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I would like to see what you guys can do on an $800 dollar budget.

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$800
Windows 7 Home Premium
Meant to game

Thanks to all who take the challenge. This is for a friend of mine. I just wanted to get the opinions of fellow OCN members.
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My suggestion:

GIGABYTE GA-P55M-UD2 Socket 1156/ Intel P55/ DDR3/ CrossFireX/ A&GbE/ MATX Motherboard

Intel Core i5 Processor i5-750 2.66GHz 8MB LGA1156 CPU, Retail

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now-a-days 1gb of Gmem is good for the next 2-3 years

I'd get a 4890 1gb for your gpu
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I would like to see what you guys can do on an $800 dollar budget.

Requirements:
$800
Windows 7 Home Premium
Meant to game

Thanks to all who take the challenge. This is for a friend of mine. I just wanted to get the opinions of fellow OCN members.
Ok not enough info. What all is required? IE: do you need a mouse and keyboard and monitor and speakers?

Im assuming no but we all know what that gets us.

Secondly what resolution are we expecting to run?

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no keyboard, screen, or speakers. sorry that was a bit lacking on info.. but good question. I dont know for sure the screen size. I would say probably 1440x900 and no bigger than 1680x1050. I know thats a fairly big difference but I think you get my drift. There are no real boundaries here. Just post something within the price range that you think will provide the best performance/quality ratio.
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no keyboard, screen, or speakers. sorry that was a bit lacking on info.. but good question. I dont know for sure the screen size. I would say probably 1440x900 and no bigger than 1680x1050. I know thats a fairly big difference but I think you get my drift. There are no real boundaries here. Just post something within the price range that you think will provide the best performance/quality ratio.
So you have a case or no? (its always best to specifically list every item you are looking for )

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http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Pu...umber=15941868

This is the best I can do unless you want an lga 775 build. You might want to see if you can get some stuff used if the extra $35 is really too much.
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720 x3 and gigabyte 785G board 195$

vapor x 4890+ 4gb DDR3 254$-40$MIR

700w psu 40$

cm 690 40$

monitor 100$ with promo

20$ for whatever dvd drive you want

500gb HDD spinpoint f3 55$

total 672$

Most of those are free shipping gives you $128 for shipping audio and a keyboard



Or if no audio monitor and keyboard

i5 and mobo for 325

5850 for 300$

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http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Pu...umber=15941868

This is the best I can do unless you want an lga 775 build. You might want to see if you can get some stuff used if the extra $35 is really too much.
No monitor keyboard or speakers...

I dont think your going to fit an i5 build into this budget sadly

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