$600 budget for everything

[kc9bvl]

I am wanting to build a new pc. I only have $600 to work with i need to purchase all components+OS+monitor,keyboard,mouse. I have tried putting together something on Newegg but always go over budget. any help would be greatly appreciated. All it needs to do is surf the web, burn dvd's, and play WOW.

 

[MaxwellFarrell]

I am wanting to build a new pc. I only have $600 to work with i need to purchase all components+OS+monitor,keyboard,mouse. I have tried putting together something on Newegg but always go over budget. any help would be greatly appreciated. All it needs to do is surf the web, burn dvd's, and play WOW.

I tried to build one from scratch on Newegg but i think $600 is pretty unrealistic (although i'm not expert)
i did come across this though: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220017&cm_re=330_ion-_-83-220-017-_-Product

 

[ThyTempest]

A 600 budget with OS and Monitor is pretty tough. I am awaiting my parts right now that totaled out to 550 after rebates without a monitor, os, mouse or keyboard. I would check out craigslist, ebay, Tom's classifieds or deals through retailers/etailers on prebuilt systems. The problem is the monitor and OS kill a hundred bucks each. If you can find a monitor locally through craigslist (around me all the time) for about 40-50 bucks, that will save you some, and you could probably find an XP license pretty cheap, but Win 7 is the way to go. A simple kb/mouse combo is 20 bucks, but it wont be much, especially for WoW, which is very macro/function reliant.

If it helps, it depends on how you play WoW. I just started on my Toshiba A-205 (1.72 C2D, 2GB of DDR2, Intel GMA 945) running Win 7 and I get a consistent upper 20s to low 30's frame rate, which is fine. I have only been doing solo and small party stuff though, no group quests or raids, and I doubt the laptop could handle it.

Sorry for the long talk, basically, look for some steals to piece it together as you go.

 

[kiren]

A complete deal with o/s and monitor will be tough for $600, and will certainly involve a lot of compromise on performance level, looking around to see what I can come up with. In the mean time something to consider might be a complete laptop along the lines of this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220636 It may not play brand new games at highest settings, but does include a dedicated GPU, which is not terribly common in sub $600 laptops.

I'll come back with anything I'm able to come up with desktop build wise.

 

[MadAdmiral]

It can be done, but it won't be a very good computer.

I recommend looking at pre-builts at that price.

 

[kc9bvl]

Thanks for all the info and reply's so far!

 

[MadAdmiral]

If you check out the "Recommended Builds by Usage" stickied thread in the General Homebuilt section, you'll see a $500 build that's about as cheap as you can get and still have quaility. Also note that doesn't include an OS, monitor, speakers or keyboard/mouse.

The cheapest I've seen one built here was ~$450 without the OS or monitor. Windows 7 will cost at least $100, and monitors are usually another $100. That puts you over without even being able to control it...

 

[kiren]

Ok, so heres the best I was able to come up with, I don't have any experience with biostar motherboards, but it got reasonable reviews for the most part, and your budget is pretty limiting.

LITE-ON CD/DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 $28.99
GIGABYTE gz-ph1a3 Black SGCC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $19.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5 $54.99
ASUS VW198T Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail $119.99
ASUS EAH4670/DI/512MD3 Radeon HD 4670 512MB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card $74.99
CORSAIR CMPSU-400CX 400W ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply $49.99
Logitech 967740-0403 Black USB Standard Internet 350 USB Keyboard $11.67
Logitech SBF-96 Black 3 Buttons 1 x Wheel PS/2 Wired Optical Mouse $6.77
Crucial 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model CT2KIT12864AA800 $49.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders $104.99
BIOSTAR A785GE AM2+/AM3 AMD 785G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
combo with AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX240OCGQBOX $104.98

Subtotal: $627.34 Before MIR, $45 in MIRs if you get them all back will bring it to $582.34

 

[kc9bvl]

Thank you for the information!