$500 budget gaming system - possible?

[wyrd]

I need everything but the monitor, keyboard, mouse.

Here's what I'm looking at for the full system (~$550 total). Suggestions appreciated. Not sure what mobo to get so I just picked a cheap name brand. TIA.

Antec Solution SLK1650B Black Steel ATX Mini Tower Computer Case 350W Power Supply - Retail $59

AMD Sempron 64 2800+ Palermo 800MHz FSB 256KB L2 Cache Socket 754 Processor - Retail $76

ABIT NV8 Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $80

CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail $90

eVGA 128-P2-N368-TX Geforce 6600GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail $155

LITE-ON Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 4X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE DVD Burner - Retail $45

Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L080P0 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive - OEM $60

 

[I3roknI3ottle]

I would look at getting a 6800LE instead of the 6600GT, its clocked lower but you have a chance of opening the other 8 pipes and I beleive its 2 shaders. The 6800LE is 128/256 which the 6600GT is only 128/128. You also can oc to get some more speed outta it.

 

[fox-amd]

Total: 489.75
with Ram: 579.75
with DVD drive: 624.75

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144102 - HDD-51.75

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131541 - Asus-93.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103537 - 3000+ 146.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150068 - 6800-169

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811156167 - case w/380-30.00

Now you have to decide whats the weakest link or do without until you get more cash.
Good Luck.