approx budget. No need to be a smartass about it. Last edited by elmo; 10-01-2008 at 05:01 PM.. |
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Motherboard : intel S775 Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P V2.0 $159
cpu: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (3GHz/45nm/1333FSB/6M) $239 ram : Corsair-Performance 2GB (2x1024) 800MHz $85 gfx card : Galaxy GF 8800GT PCI-E 2.0 512MB $336 HD : SATA-300 320GB 16MB $90 this is the gaming pc i am getting Total cost $909
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Yeh looks like a decent deal
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| 60GB SATA HDD | Antec sonata III| 500W PSU | err pentium 4 on a 8800gt bottleneck to the max ... surely you would know your stuff ......... |
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it means you were brainless enough to buy an 8800gt thinking it will work with a bad cpu. where you could just wait, and buy it together and by that time.. the 8800gt will be lowered in price by the sounds of your reply
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