$500 CAN budget pc.....

[seen316]

a friend of my would like 2 upgrade from a intel pc (not sure what the specs are...) 2 an amd pc......basically does normal websurfing & school work but would also like 2 do some gaming....he's on a tight budget of $500...no ocing will b involved....the only part he'll b using from his old pc is probably his hdd.....so what he needs now is a cpu (soc 939), mobo (w/ onboard gpu), memory, & gpu.....4 the gpu he wants something with tv-out & a card that can handle some of 2days games......but something a little less than a 6600gt b/c of his budget....also wants 2 know what's a good 17" LCD monitor 4 $250-$300 w/ tax.....remember this is in canadian dollars....if there's anybody from the toronto area I was wondering if there is any good pc stores that he can also check out.....thanks!

 

[Rishy]

dude....500 cnd is like USD440....you want pretty much a whole new set up w/ an LCD...

thats a bit difficult...

 

[0tolerance]

yeah id tell him to get a lowend dell and hope for a 15" free flatpanel upgrade lol $440 is just not enough for what your asking if you want an lcd as well.

 

[seen316]

lol....sorry....guess 4got 2 add that the monitor is not included in the $500 budget.....he was just asking cuz he might want 2 get 1 in the future.....

 

[sonofwang]

he could get:

an xp64 3000 for $135.00 usd
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103537

a micro atx mobo with either radeon x200 or nvidia 6100 or 6150 gpu for around $75.00 usd
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130041
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130520

a 1gb stick of value ram for $73.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820134008

and a vanilla 6800 for $99.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130263

thats a total of $382.00 usd which will give you a little extra in case he needs a new optical drive or a cheap case/psu combo. or depending on how old the machine hes replacing is he might need a bigger hd in which case he could get an 80gb sata for 40$

 

[Rocco123]

You could substitute an A64 for a Sempron 64 and save about 40 bucks, which could be used for a PS and case, and maybe a bigger HD.