Building a new gamer...need input

[EQTitan]

1. Gaming, Quickbooks, Office, Surfing, & Web Design (programming)

2. $500 to $650

3. USA

4. No brand pref.

5. SATA DVDRW, Maybe (G.Skill F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ - Retail) still in box might sell for better ram

6. I have been out of the loop for a bit.

7. Stock unless OC is stupidly easy on air.

8. Whatever my video card/lcd will allow.

9. Jan 1st to Jan 31st (early b-day present to myself)

10. I'd like to eventually run dual display one for work and one for fun.

EDIT------------------

Ok, here is what i came up with:

Case: Antec 300 Illusion *free case fans* - $54.95

HDD: WDB 500GB SATA 3.0 - $69.99

MB: GA-MA785GM-US2H - $79.99

GPU: SAPPHIRE 100283-2L 5770 - $154.99

PSU: OCZ Fatal1ty OCZ550FTY - $69.99

CPU: AMD X2 250 regor 3.0GHz Dual core - $67.99

LCD: 22" LCD 1080p in the Hot Deals forum for $80.88 Shipped

Free 4GB Diesel Flash drive with purchase of Video Card...

Grand total shipped: $517.06 (now to look for LCD's)

 

[MalVeauX]

Heya,

Get a Dualcore, like the AMD x2 250 (3.0ghz). Keep the RAM you have. Put them on this board. Get a Mugen 2 for $35 if you want to overclock on air (it is stupid easy, you can use AMD Overdrive and see how easy it is, no BIOS work, simple). But you don't need to overclock when you're already at 3.0ghz as it is. Maybe something like the HD4860 1GB GPU for games, or the HD5770 with eyefinity for games and tri-display capability. Grab a Samsung F3 spinpoint drive of your size wishes. PSU wise, 500w to 600w is enough for all that. I'd get a modular one. Like this one..

Very best,

 

[EQTitan]

Anyone else? How is that video card the last one i had was a 4850 512MB GDDR3

 

[MisterDonut]

Definitely shoot for the 5770, even if you have to shell out like 20 more bucks. IMO, it's a great card. Samsung or a WD Caviar Black are both great hard drives, with the WD supposedly edging out a little in performance (a "feeling" haha), but since he picked it up like 2 days ago, he hasn't run tests yet.

 

[EQTitan]

moved to OP

 

[MisterDonut]

Go for the Antec 300 Illusion too 😀. Free fans ?

 

[EQTitan]

noted and fixed...way to look out for a fellow AT'er

Hot Deals 22" LCD $75 shipped Hot deal forum