DIY recipe for Gaming PC

Okay, just straight to the point. I have a recipe for making a gamer's dream machine - my own dream machine and I would like to share it through this blog. Below is the specification I believe will satisfy any gamers, especially in Indonesia :

1. Chassis : Powerlogic Atrix 5000 -> $50
Powerlogic is the nicest computer case I found so far. It's equipped with LCD for monitoring temperatures, very useful features for gamers who tend to play games hourly. Just look at the image above, don't you agree with me?

2. Motherboard : ECS-nForce6M-A -> $60
I did use ECS board and it was rock stable for 5 years before it was broken.

3. Processor : Athlon X2 4200+ -> $70
Athlon X2 is the best price/performance ratio processor in the market today.

4. Memory : Vgen DDR2 PC 6400 2GB -> $53
Make sure you have DDR2 PC 6400, 2 GB is enough for games today.

5. Power supply : Acbel 400 W Pure -> $47
It's very important to have good power supply in order to keep your system healthy.

6. Graphic card : Winfast PX8600GT 256MB DDR3 -> $125
What can I say, we all know that gamers need good graphic card to play latest games nowadays and 8600 GT DDR3 version is known as the best mainstream graphic card at this time.

7. Harddisk : 160 GB Western Digital 8 MB cache -> $54
WDC has some cheap 8MB cache harddisk. Good for gaming use.

8. Sound card : Onboard -> $0
Sound card is not really necessary as the average onboard sound card is enough to give you good sound experience.

9. Keyboard & mouse : Logitech multimedia & optical -> $18
Logitech is the best keyboard and mouse maker so far.

10. Optical drive : Pioneer DVD-RW -> $34
Pioneer is one of the best optical storage maker in the world.

11. Monitor : Samsung LCD TV 32" -> $635
What can more please gamers than a big display for enjoying the fascinating of most advanced graphics today?

12. Speaker : Built-in -> $0
Just use the built-in speaker on LCD TV to save some cost...

And to sum it all, my dream machine will cost $1146 ~ Rp 10.550.000,-. Wow....so expensive! (That's why I call this a dream machine :P).

But if you are really tight in budget, then you may consider to buy LG 17" LCD Monitor and Edifier R401 speaker. Each will cost you $192 and $36. You will save $407 and the total money you'll spend will become $739 ~ Rp 6.800.000,-. A lot cheaper then ;)