Rotorhead

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Good evening everyone and thanks for taking a look at my thread. I'm wanting to build a second desktop but I'm starting from complete scratch. To make things more interesting/challenging, I'd like to play games at as high a level of performance I can with the lowest cost. I've skimmed through tecmo34's recommended builds and a few of the answers to a question similar to mine so if the answer wouldn't be different, just tell me to go pound sand. If not, here are the details:

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: As soon as possible.

BUDGET RANGE: 800

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Surfing, Applications (in that order)

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: None (I need them all!)

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Any reliable site.

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States of America

PARTS PREFERENCES: None.

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe (though realistically not at this price point).

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe (though realistically not at this price point).

MONITOR RESOLUTION: No preference (though as high as possible)

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Again, I need EVERYTHING (monitor, keyboard, Windows 7 OS, etc)
 
Tower $563AR
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OS $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754
23" LCD $160 free ship
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824114004
$823AR Grand Total
 

Rotorhead

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Sounds solid...thanks again for the recommendations.

Since I've got you "on the line", for the second workstation I also have an older Dell Dimension E521 (AMD Athalon 64 4400+, Radeon X1200/1550, 2GB RAM) that is somewhat acceptable but getting a bit long in the tooth. Would it be worth trying to upgrade the innards or simply more economical scrapping all but a few pieces for another build (on the cheap, mind you)?