Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 $124.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115031

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L $102.83
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16813128059

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) $46.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16820231098

Thermaltake W0093RU ATX 12V $79.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817153028

EVGA 512-P3-N802-A1 GeForce 8800GT $276.33
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130318

COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 $39.99 ($24.99 if you do the rebate)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119106

LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 35.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16827106073

Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB $56.13
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136075

Grand total: ~$763 CRAP!
Grand total with rebate on case: ~$748 CRAP

I'm sure you could lookup all those parts on all of buy.com zipzoomfly.com mwave.com clubit.com and find a few parts a bit cheaper.

This is a solid machine that would play most new games on the highest settings. It would easily run 2 wows. With more ram I wouldn't be surprised if it ran 5.

EDIT DAMN IT, I KNEW I WAS FORGETTING SOMETHING! You need a hard drive and a dvd-rom. Fixing it now....fixed, but way over budget


Try #2 reduce processor and video card to get closer to budget.
Intel Pentium E2180 Allendale 2.0GHz $84.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116052

XFX PVT88PUDF4 GeForce 8800GT 256MB 216.32
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150264

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L $102.83
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16813128059

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) $46.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16820231098

Thermaltake W0093RU ATX 12V $79.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817153028

COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 $39.99 ($24.99 if you do the rebate)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119106

LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 35.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16827106073

Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB $56.13
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136075

Grand total without case rebate: $664
Grand total with case rebate $649 yay.

This version is going to have a harder time running newer games. You will likely need to take the time to over clock your video card. I believe its very easy with this mobo and cpu (like change 1 setting in bios). And also the 256MB on the video card is going to slow you down if you game at high resolutions (ie bigger than like 1280x1024).

I believe this will still run 2 wows without breaking a sweat.