PC That Provides 2 Years of Quality Gaming
April 16, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Desktops, Gaming
The folks over at Tom’s Hardware’s Forums apparently know their stuff, having come up with a configuration that supposedly provides great gaming for the first year, “decent” gaming for the second—working with a $1000 budget. Here what they have so far:
Casing: Antec Three Hundred Black Computer Case ($60)
Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply ($100)
Motherboard: MSI X58 Pro ATX Intel Motherboard ($200)
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor ($289)
Memory: Kingston 3GB (3 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory ($52)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX+ …read more
