PC Experts.

[rdomico]

I was looking at www.CyberPowerSystem.com

If you had $1000 and didn't need a monitor, how would you configure a computer? I want the thing to play games.

If anyone is really bored, see what you can configure for $1000.

I am not even sure whether to go Intel or AMD.

Thanks,
Bob

[Pumpy Tudors]

Hi, Bob. If I weren't at work, I'd help you out there, Bob. Unfortunately, I'm at work, so I'll let somebody else handle it, Bob. With that said, I suggest that you get a video card that has hardware T&L, Bob.

[wishbone]

MoBo Abit AN8 SLI www.zipzoomfly.com $138.95
CPU Athlon64 3500+ Venice www.newegg.com $201.00
Case Antec Sonata www.iguanamicro.com $105.00
PSU Antec TRUECONTROL II-550 www.newegg.com $104.98
Ram Corsair XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) Retail www.newegg.com $304.00
HDD Seagate 250GB SATA www.iguanamicro.com $126.50
Video BFG Tech Geforce 7800GT www.newegg.com $369.99
DVD NEC 3540a www.newegg.com $39.75

The total there is about $1400 but go to 1 GB Ram and a 6600GS video card and you are under $1100. Hard drive would probably have a rebate and decent case go for less to get you under $1000 and have a nice system with some good legs (hopefully)

[Bee]

I'd go with the 9000 Ultra Pro...the case looks cool.

[wishbone]

Sorry, at Cyber power for $1000, I used the Gamer Ultra SLI Basic and got
CASE : ATX MEDIUM TOWER CASE 350 WATT (BEIGE COLOR)
CPU : (939-pin) AMD ATHLON64 3500+ CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
MOTHERBOARD : (Sckt939)ASUS A8N-SLI nForce4 SLI Chipset SATA RAID Dual PCIE MB w/Gb-LAN,USB2.0,IEEE-1394,&7.1Audio
MEMORY : 1024 MB (512MBx2) PC3200 400MHz Dual Channel DDR MEMORY (Corsair Value Select)
VIDEO CARD : NVIDIA Geforce 6600 256MB 16X PCI EXPRESS VIDEO CARD
VIDEO CARD 2 : NVIDIA Geforce 6600 256MB 16X PCI EXPRESS VIDEO CARD
MONITOR & LCD : NONE
HARD DRIVE : 160GB Hard Drive (SATA150 - Hitachi 160GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache -- Recommended)
Hard Drive 2 : NONE
Optical Drive : NEC 3520A 16X DVD+-RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BEIGE COLOR)
Optical Drive 2 : NONE
SOUND : HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
Price: $970.00

PSU doesn't show up but I used the Antec 550watt option