Help my brother build a computer

**swedish** · Mar 26th, 2009, 06:04 AM

Can someone help me come up with parts that my brother can buy for his own tower, around $1300? I've ordered parts and built my own last summer, but haven't kept in loop since.

Monitor isn't necessary, we'll come up with something.

**El Capitan** · Mar 26th, 2009, 08:28 AM

For gaming??

**swedish** · Mar 26th, 2009, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by El Capitan

For gaming??

yep

**Sonic** · Mar 31st, 2009, 05:22 PM

You basically have two choices. Granted the 1300 allocation, I think you are pricing yourself into a more high end i7 based system. A cheaper AMD system isn't really an option here.

Raidmax AZTEC Case or other case $70
Corsair 850TX Power Supply or other like PSU $110
Asus P6T Mobo $240
i7 920 $280
ddr3 1600 3x2gb OCZ memory $100
ATI based 4870 1gb $190-230
~Western Digital Black 1 TB HD $80
~Samsung DVD Burner with Lightscribe $25 or LG Blu-Ray/HD-DVD/DVD Burner $110

If he really wants performance, he could always go with a 4870 x2 and double the memory.