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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)

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Total after upgrades: $1132.44

User Comments

I was looking for a good, cheap motherboard.. and the MSI 915P Neo-F looks nice for $72.. cool, plus it has PCI-E..

yeah!~

newegg.com owns

I like that MSI 915P Neo-F. It's got PCI-E but it isn't over $100. Nice.

This comment was edited at 01/26/2006 4:12 AM

already old ,today march 26 2006

the entry level intel system must be some sort of a mistake. what kind of an neandertal would be buying a cd-only optical drives nowadays?!

that link for the CPU is a intel pentium 4 640 prescott core d=\.

=D

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