This system was built to focus on gaming while still keeping the price within a reasonable range. Here's the specs:
-AMD's Phenom II X6 2.8ghz Six core CPU
-Asus M4A78T Motherboard
-4gb DDR3 1600 G.Skill Ripjaws
-1tb 7200rpm Seagate Drive, SATA 3gb/s
-Asus DVD+R SATA Disc drive
-GeForce GT240 512mb DDR5 Graphics Card
-OKIA 650w PSU
-Antec's new DF-85 case
-Windows 7 64-bit
Price: $750
The new CPU seems to be very fast. The motherboard's BIOS out of the box didn't support the CPU however, and originally clocked the processor at 800mHz until the BIOS was updated. Obviously the first upgrade to this system will be the graphics card. In order to cut costs, I went with a 512mb card.
The case, for myself, was the most impressive piece of hardware in the build. All 3 front fans open up with a simple click, and each has its own removable filter. The front 3 fans have exterior speed controls, and the rear/top 4 fans have speed switches located on the back as well, making adjustments easy. It has several hot-swap drive bays, and a 2.5" SSD drive slot on the top of the case.
I was not overly impressed with the motherboard. I love Asus mobos and the utilities that Asus provides with them. For one, the PC Probe II utility provides a great desktop gadget to monitor your voltage levels, temperatures, and fan speeds.
As far as the rest of the hardware goes, it all works like it should. The 1TB drive formatted to 925GB, which is about as expected. The memory is the same memory I use in all of the performance machines that I build, and its always great memory for a good price. The PSU only had 2 SATA connectors, but a 4 PIN -> SATA adapter made the arrangement work nicely.
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