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A friend at work is looking for a new system. He has been looking to buy one at a retail store. Here is some general information about the system he wants:
First he has a 12 and 14 year old children. He wants to be able to play games on it (how high-end of games, I don't know.) Wants to surf the internet and use office applications. He has said that he wants to spend $400-600 on this computer. For that price I know that there are not any real good desktop computers that can accomidate his needs (dedicated video card) for that price. I have built systems in the past for myself and I figured I might throw this system i've setup for him to judge.
Case - Rosewill R6A34-BK ------ $57.07
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811147041
Processor - AMD 4000+ San Diego 2.4 gHz ------ $135.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103529
Mobo - ??? Either a cheap ASROCK or ASUS ------ Max price including shipping $84.24
Graphics Card - POWERCOLOR X800GTO 256MB GDDR3 ----- $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814131007
Ram - 1gb Patriot pc3200 184-pin sdram ----- $96.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...2407862+1052307858&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=147
Harddrive - Western Digital Caviar SE 160gb 7200rpm 8mb cache -----$ 63.63
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144415
Power Supply - This is also a toss up.. I am currently looking at 3 different PSU's (2 Rosewill, 1 Thermaltake) ----- Map price including shipping ---- $46.82
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153023 (not a dual 12v)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817182022
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817182019
CD/DVD drive - Misc brand ----- $30
TOTAL BUILD COST ---- $603.74
Of course I will add a building cost of around $30-50.
Would love a ton of input/recommendations from everyone regarding the Graphics card, PSU and mobo. Also if you think you know of a better deal or anything else please speak up! All prices include shipping costs btw.
First he has a 12 and 14 year old children. He wants to be able to play games on it (how high-end of games, I don't know.) Wants to surf the internet and use office applications. He has said that he wants to spend $400-600 on this computer. For that price I know that there are not any real good desktop computers that can accomidate his needs (dedicated video card) for that price. I have built systems in the past for myself and I figured I might throw this system i've setup for him to judge.
Case - Rosewill R6A34-BK ------ $57.07
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811147041
Processor - AMD 4000+ San Diego 2.4 gHz ------ $135.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103529
Mobo - ??? Either a cheap ASROCK or ASUS ------ Max price including shipping $84.24
Graphics Card - POWERCOLOR X800GTO 256MB GDDR3 ----- $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814131007
Ram - 1gb Patriot pc3200 184-pin sdram ----- $96.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...2407862+1052307858&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=147
Harddrive - Western Digital Caviar SE 160gb 7200rpm 8mb cache -----$ 63.63
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144415
Power Supply - This is also a toss up.. I am currently looking at 3 different PSU's (2 Rosewill, 1 Thermaltake) ----- Map price including shipping ---- $46.82
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153023 (not a dual 12v)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817182022
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817182019
CD/DVD drive - Misc brand ----- $30
TOTAL BUILD COST ---- $603.74
Of course I will add a building cost of around $30-50.
Would love a ton of input/recommendations from everyone regarding the Graphics card, PSU and mobo. Also if you think you know of a better deal or anything else please speak up! All prices include shipping costs btw.