OK, so someone I know asked me how they could get the best PC possible for $600. As far as I know, to get the best system for the lowest price, it involves self building, as opposed to getting a Dell or HP or whatever.

So, I put together a parts list for him and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for different componants, or different places to shop, or point out if I've made any mistakes, or even if there are any Dell's or HP's or whatever that are better for the same (or lower) price.

Here is the parts list.

Other information:
  • He already has a Seagate 7200.7 80GB ATA-100 HDD that he will be using.
  • I know I've got DDR2-800 RAM with a DDR2-667 mobo, but as far as I could see it was the second cheapest 2*1GB DDR2 RAM on the site (the cheapest involved a mail-in-rebate, which he'd prefer to avoid).
  • This PC will be used for webdevelopment and photoshopping, also perhaps for games at a later date hence I chose a motherboard with a PCIe 16x slot.
  • The price including postage currently stands at $600.08, he'd prefer not to go too far past this magic number.


I'd appreciate any opinions on this and I thank-you all for your time in reading this far.