Best Machine for 1000 bucks

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homerjr43

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Below is my build of the Week..For under $1000 Dollars you can have the latest Technology with extreme overclocking potential. I have choosen the X6300 because many forum members have OC'd between 3.0-3.4 Ghz on air. I also have choose the X1800GTO 2 over some other video cards because it is 512 Mb and can be flased to a x1800XTX bios and supports heavy OC'ing as well. Many of you have a 1000 Dollar budget and i believe this to be a Rock solid choice. If you dont feel like OC'ing you should be perfectly happy with this setup...and for those a litte more adventerous this setup has some amazing potential.

Below are the Specs and individaul components....

Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
Computer Case 450Watt SmartPower 2.0 ATX 12V V2.0 for AMD & Intel
systems Power Supply - Retail
$109.99 -$20.00 Instant with a $15.00 Mail-in Rebate
$74.99 After MIR

NEC 16X DVD Burner Black IDE/ATAPI Model ND-3550A - OEM
$29.25

Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX
Intel Motherboard - Retail
$144.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
$94.99

OCZ Gold 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory
$199.99 with a $35.00 Mail-in Rebate
$164.99 After MIR

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1066MHz FSB LGA 775 Processor
$193.00

SAPPHIRE 100153L Radeon X1800GTO2 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16
$222.99

SubTotal: $975.20
UPS 3-Day Shipping $31.08
TOTAL SHIPPED....$1,006.28
Total After MIR's SHIPPED....$956.28

If you would like the added benefit of Multimedia capabilities the AIW X1900 would be a great card as well.

All-In-Wonder Radeon X1900 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card
$215.99
 
Please post any suggestions to improve the machine....I would love feedback..I think my friend has decided to buy these parts tonight...So if u have any suggestions on what to change let me know..

Thanks
 
The best machine for aroound 1000 is probably a used honda with a vtec v6. Add on a chip and you can overclock it a few hp.

But for best computer, looks like you have the bases covered. :)
 
A lot of people seem to be having issues with 2.1V memory with the new Core 2 Duo boards. Well, with ASUS at least. I'm not sure about the DS3s.
 
Ok so we decided to go with a 7900GT for the fact that it runs cooler and only takes on slot newegg has an XFX with a rebate so its only about 20 more than the x1800gto2...and we also switched the ram to patriot 667 at 1.8 volts to prevent the voltage incompatibility issue....
Thanks for the suggestions
 
maybe a different case and a 10000 rpm hd.
id also get some vantec sleeving to make it look good on the inside.
 
$1000 is almost a budget machine. You'd be better off spending the money on components than accessories.
 
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