Building a new computer

[DFWminis]

Buddy has $500.00 bones to spend a new computer do not need the Case, OS, and DVD drive everything else we need. Will build it for him just not sure where the deals are or whats the bees knees right now for hardware. Any help is greatly appreciated!

[ram57ta]

Frys or Microcenter in richardson will have the largest and best selection of parts if you want to get it all locally....and probably will have better prices than u can find online.

[Gargamel]

Microcenter usually has good hardware at a good price point....

[TruestreetTim]

Comp for gaming, surfing, photoshop, work?

[Gargamel]

Decent LGA 1155 Mobo: $90
Memory 6GB: $80
Intel Core i5 2400 LGA 1155: $150
Decent Video for gaming: $150

Under $500

OOps, forgot HDD....

If its not for gaming I'm sure you can find one that will do for low cost....

[Unicorn Jeff]

Comp for gaming, surfing, photoshop, work?

x2 what kind of computer?

[TruestreetTim]

From a gamers point of view, this is what I'd shoot for. I busted the budget by $50. But i didn't shop for bundle deals etc.

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103727
MB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130275
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231277
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161315
HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136533
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139005
CPU Fan: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103065

[Jewrrick]

Buddy has $500.00 bones to spend a new computer do not need the Case, OS, and DVD drive everything else we need. Will build it for him just not sure where the deals are or whats the bees knees right now for hardware. Any help is greatly appreciated!

CPU & Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.679661

Memory and Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.687461

HDD and Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.680236

With shipping you'll be looking at about $510 give or take a couple bucks. Hope this helps.

Would be helpful to know what case is being use though, PSU cables might be a little short if you have a full tower.

[DFWminis]

Thanks for the help all. It will be for gaming and not sure on the PSU will ask him.

[Tx Redneck]

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/how_build_kick-ass_gaming_rig_under_700

I'd say this gets ya just what he's lookin for.

[TruestreetTim]

CPU & Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.679661

Memory and Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.687461

HDD and Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.680236

With shipping you'll be looking at about $510 give or take a couple bucks. Hope this helps.

Would be helpful to know what case is being use though, PSU cables might be a little short if you have a full tower.

A stellar GPU choice! I have twin MSI Hawk versions myself. But the SATA 6g HD will be slightly bottlenecked with the SATA 3g MB. But of course their still compatable.

Thanks for the help all. It will be for gaming and not sure on the PSU will ask him.

In my build I went ahead and assumed it was not strictly gaming. And spread the coin across the board. If he could come up with another $100 to drop, and go with the 460 GPU, It'd be hard to beat. But I'm also an Nvidia user Good luck!

[01vnms4v]

Newegg best bet online

[craig]

Buy the CPU from Microcenter, it's amazing how much they mark down processors there. Get everything else from Newegg.com

[Tx Redneck]

As much as I'm an AMD fanboi, the core i3 2100 bests the p2 965 in most all tests.

[TruestreetTim]

As much as I'm an AMD fanboi, the core i3 2100 bests the p2 965 in most all tests.

LoL, I've always built AMD. I finally went with Intel 4 years ago for the overclocking ease vs. price. I picked the 965 since they've typically been on the cheaper side of the scale. My next build I'm gonna look to AMD again though. Nice choice!

...but now I'm too lazy to post an Intel build. lol