Build for a friend- $550

[yeahthatsme]

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
- Gaming, with some video converting and then general online stuff.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
- $550, before shipping, prefer online purchases so taxes aren't an issue.
3) Where do you live?
- Southern Illinois
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
-Everything but a monitor, mouse and keyboard.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
-Monitor, mouse and keyboard, heh.
6) Will you be overclocking?
-I may do some mild overclocking for him, no need for an aftermarket cooler or anything.
7) What size monitor do you have or plan to have?
-In the near future he'll be getting a 19 or 20" LCD, nothing too fancy.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
- In the next week or so
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
--None of those are necessary.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
- Yes.


Thanks for any help you guys can offer!

 

[lt_shiro]

Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail ~ $50
CORSAIR CMPSU-450VX 450W ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply - Retail ~ $69
GIGABYTE GA-EP43-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail ~ $80
Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80571E5200 - Retail ~ $73
XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler - Retail ~ $37
G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Memory - Retail ~ $40Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM ~ $75
LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model iHAS120-04 - OEM ~ $22
SAPPHIRE 100265L Radeon HD 4830 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail $100

$546 before shipping from newegg... I would suggest another 120mm case fan for the side (blowing out). Too keep down the dusk getting into the case.

After you got it set up, overclock it too 3.3 to 3.5 GHz.

 

[yeahthatsme]

Ooo that looks like a solid build, thanks a ton for the help!