PC That Provides 2 Years of Quality Gaming

Rico Mossesgeld — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:36:43 +0000

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+ 512-P3-N873-AR Video Card ($135)
Hard Disk: Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 3.5″ SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive ($75)
Optical Drive: LG 22X DVDÂ±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS30 ($25)

Take note though! This setup obviously does not include a display or a pair of speakers. There’s nothing wrong with using your current ones though.

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PC That Provides 2 Years of Quality Gaming