under 500 USD rig

[diduknowthat]

hey guys, I'm configuring a computer for a friend of mine, who's letting me build the comp during the summer (she's a computer noob).

Anyways, I was looking at computer specs 101 but alot of the links have died, so i started configuring my own..

The machine has to do a couple of things, be cheaper then 500 bucks and play a little bit of games, and then the basic msn, AIM, IE, mozilla, MS word stuff..

so here's my first try..tell me if they're good

• G.SKILL Value 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) ($78)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231036
• TUL AX480A-GF Socket 939 ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 ATX AMD Motherboard ($50) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813190003
• AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice ($100)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103537
• Rosewill R624BLK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ($30) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811147019
• HITACHI 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive ($65)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822145088
• Rosewill 400W Power Supply 27 amps on dual 12v+ rail($30)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817182021
• BenQ Black CD/DVD rewriter ($35)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827101002
• eVGA Geforce 7600GS 256MB PCI Express x16 Video Card ($110)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130020

 

[Geoff]

That list looks good, but if it isnt going to be used for many games, you may want to look at getting a 7300 and perhaps upgrade to a higher processor.

I would recommend looking at this PSU instead: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817174023

 

[Nizzick]

You can find Pentium D's for like 95 bucks now.

 

[Burgerbob]

That sounds great! almost as good as my rig, and $500 cheaper... cheap.

 

[diduknowthat]

soo bout how this vid card..

XFX Geforce 7300 GS ($70)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150128

and this processor

AMD 64 3500+ ($140)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103603

 

[diduknowthat]

sweet, thanks guys, any other opinions?

 

[a123]

so upgrade for 7300gs to 7600gs is not worth the upgrade? i thought the 7300gs was pretty bad

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

the 7300 isnt really bad, lulliobys friends not going to be doing any hardcore gaming, so there inst really a reason to spend the extra cash