Gaming PC: Current best value systems for the price - UPDATED 20/7/2008

**reso** · 03-09-2008 08:29 AM

Also if anyone ever has any question's about system builds etc you can pm me aswell more than willing to help

miilez

**kornfan43** · 03-09-2008 01:45 PM

mmmmm, pm me first :O.

**mtw** · 03-09-2008 07:40 PM

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 -------------------------- $185.00
HDD: Samsung 750GB SATA2 32M 7200rpm ------------ $99.00
PSU: 620W "Corsair" HX-620 -------------------------- $139.00
MOBO: GA-EP45-DS3 -------------------------------- $129.00
DVD: Samsung DVD Burner ---------------------------- $25.00
CASE: CoolerMaster CM690 --------------------------- $95.00
GPU: HIS 512MB ATI/AMD HD4870 H487F512P --------- $319.00
RAM: 4GB (2x2048MB) Kingston PC6400 800MHz DDR2 - $93.00

TOTAL = $1048

Thoughts? Suggestions?

**atech** · 29-09-2008 01:39 PM

mabye time for update ITT, as intel have released a new batch of processors that may be better performance/price. Just a thought

Also i havent seen elmo around lately, where is that great hunk of knowledge, and where did he disappeared to?!

**mtw** · 02-10-2008 02:21 PM

If you are talking about the i7 processors they arn't released for another 2 months or so.

**empske** · 02-10-2008 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by mtw

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 -------------------------- $185.00
HDD: Samsung 750GB SATA2 32M 7200rpm ------------ $99.00
PSU: 620W "Corsair" HX-620 -------------------------- $139.00
MOBO: GA-EP45-DS3 -------------------------------- $129.00
DVD: Samsung DVD Burner ---------------------------- $25.00
CASE: CoolerMaster CM690 --------------------------- $95.00
GPU: HIS 512MB ATI/AMD HD4870 H487F512P --------- $319.00
RAM: 4GB (2x2048MB) Kingston PC6400 800MHz DDR2 - $93.00

TOTAL = $1048

Thoughts? Suggestions?

me m8 awesomePC gamer

***fury*** · 02-10-2008 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by mtw

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 -------------------------- $185.00
HDD: Samsung 750GB SATA2 32M 7200rpm ------------ $99.00
PSU: 620W "Corsair" HX-620 -------------------------- $139.00
MOBO: GA-EP45-DS3 -------------------------------- $129.00
DVD: Samsung DVD Burner ---------------------------- $25.00
CASE: CoolerMaster CM690 --------------------------- $95.00
GPU: HIS 512MB ATI/AMD HD4870 H487F512P --------- $319.00
RAM: 4GB (2x2048MB) Kingston PC6400 800MHz DDR2 - $93.00

TOTAL = $1048

Thoughts? Suggestions?

Great PC,

Might wanna consider 44412 RAM however.

**xr6_turbo** · 02-10-2008 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by fury

Great PC,

Might wanna consider 44412 RAM however.

Depends if he is going to overclock it

Don't bother if he isn't

but if he wants to give it a crack then its worthwhile.

***fury*** · 02-10-2008 05:35 PM

Why? $30 more for 44412 800mhz vs 55515 800mhz...its still better.

**xr6_turbo** · 02-10-2008 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by fury

Why? $30 more for 44412 800mhz vs 55515 800mhz...its still better.

For a budget system its $30 someone might no have either dude

End of the day why bother if its a cheap build.

**cM^** · 02-10-2008 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by studiosoundguy

For a budget system its $30 someone might no have either dude

End of the day why bother if its a cheap build.

Help, really only got tomorrow to make purchase :S

**iskk** · 05-10-2008 08:11 AM

WoW thx, just what ive been looking for

**ethnic** · 09-10-2008 02:56 AM

elmo can you update it breh!!:P

**dannaz** · 09-10-2008 02:47 PM

cool

**ot_** · 12-10-2008 08:06 AM

update?

**f1tzy** · 12-10-2008 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by ot_

update?

Gaming PC: Recommendations per budget

**mtw** · 12-10-2008 11:37 AM

Seeing as elmo doesn't want to update his thread, I decided i'd post this up. Feel free to just copy paste this to update yours elmo.

This was originally created by Stenchlord over at OCAU, this is my modified version of his recommendations. Theres a link at the bottom if you want to go to his thread (Must be a member on OCAU).

These are just suggestions. This is not the be all and end all, you can mix and match virtually any pieces of hardware nowadays. Feel free to ask questions.

EDIT: I just stumbled upon this gem, which makes MSY readable!
http://msy.arpatubes.net/

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ATI Choice Range

Light Gamer Package
$90.00	-IT Estate- Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200 (2.2GHz/65nm/800FSB/1M)
$109.00	-IT Estate- Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3 (P43) Mainboard
$43.00	-   MSY   - 2GB Kit (2x1024MB) "Generic" PC6400 800MHz DDR2 RAM
$193.00	-   MSY   - 512MB AMD/ATI HD4850
$82.00	-   MSY   - Western Digital 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB HDD
$29.00	-   MSY   - Pioneer 215D Black SATA 20x Dual Layer DVDRW
$105.00	-IT Estate- CoolerMaster Centurion CAC-T05 w/ CM 460W PSU
---------------------------$651.00---------------------------

Gamer Wannabe Package
$129.00 -IT Estate- *Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 (2.53GHz/45nm/1066FSB/3M)
$138.00	-   MSY   - Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L (P45) Mainboard
$84.00	-   MSY   - 	Kingston 4GB 4096MB Kit (2GB X 2) DDR2 800 PC6400
$335.00	-   MSY   - ASUS 512MB ATI/AMD HD4870
$82.00	-   MSY   - Western Digital 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB HDD
$29.00	-   MSY   - Pioneer 215D Black SATA 20x Dual Layer DVDRW
$110.00 -IT Estate- Coolermaster CM690 Midi-Tower w/ Window
$99.0 -IT Estate- *Seasonic S12 430W ATX Power Supply Unit
---------------------------$1006.00---------------------------

Standard Gamer Package
$219.00 -IT Estate- *Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.1GHz/45nm/1333FSB/6M)
$145.00 -IT Estate- Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 (P45) Motherboard
$99.00 - NetPlus - 4GB Kit (2x2GB) Kingston HyperX PC6400 800MHz DDR2
$369.00 -IT Estate- 4870 1GB Gecube 
$43.00  -IT Estate- Samsung 160GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB HDD
$149.00 - NetPlus - Samsung 1TB SATAII 5400RPM 32MB HDD
$23.00 - NetPlus - Samsung SH-S223F/BEBN 22x SATA DL DVDRW
$110.00 -IT Estate- Coolermaster CM690 Midi-Tower w/ Window
$165.00 -IT Estate- *Seasonic M12 600W Modular ATX Power Supply Unit
---------------------------$1322.00---------------------------

Enthusiast Gamer Package [CrossfireX]
$325.00	-IT Estate- Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 (3.33GHz/45nm/1333FSB/6M)
$253.00	-IT Estate- Gigabyte GA-X48-DS4 (X48) Mainboard
$99.00	- NetPlus - 4GB Kit (2x2048MB) Kingston HyperX PC6400C5 800MHz
$386.00	-   MSY   - 2 x 512MB AMD/ATI HD4850
$82.00	-   MSY   - Western Digital 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB HDD
$29.00	-   MSY   - Pioneer 215D Black SATA 20x Dual Layer DVDRW
$88.00 -IT Estate- Coolermaster Centurion 590 Midi-Tower ATX Case
$135.00 -IT Estate- Seasonic M12 500W Modular ATX Power Supply Unit
---------------------------$1400.00---------------------------

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NVIDIA Choice Range

Light Gamer Package
$109.00	-IT Estate- Intel Core 2 Duo E5200 (2.5GHz/65nm/800FSB/2M)
$109.00	-IT Estate- Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3 (P43) Mainboard
$43.00	-   MSY   - 2GB Kit (2x1024MB) "Generic" PC6400 800MHz DDR2 RAM
$155.00	-   MSY   - 512MB 9800GT (600/900MHz)
$82.00	-   MSY   - Western Digital 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB HDD
$29.00	-   MSY   - Pioneer 215D Black SATA 20x Dual Layer DVDRW
$105.00 -IT Estate- CoolerMaster Centurion CAC-T05 w/ CM 460W PSU
---------------------------$632.00---------------------------

Gamer Wannabe Package
$129.00	-IT Estate- *Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 (2.53GHz/45nm/1066FSB/3M)
$138.00	-   MSY   - Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L (P45) Mainboard
$84.00	-   MSY   - 	Kingston 4GB 4096MB Kit (2GB X 2) DDR2 800 PC6400
$322.00	-   MSY   - 896MB NVIDIA GTX260
$90.00	-   MSY   - Western Digital 640GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB HDD
$29.00	-   MSY   - Pioneer 215D Black SATA 20x Dual Layer DVDRW
$110.00 -IT Estate- Coolermaster CM690 Midi-Tower w/ Window
$99.00 -IT Estate- *Seasonic S12 430W ATX Power Supply Unit
---------------------------$1001.00---------------------------

Standard Gamer Package [SLI]
$219.00 	-IT Estate- *Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.1GHz/45nm/1333FSB/6M)
$164.00	-   MSY   - ASUS P5N-D EPU (nF 750i SLI) Mainboard
$103.00	-   MSY   - 4GB Kit (2x2048MB) Kingston HyperX PC6400C5 800MHz
$310.00	-   MSY   - 2 x 512MB NVIDIA 9800GT
$90.00	-   MSY   - Western Digital 640GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB HDD
$29.00	-   MSY   - Pioneer 215D Black SATA 20x Dual Layer DVDRW
$110.00 -IT Estate- Coolermaster CM690 Midi-Tower w/ Window
$165.00 -IT Estate- *Seasonic M12 600W Modular ATX Power Supply Unit
---------------------------$1170.00---------------------------

Enthusiast Gamer Package [SLI]
$219.00 	-IT Estate- *Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.1GHz/45nm/1333FSB/6M)
$164.00	-   MSY   - ASUS P5N-D EPU (nF 750i SLI) Mainboard
$99.00	- NetPlus - 4GB Kit (2x2048MB) Kingston HyperX PC6400C5 800MHz
$644.00	-   MSY   - 2 x 896MB NVIDIA GTX260
$90.00	-   MSY   - Western Digital 640GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB HDD
$29.00	-   MSY   - Pioneer 215D Black SATA 20x Dual Layer DVDRW
$110.00 -IT Estate- Coolermaster CM690 Midi-Tower w/ Window
$165.00 -IT Estate- *Seasonic M12 600W Modular ATX Power Supply Unit
---------------------------$1520.00---------------------------

Ta stenchlord @ OCAU (MUST BE A MEMBER ON OCAU TO VIEW THREAD)

**fRAGiMAL** · 29-10-2008 08:35 PM

thank you! i waz curious on what type of prices i'd be looking at =] i got a idea of how much i need to save now. my computer iz a piece of crap. thankz!

**Valkyrie** · 25-01-2009 04:01 PM

any Quad core PC's?

***fury*** · 25-01-2009 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by Valkyrie

any Quad core PC's?

No for the 20th time, Dual beats Quad. for gaming.

**Valkyrie** · 25-01-2009 04:13 PM

I can read you tard..

Obviously I need it for more than gaming. Obviously I also do 3D Art rendering and hyper-threading programming...

**syntax** · 25-01-2009 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by Valkyrie

I can read you tard..

Obviously I need it for more than gaming. Obviously I also do 3D Art rendering and hyper-threading programming...

Why would you call someone who is trying to help you a tard..

**pinto** · 26-01-2009 12:40 AM

Originally Posted by Valkyrie

I can read you tard..

Obviously I need it for more than gaming. Obviously I also do 3D Art rendering and hyper-threading programming...

GET OFF GOTGAMES THEN LULZL

i dont really care i just wanted to make that joke

**xr6_turbo** · 26-01-2009 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by Valkyrie

I can read you tard..

Obviously I need it for more than gaming. Obviously I also do 3D Art rendering and hyper-threading programming...

Firstly...please tone it down, people have told you 10 times dual is better than Quad atm...so why would there be a quad system if a dual core can do just as good if NOT better!

Secondly...

Give us a budget and we might be able to whip up a PC for you...

Welcome to GotGames...but this is primarily a gaming forum where gaming rigs are the more important listings over a 3D Rendering setup

**generiK** · 02-02-2009 05:05 PM

First off, Great List. It has given me an awsome idea of what to buy.
However, are the new intel Chips out yet? And if so, do you think anyone could recomend a good gaming rig for $1700 or less?

The $1500 build you suggested looks great, just wondering if there have been any updates. Just wondering, with 2 x Nvidia GTX260's, would cooling not be a rather high priority? Any idea's how much cooling could cost?

Thank you in advance.

-generiK

**generiK** · 02-02-2009 05:18 PM

Sorry for double post.

My Question..

Would a Nvidia GTX295 outdo dual GTX260's?

**ot_** · 21-03-2009 06:19 PM

instead of making a new " i need a new pc guyths" thread, id thought i would post in here!

any chanced of getting a decent setup for around $900-$1000?

**Jam0864** · 21-03-2009 06:33 PM

Would a Nvidia GTX295 outdo dual GTX260's?

yes.

**Cazza** · 21-03-2009 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by ot_

instead of making a new " i need a new pc guyths" thread, id thought i would post in here!

any chanced of getting a decent setup for around $900-$1000?

Well i was just looking through some prices before may get a new pc but for $1330 you can get this:

Motherboard: G-B EP45-UD3L $177
CPU: E8500 $299
GPU: 1GB 9800GTX+ Gigabyte $292
Ram: 4G Kit-800(2x2G) Kingston $67
HD: Seagate SATA 500G $89
PSU: Thermaltake ToughPower 600W $140
Case: Thermaltake V9 $112
Cooling: Thermaltake V1 $75
Soundcard: Creative X-FI Xtreme Audio $72
80mm Quad- LED Fan - Blue x2 $4 (pc case gear)

total: $1327

All parts prices taken from MSY. If you wanted it cheaper you could go for an E8400 instead of the 8500 and get a 500W psu or something aswell. It doesn't have a dvd burner or anything in that price but u can get them for $40 i think.

**Liam** · 22-03-2009 02:12 AM

elmo died

**DupLo_** · 25-05-2009 01:18 PM

wow thats awesome.

**Smith** · 25-05-2009 08:26 PM

This message was deleted by a moderator. Reason: stop digging up threads...read the date before posting, THANKS

Lol. How does one, "dig up" a stickied thread. n00b.

**stix** · 25-05-2009 10:11 PM

May 2009

PSU
NAME BRAND 550-600W

Case
Antec 300 or Coolermaster Centurion 5/590

Mobo
Intel - GA-EP45-UD3P
ATI - 790FX Chipset (Asus M3A79-T Deluxe)

Processor
Intel
Low: E5200
Mid: E7400
High: E8500
Quad: Q9400
AMD
Dual: Athlon X2 7750BE
Tri or Quad Phenom X3 720/X4 955BE
RAM
Normal - 4-4-4-12 DDR2 800mhz
Overclocking - <4-4-4-12 DDR2 1066mhz

CPU COOLER
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro

HD Storage
WD Caviar Black 640gb
Seagate Barracuda 500gb

1tb+
WD Caviar GREEN

SSD Storage
Standard: OCZ Solid
Premium: INTEL X25

Input
Keyboard: Anything wired
Mouse: MX518, G5, Habu
Ricer Keyboard: Razer Lycosa, Saitek Eclipse

Video Card
BUDGET: Nvidia GT130 (9600GT); Radeon HD4830
MID: Radeon HD4770
HIGH (1920×1200 or higher): Radeon HD4890 or Nvidia GTX275
Dual Card: Nvidia GTX295

Headphones
Cheap: KOSS Porta Pro, Sennheiser HD205
Expensive: Grado SR-80 (i think they're marketed as Alessandro in Australia)

**generiK** · 26-05-2009 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by Smith

Lol. How does one, "dig up" a stickied thread. n00b.

I'd also like to know this....

**Enforcer.** · 26-05-2009 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by mtw

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 -------------------------- $185.00
HDD: Samsung 750GB SATA2 32M 7200rpm ------------ $99.00
PSU: 620W "Corsair" HX-620 -------------------------- $139.00
MOBO: GA-EP45-DS3 -------------------------------- $129.00
DVD: Samsung DVD Burner ---------------------------- $25.00
CASE: CoolerMaster CM690 --------------------------- $95.00
GPU: HIS 512MB ATI/AMD HD4870 H487F512P --------- $319.00
RAM: 4GB (2x2048MB) Kingston PC6400 800MHz DDR2 - $93.00

TOTAL = $1048

Thoughts? Suggestions?

ehhh....

AMD Quad Core 9750 Black edition --------------------- $238
HDD: Samsung 750GB SATA2 32M 7200rpm ------------ $99.00
Superb 550 PSU --------------------------------------- $70.00
Mobo: You dont need something crazy. GA-MA770-US3 --$118.00
CASE: CoolerMaster CM690 with some coloured Fans imo.- $95.00
HIS ATI HD4870 PCI-E 2.0 1GB -------------------------- $294.00
RAM: 4GB (2x2048MB) Kingston PC6400 800MHz DDR2 - $93.00

Total = $1,007

And you have a quad core, and a 4870 1gb card, you wont need more then a 550w PSU

And you could prob use your old dvd writer?

Intel is so overpriced o.O

**SASQUATCH** · 26-05-2009 04:29 PM

faaark the dollar has made a massive diff to all these prices, cheapest you can pick an e8400 atm is like $220. ;/

**crunchie_246** · 26-05-2009 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by Enforcer.

ehhh....

AMD Quad Core 9750 Black edition --------------------- $238
HDD: Samsung 750GB SATA2 32M 7200rpm ------------ $99.00
Superb 550 PSU --------------------------------------- $70.00
Mobo: You dont need something crazy. GA-MA770-US3 --$118.00
CASE: CoolerMaster CM690 with some coloured Fans imo.- $95.00
HIS ATI HD4870 PCI-E 2.0 1GB -------------------------- $294.00
RAM: 4GB (2x2048MB) Kingston PC6400 800MHz DDR2 - $93.00

Total = $1,007

And you have a quad core, and a 4870 1gb card, you wont need more then a 550w PSU

And you could prob use your old dvd writer?

Intel is so overpriced o.O

AMD is sooooooooooo shit

You get what you pay for is correct in this instance. Intel wipe the floor with amd