$500 Business Computer!! How?

How much is alot of storage? What isn't included in the budget?

Centurion 5 / COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Plus 500W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite...

E5200 / ECS G31 / SAPPHIRE 4550 / CORSAIR XMS 2 (4GB).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite...

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Its coming to $394.92

Monitor isn't included, and neither is software, a mouse, or a keyboard. Everything else must be purchased

There are two ways of
getting the computer you describe at that price

The first is to find some one who has one and then rob them

the second is to up the budget

I have to disagree here. I've seen budget gaming builds at the $600 price point. Cutting components to the OP's needs (no monitor, keyboard, or mouse) will easily bring the total to $500 or below.

I have to disagree since he wants two monitors and only has one

This statement is misleading at first, but I assume from the second sentence that the monitor is not part of the budget.

Yeah, for mobo, ram, processor, case, PS you can do it for 500. It sounds like video card requirements are minimal, as long as it supports dual display,

CPU/mobo - 7850 BE/760G - $129
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite...
RAM - 2x2 GB DDR2 800 G.Skill- $45
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Case - Rosewill $30
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
PSU - Antec 430w $45
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Monitor - 19" HannsG $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
HD - Seagate 7200.12 1TB $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Burner LG - $25
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

$463 and $7 shipping to me

Dirt Mountain and not moose - excellent selections! I didn't know Newegg offered such sweeping combo deals, those are really great!

Ok, no I did not mean to include another monitor, I was expecting to add the second later. My dad's current monitor is a 19", however, so that HannsG will be an excellent idea, dirtmountain, thank you! You didn't include a video card in your build though, but if I use the $40 saphire that not moose recommended it could still work.

I wasn't prepared to go AMD though, as I don't understand them. I've done a lot of reading on the progression of Intel's line, and I've always bought intel (though I've only built one rig....hey, I'm only 20!), so I was going to stay with them.

You guys tell me, for a budget build like this is it worth it to go AMD? That is a faster proc for the price..by numbers

thanks so far!

The 760G would support dual monitors without the addition of a graphic card. The AMD 7850 is a bit faster then the E5200, but not the E6300 at stock speeds. Most G41 motherboards for Intel also support dual monitors. You can save a bit of money by going with a seasonic 300w or 350w power supply.

I really want to like Dirtmountain's build, but I'm not sure that CPU will be quite strong enough [for "major multitasking"]. A 720BE would be a lot stronger, if the budget will stretch a little. The rest of it looks nice though.
The IGP on that mobo should be able to run two monitors.

I believe Not Moose's build will serve my dad's purposes beautifully. Will there be any need to upgrade that graphics card later, though? My parents really don't need to game, but this 9800 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... is much more powerful, and would probably be the last card they would ever really have to buy. The saphire 4550 seems limited...I'm probably wrong though.

Trust me, on the AMD, it'll be fine. I have been working on computers for about 11 years, and have always built my personal pc's with AMD, always good stuff, and a fair price. I don't think you'll be too dissapointed.