yeah sure. there's a decent amount of b8ers who work with and have built their computers, so some might be able to help out on some specifics as well. one tip at least is that newegg does do constant sales, so waiting a couple days to see what offers come up ain't a bad idea. another is their 'shell shocker' stuff, which is really them lining up half a dozen daily deals every day set for X time (and two that are 12 hours apiece, save the weekend), and computer bundles have been very popular in them.
budget is probably the bigger thing he needs to worry about if he wants to also get a new monitor. you can easily spend half of what the computer cost on a monitor. alternatively, twice as much. wide range on that one, so if he really wants a new one he should settle on price and size for it. $100 can probably get you a 19" on sale, but if you want a 22" or better you'll probably be in the $150~ range and up. once again, i'd wait for a good sale on that one 'cause it's pretty frequent to see 22" or 24" going for a lot less.
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