10-08-2009, 07:38 AM
Well I built mine and it was about $2,700 AUD for the desktop, $3,000 total with the monitor. For $1,000 dollars I would probably recommend these parts:
CPU - Intel E8500:
Great duo core processor is excellent, sitting at around 3.16Ghz, easily over clocked to 4Ghz on stock cooling.
RAM - DDR2 4GB 800MHz RAM
GPU - Foxconn 9800GT
Motherboard - Gigabyte MA790GP
Cooling - Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme + Scythe Slipstream:
Not exactly needed but the cooler everything is the longer it lasts (plus it's there if you ever want to upgrade the gpu/cpu).
PSU - Silverstone Strider ST50F 500W
HDD - WD 750GB HDD
Hope this helped, gl on the rig.
CPU - Intel E8500:
Great duo core processor is excellent, sitting at around 3.16Ghz, easily over clocked to 4Ghz on stock cooling.
RAM - DDR2 4GB 800MHz RAM
GPU - Foxconn 9800GT
Motherboard - Gigabyte MA790GP
Cooling - Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme + Scythe Slipstream:
Not exactly needed but the cooler everything is the longer it lasts (plus it's there if you ever want to upgrade the gpu/cpu).
PSU - Silverstone Strider ST50F 500W
HDD - WD 750GB HDD
Hope this helped, gl on the rig.
Intel Core i7 920 2.67Ghz | GIGABYTE X58-UD3R | 4GB DDR3 1333MHZ | 1.5TB SEAGATE | ATI 4890x2 | Coolmaster v8 | Corsair 850W | Antec Twelve Hundred