New Gaming PC

[Valiance]

I'm so tired of seeing people expecting to pay $2000 for a gaming PC.

I basically agree with you and the links to the NewEgg bundles is a good way to get all you need, but this is some one that bought a mac book pro, they aren't good on value.

Better to point them in the least complicated direction than the most.

Point taken. However, in the original post, it was stated that the user would be assembling it himself. But almost anywhere minus Alienware or Falcon Northwest has packaged/bundled PCs for half of his budget. I mean, here's a couple off the top of my head:

http://www.ibuypower.com/ibppages/AMDLobby.aspx
http://www.digitalstormonline.com/gamingdesktops.asp
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/landingpages/intel/i7/?gclid=CJ_65ouOnqsCFYSK4AodLG_IeA

These are all sites you can buy a pre-assembled package...That will run anything he wants.