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Assassins Creed PC for $4.99 and kotor on steam for $2.49 later.  Yep, I'm a cheapskate.

Assassins Creed PC for $4.99 and probably kotor for me too at $2.49 on steam.  Yep, I'm a cheapskate.

That build vs. this http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11485562&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eCat=BC|84|56671&N=4035053%204294967277&Mo=4&No=2&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=78521&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1〈=en-US&Sp=C&topnav=

Which one is better? It will come out to be around the same price after adding a monitor. If it's only marginally better, then she should probably just get a store bought one.

It won't let me link to the page... It's this one.
Compaq Presario
AMD Athlon X2 7550 2.5GHz
6-in-1 Card Reader
LightScribe 16x DVD±RW Drive
Windows® Vista Home Premium
Item # 480291

I've revised it with some suggestions I've gotten. Does this look good?

Motherboard ASUS M4A78 Plus AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

CPU AMD Athlon II X2 245 Regor 2.9GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX245OCGQBOX - Retail

RAM G.SKILL 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL6S-2GBMQ - Retail

PSU CORSAIR CMPSU-450VX 450W ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply - Retail

HDD Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM

Case Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

CD/DVD Sony Optiarc DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model AD-7241S-0B LightScribe Support - OEM

I'll probably add another stick of 2 gb ram to it later on.   Should I be getting ddr 1066 ram?  It says this on the motherboard.

She went to a few stores and the ones she wanted were $700+ including the monitor and the specs were about what I posted.  I've put together 2 gaming PCs so far with help from people on the other gaming board which shall not be named.  I need input on what parts to buy.  The actual putting together of the parts is quite easy.

I'm building a pc for my cousin and I need help picking the parts. It will not be a gaming pc, but might be upgraded later for light gaming. This is what I have in my cart right now. I need suggestions on better options for the price (another part that is comparable in price and is better) or any suggestions to cut down on the cost. I also need someone to check if all the parts are compatible. It looks like they are. There's no case yet. I'm not sure how to pick one. Any recommendations?

Motherboard ASUS M4A78 Plus AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX6000CZBOX - Retail

RAM G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL6D-4GBNQ - Retail

PSU CORSAIR CMPSU-450VX 450W ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply - Retail

HDD Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM

I know that psu might be overkill, but she might want to add a video card later on. Maybe one that is a little below a 8800 gt.

Feel free to say this build is garbage and come up with your own. lol I'm trying to do the best I can for below $400.

Is it possible to stream pc games?  I can't figure out how to set that up in the settings.

Anyone?

So I read that the RB1 drums will work with this if you reduce it to 4 colors in the game.  What happens to the stuff that was supposed to be on the 5th drum pad???  Do they just skip it or does it move those to another pad when you only play with 4 colors?  I want to buy this game but I don't want to buy another drum kit.

How did you guys get #11????  I googled it and everyone says they got told the answer and didn't know how to get it.