Ok were trying to build the best gaming rig for the cheapest price.
Only the tower. Lets See what we come up with.
Requirements:
Must run COD Black OPs at medium setting smoothly.

CyD

Here is something I put together under $700 shipped.


LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer Black SATA Model iHAS424-98 LightScribe Support
$21.99

Western Digital AV-GP WD7500AVDS 750GB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal AV Hard Drive -Bare Drive
$64.99

GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
$69.99

HIS H575FN1GD Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
$109.99

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK
$84.99

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX
$159.99

Thermaltake Armor A90 Gaming Mid-Tower Chassis With Cable Management Water Cooling SSD Support And Tool-Less Installation VL90001W2Z
Thermaltake TR2 W0379RU 500W ATX 12V v2.2 Power Supply
$129.98

Subtotal: $641.92
Shipping: $9.32

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.573823

The Dell he is looking at is pretty nice. I just don't understand why they put such small power supplies in there rigs. They claim 550watt will cover dual card. They give you the option to add a bigger one but at at cost. Either way sounds like he will be getting soon. The clan gains another member.