Alright, I want to buy a gaming PC, but I want to pay less than $500. Yea, I know, I need at least $1,500 to get a good one, but I'm not made of money... I'll only become rich if everybody on here gives me 1 dollar... then I'll be rich... Anyway.. This is my computer I want: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...1462312&CatId=0 I know that buying the parts seperate will save me money, but when I total it all up, it's a little more than that. If you can find parts that meet or beat the quality and price, that will be most helpful. I need at least the following: AMD Athalon 64 2800 or above 512 RAM or above 128 Video RAM or above 80gb SATA Hard Drive or above A good, hard motherboard. I have a good soundcard already. I was also thinking of getting a small-factor pc also. I don't want one by Shuttle, tho. I had bad experiences with them. I basically want the same as above if you can find me one for $500 or below. You never know.... I might give you credits or =Rep if you help me!
^thats $1200. The problem with that pc you said is it is only a 754pin. It would be better to get a pc with a A64 3000+ 939 pin as it has an updated memory controller that will play better.
MSI K8 neo4 with a single PCI-E *16 slot for a GFX card 100-120$ cheapest PCI-E card you can find gig ddr400 dual channel ram 90$(OOPS SOMEHOW I TYPOED 600) AMD athlon 64 3000+ 110$ Case w/ 420W PSU 70$ 160gig HD 82$ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822144415 Windows 64 OEM:90$ that should be under
I dont play HL2, so that wouldn't help.. I already have an OS for that, was thinking of going linux, then using Wine or just dbl booting with XP or Vista, if it ever comes out. Thanks for all ^your^ help. any more suggestions?
if you already have an OS then you could probably afford a somewhat better GFX card or one gig ram. Also, WIn 64 is based of of win server 2003 just like vista so you wouldn't loose too much.
Wow, cutting it kind of close here... this is what i got: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MSI K8N Neo4-F NVIDIA Socket 939 ATX Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express / Gigabit LAN / USB 2.0 / Serial ATA http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...6536&CatId=1772 89.99 AMD Athlon 64 3000+ / 512KB Cache / 2000MHz FSB / Socket 939 / Venice Core / Processor with Fan http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...6603&CatId=1177 159.99 Corsair Value Select Dual Channel 1024MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory ( 2 x 512MB ) http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...sp?EdpNo=669365 117.99 Powercolor Radeon 00 SE / Supporting 256MB Memory / PCI Express / DVI / VGA / TV Out / Video Card http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...2688&CatId=1558 59.99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- that with your hard drive suggestion and a case, that comes out to.... *types prices in calculator* 550-580 (depends on what case i get, seen a few cheap but good ones on newegg and tigerdirect)
man... the processor costs a bit more than I expected, I got my Athlon 3000+ with my motherboard for 120, it's socket 754 though but still... just look for one on sale at a local electronics store.
hm... at least i get 512 dual... if it costs a little more, its not gonna hurt me. may hurt my money, but i beat it every day... edit: inpossible, you obviously didnt read my last post...
For a graphics card I suggest just getting a refurb x600 XT or a x700 Pro Refurb for like $80 off newegg as they will play doom 3 1024x768 on medium settings. Get your stuff from newegg. A64 3000+ 939 - $146 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103537 MSI K8N Neo4-F - $85 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813130491 Corsair Value Select Dual Channel kit 2x 512MB - $89.75 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820145440 Refurb ABIT RX600 XT-PCIE Radeon X600XT 128MB DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card - $65 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...82E16814123140R Refurbished gfx cards are fine to use, they are OEM though.
Atleast buy a 939 pin processor and mobo Well no idea about the prices really coz i live in UK but $500 is around £273 and for me u need like £500 to get a decent machine in your case £1000 but there are ways You might as well go for that PC or check other sites for parts like egg.com is popular in US for comp parts. ABout the spec - not sure about the processor its quite low down.
