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FPSLabs Home: Intel High-End system

By: Christian Koebel - Published November 05, 2005 at 7:03 PM EST - Writer Archive

This system is designed for a good time, but it doesn't come cheap.

High-End Intel System

Part	Name	Price
CPU	Intel Core2 E6700	$530.00
Motherboard	Abit AW8D	$169.99
Video Card	XFX 7950GX2	$609.00
RAM	2GB G.Skill DDR 800	$148.49
HDD	Western Digital 320GB 16MB Cache	$105.99
Optical Drive	BenQ DVD-RW LightScribe Burner	$36.49
Case	Antec P180 ATX case	$119.99
Sound Card	SB X-Fi XtremeMusic	$81.99
Power Supply	Antec NeoHE 550W	$118.00
	Total:	$1919.94

Possible Upgrades:

Replace Core2 E6700 with Core2 X6800 (+$469.00)

Replace Western Digital 320GB HD with Western Digital Raptor 150GB (+$154.00)

Replace Antec 550W with OCZ GameXtreme 700W (+$51.99)

Total after upgrades: $2594.93

User Comments

AMD for the win!

Horrible Selections. Why add a SLI mobo if you are not going to setup the SLI configuration. Also for $30 more you can configure a total of 160GB RAID 0 for increased perforamnce. Especially in a 2$K system.

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