A new build on a budget

[Reese]

Hey everyone,
I am thinking about starting a new build from scratch but on a budget, for gaming and media.
It has been quite a while since I have been up to date on whats new and current.

I am looking to spend around $800, which I think should be enough to get a very solid PC for what I will need it for. If any of you guys want to make any suggestions on which are the best bang-for-your-buck parts of today, that will also allow me to upgrade in the future that would be great (office space tone). I would normally do the research myself but I am very busy atm with both school and work, so any assistance would be a big help to me.

Good to be back on the forums, cheers.

[Snafu]

I recently-ish put together a system with the following:

i5 2500k
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3
Corsair Vengeance DDR3, 8GB, 1600MHz (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9)
OCZ SSD 64GB Vertex
Seagate 1TB
Corsair 750w
EVGA GTX460

I think the total came in around 800 and likely cheaper now.

I re-used my case, monitor, keyboard, etc...

Eliminate the SSD for lower price but I hear the price of hard drives is starting to climb.

Reuse your OS to save some more but if you need a new OS I also bought win7 ultimate separately for under 200.

[RacingKen]

I found Win 7 64 bit here for $99.94 plus shipping.
http://www.outletpc.com/c5740.html?g...FasaQgodhmhtmA
They also have some good prices on cpu's such as Intel Core i5-2500 3.3Ghz LGA1155 Quad-Core Processor (Retail)Sale Price: $219.89

Or AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Hex-Core 3.3GHz Socket AM3 Processor - 6 Core (Retail)Sale Price: $209.98

Intell Mother boards at Tigerdirect
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...74_68338_68338

Gigabyte
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...599&CatId=7212

Amd 3+ Motherboards
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...74_73055_73055

CrossFireX Ready boards
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...45_36449_36449
Thats all I have time to look for right now.

Ken

[Reese]

ty gents, a great start for me

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[nutcase]

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[Snafu]

Nah, just ornary with these twits