Complete $700 & $1000 Systems (No OS/Monitor)

Not always the cheapest or best parts, but most are respected, tested and typically have good support base (many sold) for a balanced system (price vs performance). These are complete systems designed for the average user. Tweak away. These systems are not weak – they will compete very well with systems in their price range. Prices are before shipping also.



Value System with a kick…

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice
BIOSTAR TForce6100 Socket 754 NVIDIA GeForce 6100
CORSAIR 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR400 Dual Channel Model VS1GBKIT400
WD Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
eVGA 256-P2-N391-AX Geforce 6800GS 256MB GDDR3
NEC Black IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner Model ND-3550A
Logitech 967496-0403 2-Tone PS/2 RF Wireless Slim Keyboard Mouse
POWMAX CP0327PL-4 ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 400W PSU

$665 Total ($655 after Rebates)




Not too Shabby (But still a value system)

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester
ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra
CORSAIR 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR400 Dual Channel Model VS1GBKIT400
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3250823AS 250GB
eVGA 256-P2-N516 Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3
ASUS Black E-IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM
Logitech 967496-0403 2-Tone PS/2 RF Wireless Slim Keyboard Mouse
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 Case
Antec SmartPower 2.0 SP-500 ATX12V 500W PSU


$1,033 Total ($1,013 after Rebates)
Note: Had to work this one with a lot of combo deals so I did compromise a little for a better price.

Though I am sure some could come up with ‘better’ deals, most will be due to skimming on things I personally wouldn’t want to or sacrificing some parts. All in all, both systems will do fine with most games. The second system could go with a single core CPU and that money could go into another gig of memory (2x1GB sticks), but most will agree that the 1GB mark is still the sweet spot thus me going with a bigger CPU. One could argue an Opty would be better and I agree but that would take it past the 1,000 mark and better memory would be advised if you are going to OC – again, raising the cost. Anyway, these are just some samples.