Need Help Building a Dektop Gaming PC

I would like to do this as cheaply as possible, I just need some guidance on where to get my parts and what parts I'll be needing. Would like to do this for close to $500, I mainly play PC games on steam.

Thanks!

You're probably not going to be getting any gaming desktop PC for $500.

A graphics card can cost you that much.

Also, the cheapest desktop PC I can find at all is $379.98.

And that's the cheapest PC I could find at all on Best Buy.

So, good luck.

Have a nice time with your horrible gaming PC. ;)

You're probably not going to be getting any gaming desktop PC for $500.

A graphics card can cost you that much.

Also, the cheapest desktop PC I can find at all is $379.98.

And that's the cheapest PC I could find at all on Best Buy.

So, good luck.

Have a nice time with your horrible gaming PC. ;)

YerfdogT

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You're probably not going to be getting any gaming desktop PC for $500.

A graphics card can cost you that much.

Also, the cheapest desktop PC I can find at all is $379.98.

And that's the cheapest PC I could find at all on Best Buy.

So, good luck.

Have a nice time with your horrible gaming PC. ;)

General_X

But just the graphics card will probably cost a hundred or more, same with the case and CPU, as well as the other vital parts for a gaming PC.

Gaming PC means that it will be able to run most games well, at least a steady frame rate on low settings, probably for more recent games. Not a PC where the only time you get a FPS above 20 is when you activate the noclip cheat in Half-Life 2 and exit the playing area and everything is a single color.

Gaming PC means that it will be able to run most games well, at least a steady frame rate on low settings, probably for more recent games. Not a PC where the only time you get a FPS above 20 is when you activate the noclip cheat in Half-Life 2 and exit the playing area and everything is a single color.YerfdogT

[QUOTE="General_X"][QUOTE="YerfdogT"]

You're probably not going to be getting any gaming desktop PC for $500.

A graphics card can cost you that much.

Also, the cheapest desktop PC I can find at all is $379.98.

And that's the cheapest PC I could find at all on Best Buy.

So, good luck.

Have a nice time with your horrible gaming PC. ;)

YerfdogT

But just the graphics card will probably cost a hundred or more, same with the case and CPU, as well as the other vital parts for a gaming PC.

Gaming PC means that it will be able to run most games well, at least a steady frame rate on low settings, probably for more recent games. Not a PC where the only time you get a FPS above 20 is when you activate the noclip cheat in Half-Life 2 and exit the playing area and everything is a single color.

You don't necessarily have to have an extremely great video card to play games. A 9800GT would suffice.

I read your previous thread in PC gaming forum and I would HIGHLY suggest you don't buy separate parts for your one build. What I mean is don't buy it piece by piece. Reason being if you get one part that is DOA (mainly the first hardware item you buy) by the time you get everything to let it run, that 30 day warranty may be up. When I built my computer I had two DOA motherboards and went through two video cards that were both defective. New doesn't always mean it works perfectly.

Alright here is what I came up with, you should be able to find all these specific parts on Newegg by searching for the Item # Now a couple of things: -First that case is on sale, I would recommend jumping on it ASAP (like today) because you can get Free Shipping on it with this promo code: EMCYTNN27 Hurry the promo code expires today -Ordering the seperate parts is fine, but I would highly recommend waiting to order the hard drive along with another part, as Newegg has recently been very bad a packaging just hard drives, so bundling it with another part will give it more protection -Also hard drives frequently go on sale on Newegg, so definitely keep an eye on Newegg's email newsletters for deals on hardrives. Good brands are Samsung, Western Digital (Cavier Black series), and Seagate. Avoid Hitachi brand harddrives, despite their lower costs. -As you can see the Operating System is a huge expense, if you are elligible for any discounts for Windows 7 (there are several), please let me know. This should be able to max every Valve game (except maybe TF2 but that game has some issues right now). It will even handle Crysis fairly well and shouldn't break a sweat with most modern games such as MW2, or Bioshock 2 etc.General_X

im aura_enchanted and i approve this build :P

Avoid Hitachi brand harddrives, despite their lower costs.General_X

im aura_enchanted and i approve this build :P

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Alright here is what I came up with, you should be able to find all these specific parts on Newegg by searching for the Item # Now a couple of things: -First that case is on sale, I would recommend jumping on it ASAP (like today) because you can get Free Shipping on it with this promo code: EMCYTNN27 Hurry the promo code expires today -Ordering the seperate parts is fine, but I would highly recommend waiting to order the hard drive along with another part, as Newegg has recently been very bad a packaging just hard drives, so bundling it with another part will give it more protection -Also hard drives frequently go on sale on Newegg, so definitely keep an eye on Newegg's email newsletters for deals on hardrives. Good brands are Samsung, Western Digital (Cavier Black series), and Seagate. Avoid Hitachi brand harddrives, despite their lower costs. -As you can see the Operating System is a huge expense, if you are elligible for any discounts for Windows 7 (there are several), please let me know. This should be able to max every Valve game (except maybe TF2 but that game has some issues right now). It will even handle Crysis fairly well and shouldn't break a sweat with most modern games such as MW2, or Bioshock 2 etc.General_X

I'd swap out the PSU and HDD for this combo deal. Asides from that, your system looks great. I'm a bit "meh" about the 2GB of RAM, but I guess that's something the OP will have to sacrifice for the meanwhile until he can afford another stick.

On a side note, I tried running TF2 just now on my 9600m GT equipped laptop, and I didn't encounter any issues :?. I'm not sure how the OP will encounter performance issues with a 4850.

I'd swap out the PSU and HDD for this combo deal. Asides from that, your system looks great. I'm a bit "meh" about the 2GB of RAM, but I guess that's something the OP will have to sacrifice for the meanwhile until he can afford another stick.

On a side note, I tried running TF2 just now on my 9600m GT equipped laptop, and I didn't encounter any issues :?. I'm not sure how the OP will encounter performance issues with a 4850.

MaoTheChimp

Thanks a lot General_X! I'm none to savvy with PC components so you've saved me a ton of time. So you think 2GB of ram will do just fine? Also, how do I know where to fit everything once I get the case or is it all pretty self-explanatory? Im a total 'newb' to building on the PC front.

Also, how do I know where to fit everything once I get the case or is it all pretty self-explanatory? Im a total 'newb' to building on the PC front.Cry0Tek

Thanks a lot General_X! I'm none to savvy with PC components so you've saved me a ton of time. So you think 2GB of ram will do just fine? Also, how do I know where to fit everything once I get the case or is it all pretty self-explanatory? Im a total 'newb' to building on the PC front.

Cry0Tek

I would wait and just save up like $850. The more you spend, the happier you will be with it.

I've got about $1100 put into mine.

[QUOTE="Cry0Tek"]Also, how do I know where to fit everything once I get the case or is it all pretty self-explanatory? Im a total 'newb' to building on the PC front.ChiliDragon

[QUOTE="ChiliDragon"][QUOTE="Cry0Tek"]Also, how do I know where to fit everything once I get the case or is it all pretty self-explanatory? Im a total 'newb' to building on the PC front.Cry0Tek

[QUOTE="Cry0Tek"]

Thanks a lot General_X! I'm none to savvy with PC components so you've saved me a ton of time. So you think 2GB of ram will do just fine? Also, how do I know where to fit everything once I get the case or is it all pretty self-explanatory? Im a total 'newb' to building on the PC front.

General_X

And I'm a college student at a university, I know M$ gives discounts on their OS's to students so maybe I can get one? And my last question is, do you think I should go with the 64-bit OS?Cry0Tek

[QUOTE="General_X"][QUOTE="Cry0Tek"]

Thanks a lot General_X! I'm none to savvy with PC components so you've saved me a ton of time. So you think 2GB of ram will do just fine? Also, how do I know where to fit everything once I get the case or is it all pretty self-explanatory? Im a total 'newb' to building on the PC front.

Cry0Tek

3)You may have to do some Googling, I know Microsoft offered discounts to college students when Windows 7 launched, I don't know if it is still offering them though.General_X

I would like to do this as cheaply as possible, I just need some guidance on where to get my parts and what parts I'll be needing. Would like to do this for close to $500, I mainly play PC games on steam.

Thanks!

Cry0Tek

If you don't mind going over by ~$25 I'd get this:[spoiler] . [/spoiler] smc91352

So this would give me double the graphics power and double the RAM I take it? Thats not badly priced for the money, I might look into going with these. Would I need the 4GB RAM if I go with that card though?

So this would give me double the graphics power and double the RAM I take it? Thats not badly priced for the money, I might look into going with these. Would I need the 4GB RAM if I go with that card though?Cry0Tek

Thanks for all the information everyone! I will begin constructing my battleship, so to speak, and will post my results once done. If I have any other questions I may inquire some of you with them. ;)

Thanks again!