Barebone kits?

blown38pontiac

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First of all im looking into building/buying a new pc. Is it worth starting off with a barebone kit? or doing it all individually?

I would like a quad core and a great base to work off of.

Right now i have all the little things, monitor, speakers, key board, mouse and video card (nvidea gforce 9500 GT) i will use it for now but will upgrade later. I would like to find something I could start off and only spend 300-400 right now and upgrade later. Also i know for the holiday weekend there are big sales so hoping to capitalize on that.

I use the game mainly for multimedia and school work i do slight gaming such as COD4 and diablo 2 (would like to be able to run diablo 3 even tho no1 knows the specs needed for it yet.)

stores/websites id like to use. Newegg, tigerdirect, microcenter (If worth it i will go other places)
 

MothMusic

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Check this out:

AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103706
$99 -Freeshipping


Cooler Master RC-310-BWN1-GP Elite 310 Mid-Tower Case - ATX, mATX
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$30


GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128392
$70 -After rebate


A-DATA 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333G (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model AX3U1333GB2G8-AG - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211410
$89


SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152181
$55 -Freeshipping

OCZ Fatal1ty OCZ550FTY 550W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341022
$45 -After rebates


LITE-ON Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDS118-04 - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106276
$20 -Freeshipping

Total = $408 -After rebates