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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming, Watching Video, Web
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$800 Max, Yes Included
3) Where do you live?
MN
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
Ram, HD, Mobo, Optical Drive, Video Card, Case, PSU, CPU, Mouse/KB, Monitor
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Nothing
6) Will you be overclocking?
Not likely at first, maybe in the future
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
20"ish
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Sometime this month
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Nothing too fancy, the more the better though.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
Yes, Win7 Home Premium 64

Building this for a friend if he decides to go with home built instead of getting a dell or something. He'll need a monitor as well. I could supply him with a basic keyboard/mouse if need be. Looking at getting the parts online or some at our local MC.
Thanks
 
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That's it I'm updating that questionnaire.

Is the monitor included in that $800 budget?
 
Danny Bui said:
That's it I'm updating that questionnaire.

Is the monitor included in that $800 budget?
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Finally looool. That question is such a bastard. Also add something about they keyboard/mouse (maybe like a peripherals question: "Do you need any peripherals such as a mouse, keyboard, wireless adapter, or anything like this?").
And yeh OP, monitor included?
 
I'm going to help you, up to a point. Here's the point:

$130 - Acer X203Hbd 20" 1600x900 monitor (free shipping)
$26 - Logitech Internet 350 USB wired keyboard/mouse combo (free shipping)
$66 - Antec Three Hundred case & LG GH22NP20 IDE DVD burner combo (free shipping on both)
$50 - Corsair CX400 400W PSU (free shipping & $20 MIR)
$70 - MSI 760GM-E51 AM3 microATX board (+$3 shipping)
$139 - AMD Athlon II X2 245 processor & XFX HD-567X-YNFC Radeon HD 5670 video card combo (free shipping on both)
$55 - Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB HDD (free shipping)
$96 - GeIL 2x2GB DDR3 1333 dual-channel RAM kit (free shipping)
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$632 - Subtotal (not including shipping, taxes, or rebates)

As you can see, there are no speakers/headphones, wireless (internal or external) adapters, or case fans. If you want them, pick out your own.

I've also left you some room (budget-wise) to upgrade some of the components; I'll let you figure out which components to upgrade.

Before you ask, all of the cables and screws that you need are provided by the retail motherboard and/or case packaging. IIRC, the monitor only comes with an analog VGA cable; you may want to add a digital DVI cable to your shopping cart.

I refuse to go through Micro Center's site just to find similar deals. If you go the MC route, know that MC won't have some of the parts listed above (the board and memory, in particular, aren't likely to be available at MC). MC does have a price matching program, but it varies from store to store. Contact yours prior to going there to see what they're willing to price-match (against NewEgg).
 
So building off Tiraides' build:
$214 - AMD Phenom II X4 925 CPU + MSI 870A-G54 AM3 AMD 870 Motherboard combo
$96 - GeIL GV34GB1333C9DC 2 x 2GB DDR3 1333 RAM
$170 - XFX HD-577A-ZNFC XXX Edition Radeon HD 5770 1GB PCI-E Video Card
$56 - Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$65 - Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W PSU
$66 - Antec 300 ATX Case & LG GH22NP20 IDE DVD burner combo
$130 - Acer X203Hbd 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor
$26 - Logitech USB and keyboard combo that Tiraides linked
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Total: $823 shipped.

Newegg doesn't charge tax to MN AFAIK. The extra $23 is well worth it.
 
Alright thanks for your help guys. Looks good. I'll try to convince him not to get a dell/hp. ;)
 
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