~$500-$650 system

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Got a friend that wants a cheap pc. I dont exactly know where the sweet spots for
a cheap parts are. He only playes CS 1.6.

what would be some good suggestions


Again about $500
playes 1.6 CS
 
I would recommend a Dell E521 or E521 system. They don't get much cheaper than that. You can get a x2 3800+ system for $399 with nforce 6150 or for $40 more you can get it with a 7300gs.
 
Here's the deal (select NO MONITOR and get the dvd burner if you want):

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/us/segments/bsd/evalue?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd
bensbargains.net said:
Enter E-Value code AFFT-bdcw5bz to find the new Dimension E521 with AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 3800+ CPU for $569 - $170 "No Monitor" option = $399 with free shipping. Adding the 19" 1907FP Digital LCD is only +$180. Specs include:

# AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 3800+ CPU, 1GB DDR2, 160GB SATA Drive
# 16X DVD ROM Drive, GeForce 6150 LE IGP, Ethernet, XP Home, 1-Yr Warranty
Click to expand...
The reason I said to add the DVD Burner is because there are reports that the PSU that comes with the system has no legacy molex connectors, making it hard to add any ide (pata) dvdrw drive afterwards. Though, it can be done with a couple adapters (pata->sata and sata.pwr->molex.pwr). However, the price of a dvdrw drive + adapters comes to about $55, so you might as well get the sata burner from dell for $60, lol (a sata dvd burner from plextor is about $100).

Add one of these vidcards afterwards:
$115 - BFG Tech BFGR76256GTOCE Geforce 7600GT 256MB ($145 - $30MIR)
$200 - SAPPHIRE 100176L Radeon X1950PRO 256MB

It's a bit over the $500 budget with the aftermarket vidcard, but its the best you'll be able to do for so little money and no old parts to re-use (got any old ddr400 ram to reuse?). The 6150 can play cs 1.6, but not that well (I have one and play cs 1.6, too). He'll be better off with the 7600GT at least.
 
Oh... I didnt notice that ~$650... So.. if he wanted a core2duo and didn't need a winxp license, you could build this:

$182 - Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz
$105 - CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2x512MB) DDR2-667 VS1GBKIT667D2
$114 - BFG Tech BFGR76256GTOCE Geforce 7600GT 256MB ($144 - $30MIR)
$56 - ASRock 775Dual-VSTA Socket T (LGA 775) VIA PT880 PRO
$58 - WD Caviar WD1600JS 160GB 7200RPM SATA300 8MB Cache
$49 - XClio GOODPOWER 500W ATX 500W
$25 - Rosewill R103A Black Steel ATX Mid Tower ($15 shipping)
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$590 + tax and shipping
 
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