I'm looking to do my first build.

[jalmn]

I'm on a budget of ~$550 give or take some. All I need is a tower, no mouse keyboard, monitor or speakers in the budget.

I would prefer to have:

CPU:AMD X2 (whatever will fit the budget and do the job well)
RAM:1gb+
HD:I don't need anything huge. (160 gigs will do)
Mobo:up to you
Disc Drives:A standard cd burner will work.
Video Card:something that will play WoW with decent graphics settings.
Case: Nothing extravagant, just something that will keep my stuff pretty cool.
PSU:~430W (I think that should do it)

Thanks ahead of time.

 

[murdocsvan]

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here are my recommendations:

CPU: dont know much about AMD, but i found a pretty good budget processor was a P4 3.2Ghz.
Ram: at your budget, 1GB will be sufficient
HD: 160GB sounds alright for the budget
Mobo: like i said, dont know much about AMD. if you go with intel, go with a nvidia chipset. theyre usually quite good for OCing. try to get one with integrated sound.
Disk Drive: you can find a cheap DVD CD R/RW for less than $40 if you look carefully
Video Card: go on newegg. for your budget id say any card at $75 is the best your going to get.
case: Coolermaster Centurion 5. no questions about it. best case ive ever used.
Psu: yeah 430w sounds enough

if you have money left over, spend a little extra on the video card. i doubt you could get a dual core at your budget, so stick with the single cores till you have more money

 

[maroon1]

CPU: E2140
Newegg.com - Intel Dual-Core E2140 Allendale 1.6GHz 1MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail

RAM: 1GB
Newegg.com - Kingston 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory - Retail

HDD: WD 160GB
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Video card: 7600GT
Newegg.com - EVGA 256-P2-N615-TX GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Motherboard:
Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-945P-S3 LGA 775 Intel 945P ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail


This build will cost you less than $300, you can spend the extra money for the Case, PSU and Disc drive