Heres a quick build i put together for people with low budget. Tell me what u think or if there are any compatibility issues u see? Yes the psu is a pos.
Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm Fan, 1x Rear 120mm Fan, option Fans-2x Side 120mm Fan $49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811147153
Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm Fan, 1x Rear 120mm Fan, option Fans-2x Side 120mm Fan $49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811147153
Sorry I must've missed that part in the beginning about you building it for other people. I don't know what the third party's budget is, but this build would likely handle most new games pretty well.
Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm Fan, 1x Rear 120mm Fan, option Fans-2x Side 120mm Fan $49.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811147153
Edit: Missing hard drive, optical drive, and OS. I'm assuming you have that covered...
Total: $335
I would recommend getting a HAF 912 for the case if you have an extra $20 that is. It gives plenty of space for airflow and upgrades. I have the challenger and it gives me very little space for a hyper 212 evo and a Radeon 6870
I personally like the challenger. I used it for my work, for a budget video editing system and it fit a refurbished NVIDIA PNY GTX 470 along with a Firewire PCI card okay. I also loved the way the hard drive mounts where setup but honestly, if I had the extra cash in the budget for my works build I probably would have went with the Cooler Master case as well.
Message edited by ComputerNovice on 01-08-2012 at 12:25:11 AM