If you want to try to do it yourself, Pwn posted some good links
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Originally Posted by Pwnzilla
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As for parts to build it, here's one template (I'm sure the others will trow more).
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX
Newegg.com - Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases
$99.99
LITE-ON Black
Newegg.com - LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - CD / DVD Burners
$23.99
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz
Newegg.com - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops
$66.00
BIOSTAR TFORCE TA780G M2+ AM2+/AM2
Newegg.com - BIOSTAR TFORCE TA780G M2+ AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards
$79.99 (-$10 MIR)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
$59.99
G.SKILL 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
Newegg.com - G.SKILL 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory
$39.99 (x2)
PC Power & Cooling S61EPS 610W
Newegg.com - PC Power & Cooling S61EPS 610W Continuous @ 40°C EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Power Supplies
$109.99 (-$30 MIR)
SAPPHIRE 100225L Radeon HD 3870 512MB
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100225L Radeon HD 3870 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
$129.99 (-$20 MIR)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit
Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit English for System Builders 1pk DSP OEI DVD - Operating Systems
$99.99
Total: $759.91 - $60 in rebates =
$699.91 without S&H.
Notes:
-The motherboard has an integrated video card (HD 3200), that you will need to disable in the BIOS to have the stand alone video card work correctly.
-The reason why I played with the price so near your max budget is because it leaves a lot of room for upgrades in the future, the motherboard can handle Phenom CPU's, and it can use up to 16gb 1066 RAM.
-The motherboard will accept 1066mhz RAM if you're using a Phenom (AM2+ socket) CPU, at the moment for the budget you are using a AM2 CPU and 800mhz RAM.
-Vista 64 is there because to use more than 3gigs of RAM you need a 64 bit operating system, and XP 64 is recognized as a "business" OS and some games and free programs don't work on it (AVG, Messenger, etc).
-The reason I went AMD is because the AM2+ boards are cheap with big RAM capability (sadly most of them have integrated video), while all the Intel 775 (current high end CPU) that are cheap and good only accept 4gig RAM as max, all the others are in the hundreds.
And as I said, I'm sure other will trow different templates, and knowing Pwn he'll trow a cheaper and better one
