Budget Gaming build

[trencin]

I'm building a gaming PC for a friend of mine and he gave me a budget of up to $600 to build him one. He plans on gaming on his 19 inch monitor and play COD4,RF online, and UT3 at max settings or almost near that.

He is undecided on the case and he is looking at mid tower cases. so i dont know. but here is my idea..going with AMD on this one maybe Intel could be possible too.. so im missing a case. he is aware of the build price of what i showed him so he knows the rough budget for his PC case he should be looking for.

CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103774

Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128090
I got that mobo for the 780 G chipset and the possibility of him upgrading to phenom later on this year.

Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231098

HDD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140

DVD burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106072

Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103050


possible PSU
PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153052

total price without shipping $577.93
without PSU $517.94

He might be willing to spend more on the case but im concerned on the parts so i would like your opinions and any criticisim


So please any opinions would be greatly appreciated. If it is possible to build an intel build for roughly the same price for the same performance that be really cool as he is an intel fan but doesnt mind AMD for the budget he is on.

 

[amd_fanboi]

if you want a budget build with intel, you might want to be looking at an E2*** chip...

look at my sig for more (btw, ths system flies)

 

[Cpt Deadboots]

Yeah, an Intel E2160 would be much better for a budget build.

Put one of those in a Gigabyte P35-DS3L with 2 GB memory and the video card that you already have picked out and you will have a killer gaming system. Tom's benched this processor as on par with an E6850 when overclocked to ~3.2 GHz.

You can do that with the stock cooler.

 

[pous]

I agree with these guys. E2160/2180 CPU and DS3L mobo and you're all set for a budget rig.

 

[chuckm]

The Intel 2180 can be had for $50 after rebate;
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3505668
Get 2 gig of Crucial Ballistix for $32, it was $30 yesterday, still an excellent deal;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146565
Either one of these Corsair's are better PSU's;
http://www.buy.com/prod/Corsair-VX-450w-Power-Supply/q/loc/101/205466485.html
http://www.buy.com/prod/Corsair-VX-550W-Power-Supply/q/loc/101/205852646.html
For $5, I'd go with the 550
You can get an Antec P182 for $70 after rebate;
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0257446
Agree on the Gigabyte board.

 

[rwpritchett]

If you are a subscriber to newegg's newsletter, they sent out a deal today where you can get the Antec P180 case for $129 - $50 instant rebate = $79. That's one helluva deal there for a really good case, and no mail in rebate.

Rebate Code: EMCADBDBD

 

[chuckm]

Guess I better check the e-mail!

 

[trencin]

thanks guys. so its a breeze to oc that E2160 ?? im not sure what case he wants so im wating to c what he picks out then ill point him towards Antec P180 or the antec 900 maybe ??