[chickfilafan]

I am missing a case. This is everything I would like to have eventually. I would like to keep the price as close to $500 or less as possible without an OS or peripherals.

• Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
• Newegg.com - BIOSTAR A740G M2+ AM2+/AM2 AMD 740G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards
• Newegg.com - Koutech IO-FPM220 3.5" Floppy Drive & Multi Card Reader Front Panel - Controller Panels - obviously this isn't as important as everything else but I would like to get it eventually
• Newegg.com - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ Brisbane 2.8GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core black edition Processor - Processors - Desktops
• Newegg.com - PNY VCG96512GXPB GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
• 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
• Newegg.com - Kingston HyperX 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

[Puddle Jumper]

This build comes to $521 before mail in rebates and would give you better performance.

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

Newegg.com - Antec Three Hundred Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases

Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives

Newegg.com - PNY VCG88512GXEB-FLB GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Newegg.com - Antec earthwatts EA380 380W ATX12V v2.0 Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, FCC, TUV, CE, CB, C-tick, CCC - Power Supplies

Newegg.com - Kingston HyperX 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

Newegg.com - Intel Pentium E2180 Allendale 2.0GHz 1MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops

Newegg.com - Rosewill RCX-Z775-LX 92mm Ball CPU Cooler - CPU Fans & Heatsinks

[mikee]

im not completely sure but isn't teh pentium e2180 much worse than the athlon x2 5400?

[Puddle Jumper]

At stock the 5400+ is faster but if you overclock it the E2180 will be faster. I should have mentioned that in my earlier post.

[chickfilafan]

Thanks. Since I have no idea how to overclock processors I will probably just stick with the AMD then.

[Puddle Jumper]

If you are willing to spend a little more the Intel E7200 is significantly faster than the E2180 or 5400+ without overclocking.

Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops

Otherwise the 5400+ is probably your best option.

[chickfilafan]

I just found this online: A gaming computer for 500$?! You bet! v2.0 | Hardware Revolution is this decent? Some of the games I want to play are Team Fortress, Spore, and Ao3.

[JumaadJ]

are floppy drives still necessary? lol

[mikee]

no unless you still use floppy disks for some reason