Are you willing to overclock?

E8400 $170

HD 4850 $170

GIGABYTE GA-EP45 $110

Corsair 550VX $85

Samsung 2053BW $230

G.Skill 4GB DDR2 1000 $85

Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer $40

WD 640GB HDD $85

DVD Burner $30

Cooler Master 690 $85

Total=$930

Processor: Intel E2180 - $70

Motherboard: Gigabyte EP43-DS3L P43 - $95

Memory: OCZ ATi CrossFire 2x1GB DDR2-800 memory - $46

Case: Antec Three Hundred - $60

Power Supply: Antec Basiq 500W OEM - $40

Optical Drive: Black Samsung DVD Burner - $26

Hard Disk: Western Digital 250GB HDD -$60

Video Card: VisionTek HD 4850 512MB - $190

TOTAL = $587

Pick a monitor. Also, you'll need a power cord, which I assume you have lying around.

Basically, will I be able to max out HL2:EP2, BF2, and Sins with a playable framerate, with an OC'd E2180 and HD4870?rifton

Uhh, that's not saying much. You will be able to play Crysis on high settings and AA at 16*10.

[QUOTE="rifton"]Basically, will I be able to max out HL2:EP2, BF2, and Sins with a playable framerate, with an OC'd E2180 and HD4870?kodex1717

Uhh, that's not saying much. You will be able to play Crysis on high settings and AA at 16*10.

Uhh, dude, your math is a little sketchy, that adds up to $1090.rifton

then get a 8800gt, use the stock cooler for now and if that isn't enough change the cpu to a e7200

It's a great overclocker and will take you farther than the E2180, but I'd probably put the money into a better graphics card before the processor.kodex1717

that depends if he is going to over clock or not. if its stock speed then the e7200 is well worth it but but if your going to overclock then it probably wont be much different