Posted 12/27/2008 at 08:11:35pm

Why don't you go AMD, the price is a lot cheaper and you really won't notice a huge performance hit unless you do very extreme computing, which I think that most people with 800 dollar computers dont do. Though I my self am an Intel fan-boy, I have to say that AMD still provides cheap & powerful CPU's+MOBO's for the budget range.

Here is a good + powerful budget computer which is configured with AMD, I think that it would play crysis and perform modern games/Apps moderatly well...

SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223F - OEM                                                                 $24.99

Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail                                              $59.95

Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM                  $89.99

ASUS M3A78 AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail                                                         $79.99

POWERCOLOR AX4850 512MD3-DH Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail                                                                                                 $144.99

Antec Neo Power 500 500W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail                                                                                                                                                                                        $89.99

CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-8500C5D - Retail                                                                    $69.00

AMD Phenom 9950 2.6GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor Model HD995ZXAGHBOX - Retail                                                                                                                                     $164.99

                                                                                                                                                                   Total-$723.89