New build for a friend

[fromeo85]

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? gaming, surfing, music

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $6-700 shipped would be nice

3) Where do you live? Buffalo, NY

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, HDD, ODD, KB/M, MOBO, GPU, PSU, Monitor

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Aerocool Qx-2000...so the motherboard needs to be mATX, the case does support an ATX PSU though.

6) Will you be overclocking? no

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have? 19" would be sufficient

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Soon

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? none of that

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

 

[Dangman]

$219 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition CPU + GIGABYTE GA-785GMT-USB3 AM3 AMD 785G USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
$110 - G.Skill Ripjaw Series F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL 2 x 2GB DDR3 1600 RAM
$160 - XFX HD-577X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 1GB PCI-E Video Card
$56 - Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$25 - LG GH22NS50 DVD Burner
$90 - Corsair 650TX 650W PSU
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Total: $665 plus tax and shipping

Don't forget to use these Promo code:
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[Shadowssong]

If I am reading what he said correctly I believe he wants a monitor too included in the build. Not sure though.

 

[Dangman]

If I am reading what he said correctly I believe he wants a monitor too included in the build. Not sure though.

Missed that. Updated build:
$219 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition CPU + GIGABYTE GA-785GMT-USB3 AM3 AMD 785G USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
$110 - G.Skill Ripjaw Series F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL 2 x 2GB DDR3 1600 RAM
$235 - XFX HD-577X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 1GB PCI-E Video Card + XFX P1-650X-CAG9 650W Modular PSU
$56 - Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$25 - LG GH22NS50 DVD Burner
$110 - Acer X193WCb Black 19" DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor
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Total: $755 plus tax and shipping

 

[Shadowssong]

Missed that. Updated build:
$219 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition CPU + GIGABYTE GA-785GMT-USB3 AM3 AMD 785G USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
$110 - G.Skill Ripjaw Series F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL 2 x 2GB DDR3 1600 RAM
$235 - XFX HD-577X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 1GB PCI-E Video Card + XFX P1-650X-CAG9 650W Modular PSU
$56 - Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$25 - LG GH22NS50 DVD Burner
$110 - Acer X193WCb Black 19" DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor
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Total: $755 plus tax and shipping

+1 for this build.

OP if you can spare a little extra I would suggest getting atleast a 22" monitor.

 

[engiNURD]

Yah, convince your friend to spring for a 22" instead... it would enhance the new computer experience greatly, unless his current monitor is larger, lol.