OK guys 500 to build new system

[OnyxDracona]

I am getting some money here soon so i will have about 500 to build a new system. mostly to play games and maybe some light over clocking but nothing major. thank you in advance!

 

[guanyu210379]

Can you list what you wanna buy?
I mean : do you wanna buy everything? (Mobo, case, monitor, HDD, all.)
or just Mobo, CPU, Memory, GPU, PSU (if needed)?

 

[zenmaster]

Reasonable Build.

In regards to PSU - The Antec Trio 550w was $99 with a $30 Rebate to make it $69. Then there was a promo code for another $30 off for a final price of $39.

Really a steal for the Antec Trio 550w.
It's not a great PSU, but for a $500 build you are not going to be able to get anything too great.

 

[woody240]

What/where would one add to the above build to get to $500.00 AFTER rebates?

 

[Noya]

I would say definitely go for the x1950pro, well worth the small price premium over the 7600gt for a gaming PC.

I would not buy all those service/warranty plans. A $20 service plan for a $60 item....that's 33% (I thought BestBuy was a rip). Most items come with a decent warranty and newegg will RMA just about everything that has a problem.

$120 - x1950pro
$75 - Pentium e2140
$60 - 2gb DDR2 RAM
$60 - 250gb Sata hard disk
$40-50 - PSU capable of the x1950pro
$30 - DVD burner
$70+ - Motherboard that allows decent overclocking
$20-30 - case with free shipping that has room for 120mm intake / exhaust fans.

The e2140 uses the Core 2 architecture (less cache and bus speed) and should overlock to 2.4ghz on the stock cooler. If you get an okay motherboard and toss on a $35 90-120mm tower cooler, you should be able to overclock to 2.8ghz for performance that no AMD processor can touch (gaming).