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The Moditory’s Post Holiday Purchase Guide |
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Written by RotoSequence
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$1100 computer: Budget gaming with increased potency
- Processor: AMD Opteron 144 - $140
CompSource
- Heatsink: Zalman 7000 B Al/Cu Radial heatsink/fan - $29.99
Newegg
- Motherboard: Asus A8N SLI-Deluxe - $160
Xtreme Gear
- Graphics Card: 7800 GT - $299
ZipZoomFly
- Memory: Crucial Ballistix 2 x 512 MB kit - $119
NewEgg
- Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 SATA 150 250 GB - $104.50
Newegg
- Case: Thermaltake Soprano - $74.99 Newegg
- Power Supply: Silverstone ST56F 560 Watt - $113.99
Newegg
- Optical Drive: Pioneer 16x DVD Burner - $39.99
Newegg
- Total: $1081.46
The AMD Opteron 144 is the reigning King in the value segment of the market; with excellent gaming performance, low power consumption, and a low price, this is an excellent value CPU which gives you high end performance. Socket 939 “Venus" Core.
No heatsink included. Currently on 1-3 day Backorder.
Zalman is famous for their high quality heatsinks. Offering excellent performance for a low price, the Zalman 7000 is one of my personal favorites, and helps keep my computer, and many of my friend’s computers, cool. 92mm Aluminum and Copper heatsink and fan.
An improvement of the A8N SLI-Deluxe, the A8N SLI-Premium offers silent cooling by through the use of heat pipes; this cooling solution is both quiet and efficient, and allows improved performance at a lower noise level. With all the stability offered by the SLI-Deluxe, this board is a winner. Socket 939, Nvidia Nforce 4 SLI chipset, 4 PC 3200 DDR slots, two PCI Express x16 slots (2x8 in SLI Mode).
The most important part of any gaming machine is its graphics processing unit; Nvidia’s GeForce 7800 GT is one of the best graphics processors on the planet; packing almost twice the punch of a 6800 GT, this graphics card comes in at only $30 more expensive. Should you decide later you want more graphics processing power, you can add a second 7800 GT later and nearly double your graphics processing power. PCI Express x16 video card, 256 MB GDDR 3.
Crucial’s Ballstix RAM has a reputation for being amongst the best in the industry, and it is well earned. This low latency RAM provides the capacity to overclock your processor without significant effort, and it looks great inside any system. This RAM comes highly recommended. CAS 2 2x512 MB DDR RAM kit.
Need reliable data storage? Seagate is the only hard drive maker to offer a five year warranty on their full range of products – and their hard drives earn it. Inexpensive, well made, and very quiet, these are the drives to get. 250 Gigabytes of space on SATA 150 will work quite well for holding all your games and tons of media! 250 Gigabyte SATA 150 7200 RPM Hard disk drive.
Thermaltake’s Soprano is a solid case with excellent cooling provided by two 120mm fans. While its not perfect, its an excellent choice for this price range. This is easily one of the best cases Thermaltake produces. –Steel/Plastic ATX computer chassis.
Silverstone is a common feature of Moditory Reviews, but their quality and reliability is not common for a relative newcomer to the industry. The ST56F will provide clean power to your computer for years to come, and be able to be carried over through virtually all hardware upgrades. ATX Power Supply unit; 560 Watt rated output.
Pioneer is a longtime electronics maker, and their experience shows in this inexpensive, high quality DVD burner. Used by many of my peers and colleagues, this drive will duplicate your media without creating coasters! 16 x 8 x 16 DVD/CD Writer/Re-writer/Reader IDE optical drive.
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