APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: This week BUDGET RANGE: Under $600
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: World of Warcraft, Movies, Office, General internet
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Monitor
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg, Frys, anywhere that's cheap and reliable COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA
PARTS PREFERENCES: No real pref.
OVERCLOCKING: No, but capability would be nice if I feel adventurous
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1680x1050
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The PC will mostly be used for work-at-home and will not require a whole lot of umph. It's secondary use will be for world of warcraft and movies.
Here are the parts I've slapped together randomly and came up with a $529 build. No idea if it's even a good start or not, but we'll see.
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395
ASRock M3A785GXH/128M AM3 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157167
ASUS EN9500GT/DI/1GD2/V2/A GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121339
Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 Modular Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103681
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122
AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX250OCGQBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103681
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: World of Warcraft, Movies, Office, General internet
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Monitor
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg, Frys, anywhere that's cheap and reliable COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA
PARTS PREFERENCES: No real pref.
OVERCLOCKING: No, but capability would be nice if I feel adventurous
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1680x1050
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The PC will mostly be used for work-at-home and will not require a whole lot of umph. It's secondary use will be for world of warcraft and movies.
Here are the parts I've slapped together randomly and came up with a $529 build. No idea if it's even a good start or not, but we'll see.
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395
ASRock M3A785GXH/128M AM3 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157167
ASUS EN9500GT/DI/1GD2/V2/A GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121339
Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 Modular Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103681
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122
AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX250OCGQBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103681