Trying to help a friend.

[sorrowfox]

Hey all, trying to help out a friend who needs to replace his PC.
He pretty much only plays WoW, he still hasn't emailed me his tech specs. But I do know it's a few years old, still AGP and it's getting alot harder for him to play. He probably doesn't "NEED" to get a new PC, but if he's on AGP like I think he is, he's probably better off. I know there are newer AGP Cards out and "future proofing" is mostly a dream... But anyways hehe.

Antec PERFORMANCE TX TX1050B Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W ATX12V v2.0 Power Supply - Retail
$129
GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $104
SAPPHIRE 100166L Radeon X1650XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail $119
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6300 - Retail $174
Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KVR667D2N5K2/2G - Retail $89.99
BYTECC BT-2000 USB to PS2 Adapter - Retail $5.99

total: $625
he'd prefer under $700

He's got a monitor, HD, Optical. Another question I have is if anyone has experiance with those Ps2/usb adapters? If he can save some cash by not needing to buy a USB mouse/keyboard that would be cool.

 

[alcattle]

You can save more money.
The case is nice but a coolermaster 534 and a $50 PSU will be fine.
You can use a e4300 and he won't notice a thing.
The mb has 2 ps/2 ports, not sure why you would need the adapter

 

[sorrowfox]

Thanks for spotting the Ps2 thing lol, I didn't even notice it for my build. Saved me $8 =) I thought about the case thing and realized a fifty some thing Case and fifty some thing PSU is only a few bucks lower than the Antec choice. Atleast this way it'll come in one package, hopefully.

 

[jeff_2087]

You can save quite a bit more money on the CPU, board, and case/PSU.

Go for the e4300 as suggested, with a MSI P965 Neo-F or 945 GZM3-L. Neither overclock like the S3 but it doesn't sound like he's an OCer. Also, you could get a $50 FSP Group PSU and a cheaper (and probably better looking) separate case to save money there.