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I feel you on the rebates-are-a-risk thing. before rebates, but including shipping costs: memory & cpu $137 6800GT 256MB DDR3 $100 dvd burner $26 250gb hd $70 mobo $67 case w/fan $68 psu $50 total $518. a lot of these prices are sale prices or after instant coupons. thanks for the tip on...

what does the size of the monitor have to do with anything? figure 17". and all parts would probably retail for $500 or more i'm guessing.

there is no monitor, i will use one i have already.

I really want to play Call of Duty 4. But my current laptop doesn't have the graphics to do it. So, I took it upon myself to build a computer within a $400 budget, utlizing as many sweet deals, coupons, rebates, sales, etc as I can to build the best possible machine within the budget. Here's...

How much would you pay for this (all parts only three months old): AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition (2.6GHz, 2x512KB L2 Cache, Socket AM2, 65W, Dual-Core Processor) Extreme GeForce 8600GT 256MB GDDR3 (128-bit, PCI Express x16) CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2-800 SDRAM (PC2 6400) Antec...

OK Question is: 8600GT 256MB DDR3 or 8600GT 512MB DDR2 they cost exactly the same ($100). and you are building this computer to play CoD4. which is the better choice? - and NO you cannot change the budget which is $100. If it helps, here is the rest of the computer: ore 2 duo 2.2ghz...