New Build for a friend

[fromeo85]

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? Surfing, Music, Some Gaming

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $300-$400

3) Where do you live? Buffalo, NY

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? MB, CPU, RAM, PSU, GPU (with HDMI), HDD, ODD

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Using an AeroCool Qx-2000 case.

6) Will you be overclocking? Nope.

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have? 42" HDTV

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Next few months

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? As long as it has optical audio for the surround sound, we're good.

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit? Yes, Windows 7 32/64 bit

 

[Dangman]

$130 - AMD Athlon II X2 240 CPU + Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H AMD 785G HDMI mATX motherboard Combo
$46 - A-DATA ADQVE1A16K 2 x 1GB DDR2 800 RAM
$90 - Powercolor AX4850 512MD3-PH Radeon HD 4850 512MB PCI-E Video Card
$56 - Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$25 - LG GH22NS50 DVD Burner
$40 - Antec Earthwatts Green EA380D 380W PSU
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Total: $387 plus tax and shipping

 

[Shadowssong]

$130 - AMD Athlon II X2 240 CPU + Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H AMD 785G HDMI mATX motherboard Combo
$46 - A-DATA ADQVE1A16K 2 x 1GB DDR2 800 RAM
$90 - Powercolor AX4850 512MD3-PH Radeon HD 4850 512MB PCI-E Video Card
$56 - Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$25 - LG GH22NS50 DVD Burner
$40 - Antec Earthwatts Green EA380D 380W PSU
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Total: $387 plus tax and shipping

As usual, I agree, nice one danny

 

[Dangman]

Actually, forget that DDR2 based setup. I recommend this setup instead:
$59 - AMD Athlon II X2 240 CPU
$68 - Asus M4A78LT-M LE AM3 AMD 780L mATX Motherboard
$54 - Crucial 2GB DDR3 1066 RAM
$90 - Powercolor AX4850 512MD3-PH Radeon HD 4850 512MB PCI-E Video Card
$56 - Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$25 - LG GH22NS50 DVD Burner
$40 - Antec Earthwatts Green EA380D 380W PSU
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Total: $392 plus tax and shipping.

A bit more compatible with future CPUs and possibly cheaper DDR3 RAM down the line.

 

[engiNURD]

heh... i was like, DDR2?!? ugh...

 

[jtvd78]

+1 for that build