Computer Build For Casual Gamer

Q6600 OEM - 199.99 - Tigerdirect.ca

Asus P5K SE - 89.99 - Infonec.ca

Coolermaster Centurion 5 - 59.99 - NCIX

Antec Earthwatts 650W Power Supply - 89.99 - NCIX

OCZ Gold XTC PC2-6400 2GB - 55.99 CanadaComputers * 25.00 Rebate

Western Digital 320GB - 55.00 - Infonec.ca

LG DVD Writer - 24.99 - Infonec.ca

XFX GeForce 8800GT XXX nVidia 8800GT Chipset - 164.99 - Canada Computers

Total = 740.93 After rebate = 715.93

Id say that this build would be perfect for me, since I have a 360 and mostly game on that but would use this for work and for games that are exclusives on PC. Any recommendations.

Change the processor to an E7200.

Change the GFX (If you want) to an HD4850 (Extra $30 bucks but worth it, if you can't afford an extra 30, then you don't need to)

If you have an old HDD from a former computer, you can use that instead.

The rest is okay.

Im not sure if you know allready but OEM CPUs dont come with the heatsink so you will need one, Im only saying since you havent listed a CPU cooler.

Everything looks great regarding your parts

I really want the Q6600 so that I can overclock it to like 3.6GHZ, because it seems to be a very good overclocker. I think about the 4850.Sirpimps

q6600 will be future proof I think. Games like Diablo 3 are supposed to make advantage of multiple cores. Just shows you how close we are getting to quad cores beaing better for gaming than dual cores.

Also consider a HD 4850, going to put it in my next build here soon.