opinions on build

[FearTheCow]

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming, web browsing, microsoft office.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$450 W/tax

3) Where do you live?
Henderson, NV.

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. "Everything" is
not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
CPU, Mobo, ram, PSU, Vid card.

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
500GB seagate HD, DVD-RW drive, both less then 3 months old, and a TT Armor case.
6) Will you be overclocking?
lightly maybe.

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
current moniter has a native resolution of 1440 x 900, occasionally connect to 42" LCD

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

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Just looking for a decent Mobo.

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

 

[Dangman]

$149 - AMD Athlon II X4 630 CPU + MSI 870-G45 AM3 AMD 770 ATX Motherboard Combo
$80 - G.Skill F3-10600CL9D-4GBNT 2 x 2GB DDR3 1333 RAM
$150 - XFX HD-577X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 1GB PCI-E Video Card
$70 - Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W PSU
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$449 plus shipping.

 

[JOSHSKORN]

Try Tom's Hardware. They have some nice guides on building PCs for any budget. Search Newegg for the parts.

 

[E4g1e]

Try Tom's Hardware. They have some nice guides on building PCs for any budget. Search Newegg for the parts.

The biggest problem with Tom's is that they usually recommend hard drives, PSUs and cases that are not the best values. The guides there actually recommend PSUs that are relatively crappy by [H] standards for the prices that they sell for, and also recommend cases that are realtively cramped on the inside. Plus, it falls victim to the Black marketing hype: That 640GB WD Black that's recommended in one of the guides is about the same speed (sequential transfer-speed-wise) as the unspectacular-performing (by current standards) 1TB WD1001FALS.