Some builds I’ve been looking at recently.
(Prices as of 16/01/11, Newegg.ca, rounded)
Super-Duper 3k Beastly Machine: (Actually, $2969)
-Asus P8Z68 Deluxe/Gen3
--LGA1155, Z68, USB 3.0, PCIe 3.0, UEFI Bios, ATX 260$
-Intel Core i7-2600K
--3.4Ghz (3.8Ghz Turbo Boost), Unlocked 330$
-2xMushkin Enhanced Redline 8GB (2x4Gb) 240-Pin DDR3 2133 RAM
--CL9 (9-11-10-28) 102$
-2xSapphire Radeon HD 7970 3Gb
--PCIe 3.0, CrossfireX, GDDR5 550$
-Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 120Gb SSD
--SATAIII, 2.5” 175$
-Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDD
--2Tb, 7200RPM, SATAIII, 3.5” 220$
-Seasonic Platinum-860
--80 Plus Platinum, 860W, Modular, ATX 240$
-Fractal Design Arc Midi
--ATX Case, 3x120mm Fan, 20.28”x9.06”x18.11” 110$
-5xNoctua NF-P14 FLX 140mm Case Fan
--3/4 Pin connector 30
-Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO Heatsink & Fan
--160mm Height 100$
-Lite-On Blu-Ray Burner
--Blu-Ray 3D, SATA, Black 80$
Bad-Ass 2k Beast: ($1977)
-As above, with the following changes
-Intel Core i5-2500k 230$
-2xSapphire Radeon HD 6950 2Gb 265$
-drop the HDD and 1 pair of RAM.
Cheap and Cheerful 1k Ma-Chine: ($1026, okay I went over....sue me)
-ASRock Z68M-ITX/HT Mini ITX 140$
-i5-2500k 230$
-G.Skill Ripjaws 8Gb DDR3 1600 (2x4GB) 48$
-Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1GB 180$
-Seasonic SS-560KM 124$
-Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 120GB SSD 175$
-Lian-Li PC-Q08B Black 110$
-LG 22X Super-Multi DVD Burner 19$
Obviously, none of these builds include an OS, so figure an extra 150-200 for your favourite flavour of Windows, and if you aren't going to build it yourself, you are looking at 75-150 build cost. Oh...and shipping and taxes. Can't forget those.
Alternate sources: Canada Computers, NCIX and Tiger Direct
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