Great Gaming PC for under $1,000

[Cambios]

At the end of December, my wife’s PC finally died and mine was barely limping along. They were both over 4 years old. I have become disenchanted with pre-builts (read this about Alienware’s decline), so I decided I’d build them myself. I hadn’t done so for 15+ years so i was a little nervous about it. But they turned out GREAT (knock on wood).

Top Notch Gaming PC for under $1000

If you do all the rebates, you can actually put it together for about $870.

Check it out and let me know what you think!

 

[foolycooly]

link is broken :\

 

[batuchka]

Hmm this would be my submission for a sub $1k rig hehe

 

[fullmetall]

How'd you do that batuchka

 

[xthekidx]

I would make some minor changes to batchuka's build, but PII is probably the best option for $1k. If you need an OS however...you need to rethink it.

I would go for the Asus mobo/cpu combo, MSI can be iffy. Gigabyte and Asus are my picks for mobo manufacturers.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.159867

I'd also change the dvd drive to an LG or samsung, liteon drives aren't that reliable in my experience.