$400 Performance Build - Hardware & Software

I'm looking for as good of a build as I can get with $400. I'm in the US, and I love New Egg. I don't need a monitor, keyboard, or mouse, but I may need speakers. I already have Windows 7 too, so that won't be needed. I'll be using this to play some games. I also have an old EVGA GeForce 8800GT, not sure if it's still useful for anything or not. Thanks for the help.

What games?

Need a new HDD?

[QUOTE=catch33;30361085]What games?[/QUOTE]Really just anything. I'm looking more for the most power I can get out of this build. [QUOTE=Armotekma;30361117]Need a new HDD?[/QUOTE]Yea, but something around 250gb should be good. I don't need anything too excessive. [editline]9th June 2011[/editline] I guess I'll be needing a CD/DVD drive too.

There's not much you can do with only a budget of $400, try saving up another $100-$200 if you can

Yea, I realize that. Would this be a good deal though? [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.668119[/url] I realize it doesn't have a graphics card, but I guess the one I have could work, but I'm not sure how well. Could a build like that play, let's say, TF2 on medium settings?

[QUOTE=RedBlade2021;30361385]Yea, I realize that. Would this be a good deal though? [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.668119[/url] I realize it doesn't have a graphics card, but I guess the one I have could work, but I'm not sure how well. Could a build like that play, let's say, TF2 on medium settings?[/QUOTE] Yeah I guess but it has a horrible PSU.

Yes, but the PSU is absolutely [i]terrible[/i] and you shouldn't use it

Hahaha, alright. I'm just trying to get an idea of what I could potentially do. Thanks

[img]http://puu.sh/2vOp[/img] use the 8800, and when you can afford it buy a 5770, 5850, 6850, or whatever else. or: [img]http://puu.sh/2vON[/img] - and there are cheaper HDD that are recerts if you're not afraid of that, and NEED to be under $400 [editline]9th June 2011[/editline] oops, replace those DVD drives with [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151233[/url]

Go for Shadaez's i5 build. It's really good for the price. Here is a comparison between the 965 and the 2400: [url]http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/102?vs=363[/url]