I need a $800 pc. Please help

[Jerm357]

I have $800 (give or take) and need a whole system. Thats all PC parts, case, OS, mouse, keybord and monitor. I need everything. I want a gaming PC, but Im not sure what rout to take. Should I go AMD or Intel, XP or Vista? Can any of you guys give me some ideas what to get? I know my budget is pretty low for a complete gaming rig, but I have been out of the loop for a while and Im not sure how to go about it. This is for a friend thats starting off new so it does not have to be top notch.

Got any ideas where to start?

Thanks, Jeremy

 

[HardwareGuru]

$800 budget with a monitor, I would look at a AMD Phenom II X3 720 build

 

[HardwareGuru]

Whoops, hehe I thought you were upgrading your system.

 

[Dangman]

Got any ideas where to start?

Yah, please answer the questions from the sticky titled 'ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS FIRST!" so that we can help you better.

 

[Jerm357]

Heres what I came up with. It seems to be a respectable rig for about $800.

CPU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16819103300
MB- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813131324
Memory- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820227362
PS- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817702010
HD- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822148397
GPU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814102801
Case- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811147075
DVD drive- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16827106281
Monitor- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16824009145
KB- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16823126015
Mouse- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16826193039
OS- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16832116488

Total shipped is $821. The priced changed a little bit from when I put all this together becaues it was at $814, but when he actually gives me the money I will be fine tuning things. What do you think? Im kind of surprised of what he can get for this price.

 

[Dangman]

Please list the names of all those parts so that people don't have to open up 10 tabs just to help you.

In addition, please answer the questions from the sticky titled 'ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS FIRST!" so that we can help you better.

 

[bigwooly]

Here's what i came up with for your budget. Since you failed to answer the questions in the stickied thread at the top of the forum and you're posting this build help on [H]ard|OCP. I figured you'd be overclocking.

You will need 2 promo codes for the build to come out under $800.
The build comes out to $799.21 (Shipped)

Video card "HARDOCPVGA51810"
PSU "EMCLSMX24"

SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223F - OEM - $24.99 (FS)
Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail - $54.95 (FS)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM - $54.99 (FS)
Acer X223Wbd Black 22" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail - $149.99 (FS)
SAPPHIRE 100245HDMI Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 - $124.99 (FS)
CORSAIR CMPSU-400CX 400W ATX12V V2.2 - $54.99 (Only Item Without FS)
XIGMATEK Dark Knight-S1283V 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler - Retail - $39.99 (FS)
Intel C2D e5200 + OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 - $114.98 (FS)
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P + Vista Home Premium (64-bit) - $204.98

Subtotal = $814.85
Shipping = $9.71
Promocode Discount = -$25.35

Total Shipped = $799.21