Building A Computer for $500?

AeroMuch

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Hey guy's, My really old laptops about to kick the bucket and my mom said she'll get me a new computer for $500, I tried to build one, and i was on track, i built a good PC foor $495, Before realizing it didn't include a OS. With that blow i had no idea what to do, Can you guys help me? It seems every part i choose that i think is decent is actually terrible when reading a review of it. In the meanwhile i'll try and build one as well. I don't want the computer to run crisys 3 120fps on ultra or anything, I just want it to run most games on at least medium,

Cheers,

PS: It can go above $500 but $550 would be really pushing it,

Here's what i got, Any suggestions?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/OCf9
 
This goes a bit over 500$, but with the os and all the stuff needed to be operational, the cpu is decent and it won't bottleneck the gfx card, the card is pretty good for the price.
Here's the list : http://pcpartpicker.com/p/OCd5
I'm assuming that this is the dollar currency and not the canadian or australian one.
Also i don't know what's your monitor resolution, but that card will do for a wide range of resolutions.
 

AeroMuch

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I was talking about USD Yes :), I'm actually from the UK so i'll be paying with Sterling but i figured most of you are american so i'll just put in the conversion.
 

AeroMuch

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300 Pounds :), 340 would be straining it,
 

bossferas

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/OCoZ

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($98.24 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($53.18 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix sport 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($26.55 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($114.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill REDBONE ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.74 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Cooler Master Elite Power 460W ATX12V Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($91.17 @ Amazon)

Total: $530.84