budget gaming comp for a friend

[Koharski]

ok, I had a friend ask me to get him a computer. He has 800$ to spend, sans monitor.

I really have no idea what to get. Cheap processor, better gfx? He's really not to picky about preformance, he used to play oblivion on a x600.

so seriously though, I really have no idea how this is going to work.

 

[Steaksauce]

Okay so we have the price... he wants to game?
What other parts does he need other than the processor, ram, hd, video card, mobo, case, powersupply, dvd drive?

 

[rhagen21]

i would get this video card.... Right Here


A very low price and if it still comes with AE III u can sell it on ebay for 35 bucks. Making this card cost about 140 which is insane

 

[dBTelos]

PSU: Fortron 450W
Video Card: 7600GT
RAM: OCZ Plat. DDR400 182pin
Processor: X2 3800+
Mobo: Something Asus, Epox, MSI, or DFI.
HDD: SATAII 74GB Raptor

The rest you can figure out w/ ratings, etc.

 

[Koharski]

cool. I'll look inti that.

The only thing is that I don't really think he needs dual core. Are there many DC optimised games out?

 

[Powermoloch]

man...if you were at hot deals not long ago. Dell was selling a 20" LCD 2007FP screen with a pent 4 630 (3.0ghz) , half a gig of ram, 80 gig HDD, DVD-R/CD-RW drive, keyboard, mouse, and win xp home ed for 599.99!!!! and another 5 % off with a coupon!!

 

[Koharski]

What?!

man, why does ths US get such awesome deals?!