May 2010 6 Core AMD Gamer Build Under $1000

This machine is designed with 2 things in mind.  First, wanting to have the best performance money can buy, but at the same time staying in a reasonable budget. For what you see, this computer will handle any game currently on the market.  You may not get to crank everything, but it will definitely look good.

As far as multi tasking and handling applications, all 6 cores of this animal will tackle what you can throw at it.  It will multi task very well, especially when packed with a 64 bit version of Windows 7.

If you prefer to get faster reads and writes, add a 2nd hard drive of the same model and set up a raid.  For the price of the drive, you really can't go wrong and the performance gains are well worth it. Motherboard -ASUS M4A89GTD PRO Motherboard - AMD 890GX, AM3, DDR3, USB, RAID, DVI, HDMI, ATX

Computer Case -Ultra X-Blaster ATX Black Mid-Tower Case with Clear Side, Front USB, FireWire and Audio Ports

CPU -AMD HDT55TFBRBOX Phenom II 1055T Six Core Processor - 2.80GHz, 6MB Cache, 2000MHz (4000 MT/s) FSB, Retail, Socket AM3, Processor with Fan

CPU Cooler - Stock fan and heat sink, included with the CPU

RAM - Corsair Dominator GT 4096MB PC12800 DDR3 RAM - 1600MHz, Dual-Channel, (2x2048MB)

Hard Drive -Western Digital WD5001AALS Caviar Black Hard Drive - 500GB, 7200 rpm, 32MB, SATA-3G

Video Card -BFG BFGEGTX275896OCE GeForce GTX 275 OverClocked Video Card - 896MB, PCI Express 2.0 x16, SLI Ready, (dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, HDMI (w/ Adapter)

Sound Card - on motherboard

DVD RW - Lite-On IHAS124-04 Internal DVD Writer - DVD+R 24X, DVD-R 24X, DVD+RW 8X, DVD-RW 6X, DVD+R DL 8X, SATA (OEM)

Network Card - on motherboard

Power Supply - Ultra X-Blaster ATX Black Mid-Tower Case with Clear Side, Front USB, FireWire and Audio Ports