$1300 Gaming Computer Features Four 1GB Video Cards
September 25, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Desktops, Gaming
Tom’s Hardware cooked up another value-for-money gaming system, again part of the website’s September 2009 System Builder’s Marathon. This time, they managed to squeeze in four video cards—each featuring a gigabyte of memory—working in tandem into a $1250 budget. Here are the parts chosen by Tom’s experts:
Type
Component
Price
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor
$170
CPU Cooler
XIGMATEK HDT-RS1283 120mm CPU Cooler
$35
Motherboard
MSI 790FX-GD70 ATX AMD Motherboard
$165
Memory
Patriot Viper 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
$85
Video Card
Four (4) GIGABYTE GV-R485OC-1GH Radeon HD 4850 1GB Video Cards
$480
Hard Disk
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 3.5″ SATA …read more
