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FPSLabs Home: Intel Entry Level system

By: Christian Koebel - Published November 05, 2005 at 7:03 PM EST - Writer Archive
Not enough money for a higher end system? Then, get the power of a Pentium 4 on the cheap!

Entry-Level Intel System

Part
Name Price
CPU
Intel Core 2 E6300
$185.00
Motherboard
Abit AB-9 (965)
$147.99
Video Card
eVGA 7600GT
$169.00
RAM
Corsair Value 2x512MB DDR 667
$81.99
HDD
Hitachi 80GB SATA HD
$41.99
Optical Drive
BenQ CD-RW
$17.99
Case (incl. PSU)
Antec Sonata II 400W PSU
$84.99
Total
$728.95

Possible Upgrades:
Replace eVGA 7600GT for eVGA 7900GT (+$100.00)
Replace Core2 E6300 with Core2 E6600 (+$131.00)
Replace Case PSU with FSP 500W (+$89.99)
Replace Hitachi 80GB with Western Digital 320GB 16MB cache HD (+$64.00)
Replace Lite-On CD-RW with BenQ DVD-RW LightScribe burner (+$18.50)

 

Total after upgrades: $1132.44

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