Date:
Monday , May 23, 2005
Author:
Keith Dugger
Editor:
Sean Meuller
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[H]ard|OCP 1000 Q2-05

Is your computer’s gaming ability not quite what you would like? In this HardOCP System Upgrade guide we take a $1000, spend it at Newegg, and build a SLI ready gaming computer that will make you proud. And give you lots of room to upgrade.

Grammatical & Spelling Editor: Timothy Daniel

Introduction

It isn’t often that the computer enthusiast can easily hit a sweet spot with regard to price and performance. We think that in today’s marketplace with some hefty research, you can get a new gaming system without having to take a trip to the pawnshop. We also understand not everyone has time for all that research, so we have done it for you. After all, a system upgrade should not only be a value in terms of cost, but it should also be easy on your keyboard and mouse too.

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Our priorities for spending our hard-earned cash are simple. Get the most base-performance for the dollar and design an upgrade path that provides room for future upgradeability. We’ve dedicated the time to think through an upgrade that meets those priorities and have come up with a few choice components that will be the core of a solid system.

Our Sponsors

Our guide is sponsored by Newegg. As a long time supporter of HardOCP.com, Newegg provided direct links allowing you to click through to the new Newegg website so you can easily order the system components we have chosen.

While Newegg did sponsor this article, the full contents of the system guide are left to HardOCP’s discretion. Of course our only parameter is that we shop at Newegg.com.

This may be a "sponsored" guide; however, HardOCP does not receive any monetary compensation from the sale of any hardware. That said, surely Newegg will be tracking how many people use the links in this guide to make purchases. So if you are going to use our suggestions here, please click through our links. Those sales keep Newegg happy and keep them advertising with us. Many thanks!