Help me - $500 for a system

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NeoThoR

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A friend of mine asked me today if I could build him a computer for under $500.

Of course I told him I could.. but I have been out of the loop for awhile. I hardly know whats good anymore for a system.


But yea.. anyways, Basically all I need to know is the hardware needed besides printer, monitor and speakers.


He only needs 1 HDD, 1 CD-rom, 1 CD/DVD burner and no more than 1 gig of ram(nothing special). He can also have onboard sound - he can upgrade later.


BTW - HE will be doing NO overclocking of any kind. So cheap ram, PSU, case is acceptable - Mostly want the best CPU/GPU I can get for him.. w/ the other stuff = 500
 
Dont get him a dell. It can be done for a little over 500.

www.newegg.com

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AOpen AGP 6600GT $134
NEC DVD Burner Model ND-3540A $39
Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JB 80GB 7200 RPM $56
CHAINTECH VNF3-250 Socket 754 $58
Update CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) $89
AMD Sempron 64 3100+ Palermo $105
ASPIRE X-Infinity Case w/ 420 watt psu $55
------------------------------------------------------------------------total $536
after shipping $566

tell your friend to save a few extra bucks and build it himself
 
KoolDrew said:
What is the PC going to be used for?
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He only plays C&C as of right now. The computer he uses right now is a Dell w/ a P4 2.26 and some nvidia mx video card.

I think a ATI 9600XT would be enough.. but I have no idea really.

$500-$600 ..
 
NeoThoR said:
He only plays C&C as of right now. The computer he uses right now is a Dell w/ a P4 2.26 and some nvidia mx video card.

I think a ATI 9600XT would be enough.. but I have no idea really.

$500-$600 ..
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Tell him to save his money for a better system, when he NEEDS it. That computer sounds sufficent, especially for C&C
 
If everything is working for him, why does he want a new system? I wouldn't really want to put together a gaming rig (I assume that's what he wants?) for less than $800, though it is possible for about $600.

Prices off Newegg:
Athlon 64 3000 (Venice) $146.00
Chaintech VNF4 $74.00
1GB OCZ Value Ram $87.44
XFX GeForce 6600 GT $149.00
200 GB IDE Maxtor HDD $87.00
LiteOn CD/DVD Drive $38.99
Cheap Case and PS $30.00 (I've bought some from a local PC Club)
Total: $612.43

You could do a skt 754 Sempron based system for less, but it wouldn't be much of an upgrade. Could you just get him a better video card and some RAM? Could you salvage anything off his current system?
 
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