I need 2 new machines for 1k each

Want to game with them obviously. Anyone have any suggestions? I can go slightly over but I really don't want to if I can get away with it.

Are you going to build them yourself?

Which components you need? 1k can be a lot when all you need is mobo+cpu+ram+vid card, and barely enough when you also need drives, fans, a case etc.

I really don't have time to build them myself. I need everything except for monitors and sound cards.

If you want to brave building it yourself, this should save you some time:
These deals are contingent on several rebates which end within days.

Case: Coolermaster Black/Aluminum: 50 - 10 + 16 = $56
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E1681 1119068)

Power Supply: Antec NeoPower NeoHE 550W: $70
Newegg.com - Antec NeoPower NeoHE 550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, TUV, CE, FCC, CCC, CB, C-tick - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E1681 7103941)

Motherboard: Gigabyte: $100
Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E1681 3128042)

Processor: Intel 6600 Conroe 2.4GHz: $226
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E1681 9115003)

RAM: Corsair XMS 2 Gig PC2 6400: 147 - 50 = $97
Newegg.com - CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E1682 0145034)

Video Card: EVGA Geforce 8800 GTS 320MB PCIeX16: 290 - 20 + 6 = $276
Newegg.com - EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E1681 4130082)

Hard Drive: WD Caviar SE 16MB Cache, 250 GB SATA: $70
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E1682 2144701)

DVD: Sony NEC: 34+6 = $40

Total: $935

If you want to brave building it yourself, this should save you some time:
These deals are contingent on several rebates which end within days.

Case: Coolermaster Black/Aluminum: 50 - 10 + 16 = $56
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E1681 1119068)

Power Supply: Antec NeoPower NeoHE 550W: $70
Newegg.com - Antec NeoPower NeoHE 550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, TUV, CE, FCC, CCC, CB, C-tick - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E1681 7103941)

Motherboard: Gigabyte: $100
Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E1681 3128042)

Processor: Intel 6600 Conroe 2.4GHz: $226
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E1681 9115003)

RAM: Corsair XMS 2 Gig PC2 6400: 147 - 50 = $97
Newegg.com - CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E1682 0145034)

Video Card: EVGA Geforce 8800 GTS 320MB PCIeX16: 290 - 20 + 6 = $276
Newegg.com - EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E1681 4130082)

Hard Drive: WD Caviar SE 16MB Cache, 250 GB SATA: $70
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E1682 2144701)

DVD: Sony NEC: 34+6 = $40

Total: $935

This will actually work out great for me! Thanks!

again, as i've said in many threads, why do people buy xms memory when they're probably not going to overclock? i could be completely wrong and maybe austforbeer will OC, but it certainly doesn't sound like it.

This will actually work out great for me! Thanks!

And it did, this machine runs SWEET, thanks. More than anything though what surprised me the most is how fucking quite this machine is. With the two old machines we had it was like fucking air traffic control but it's quiet as hell now. Sweet.

But thanks again, good call!

Quiet not quite.

Glad I could help. I'm also really enjoying it.