gaming pc build 2010

[krazymate]

hey guys ive built lots of pc's in the past lots ranging to shitty ones up to the newest
im thinkin about building my own gaming rig starting from today im really tight on money thou at the mo got about 200-300 pound to build one could anyone possibly give me the right direction or the best direction to go towards like a website or pick out some products for me to look at in this price range
im not bothered about the case at the mo just some hardware stuff to chuck in
thanks for reading !

 

[Ciara]

Hi krazymate

at the mo got about 200-300 pound to build one

Depending on how hi end you intend going you may need that just for the CPU "eg" i5 / i7........but good luck with your build

 

[mickey megabyte]

you aren't going to get a gaming computer for £300 i'm afraid.

games are one of the few things that really push a modern pc, and you need a good multicore processor, lots of fast ram (4 gigs recommended) , and most importantly a good graphics card, as well as a reliable hi-capacity power supply to make it all run smoothly and crash-free. oh, and a case, fans, hard drive, dvd...maybe you already have a spare monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers etc.

a half decent graphics card would be £200 on its own, unfortunately.

if your budget is really that tight, have you thought about an xbox or similar?

 

[Windows i7 920]

You're going to have to buy a used computer and put upgrades in to get that low of a price. Pentium 4 @ 3.2 GHz and a 9400 GT graphics card, along with 2 GB of RAM is enough to play Left 4 Dead 2 for example. How I know this is because I have upgraded an old Dell Optiplex GX280 into a budget gaming / business machine for when someone wants to play PC games and I'm using my high end system. The Optiplex started with a 3.2 GHz Pentium 4 with HT, 512 MB of RAM, and 64 MB integrated graphics. This PC is from 2004 and I bought it used off eBay for $75. I upgraded it to 2 GB DDR2 (this is when I learned that they had DDR2 machines in 2004 :shock and put in an Nvidia 9400 GT 1 GB graphics card. Pushed the PSU to the limit. Minimum listed PSU for this card is 300 W. That's exactly what this Dell has. After the upgrades, I installed and ran Left 4 Dead 2. Lag was minimal, but had to be on lower detail settings. And multitasking? Forget it. You're not going to want to play music with Media Player and play a game at the same time when you're running on a single core processor.

TL;DR: A game console is your best bet here. Even a used PC with upgrades will not get you that great of a gaming experience.

 

[AstaLaVista]

My sincere suggestion? Save your money until you can at least double that budget amount. That or look into buying a pre-owned one but, as others have stated, can't really buy a good gaming PC for that much money... that's like buying a Gaming Laptop

 

[krazymate]

alright then guys thanks for the help

 

[xarden]

I quoted up a gaming-spec rig at my local store pbtech.
Ended up costing around NZ$15000, excluding monitors

 

[krazymate]

wow thats alot i have a monitor and 5.1 surround sound and a hardrive all i need is a case and some internal for pc i spotted this out anyone rekon this will be okay ?
AMD Athlon 260 Bundle Deal Includes Athlon X2 260 AM3.. | Ebuyer.com

 

[krazymate]

you aren't going to get a gaming computer for £300 i'm afraid.

games are one of the few things that really push a modern pc, and you need a good multicore processor, lots of fast ram (4 gigs recommended) , and most importantly a good graphics card, as well as a reliable hi-capacity power supply to make it all run smoothly and crash-free. oh, and a case, fans, hard drive, dvd...maybe you already have a spare monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers etc.

a half decent graphics card would be £200 on its own, unfortunately.

if your budget is really that tight, have you thought about an xbox or similar?

wow thats alot i have a monitor and 5.1 surround sound and a hardrive all i need is a case and some internal for pc i spotted this out anyone rekon this will be okay ?
AMD Athlon 260 Bundle Deal Includes Athlon X2 260 AM3.. | Ebuyer.com

 

[Solarstarshines]

You're going to have to buy a used computer and put upgrades in to get that low of a price. Pentium 4 @ 3.2 GHz and a 9400 GT graphics card, along with 2 GB of RAM is enough to play Left 4 Dead 2 for example. How I know this is because I have upgraded an old Dell Optiplex GX280 into a budget gaming / business machine for when someone wants to play PC games and I'm using my high end system. The Optiplex started with a 3.2 GHz Pentium 4 with HT, 512 MB of RAM, and 64 MB integrated graphics. This PC is from 2004 and I bought it used off eBay for $75. I upgraded it to 2 GB DDR2 (this is when I learned that they had DDR2 machines in 2004 :shock and put in an Nvidia 9400 GT 1 GB graphics card. Pushed the PSU to the limit. Minimum listed PSU for this card is 300 W. That's exactly what this Dell has. After the upgrades, I installed and ran Left 4 Dead 2. Lag was minimal, but had to be on lower detail settings. And multitasking? Forget it. You're not going to want to play music with Media Player and play a game at the same time when you're running on a single core processor.

TL;DR: A game console is your best bet here. Even a used PC with upgrades will not get you that great of a gaming experience.

LOL I had a P4 3.2 2 gigs patriot ram and a 7300gt oc'ed by riva tunner it play both 1&2 left4deds and i beat them both off of it just because i accoplished that feat doesnt mean he should pursue the same

Best case scenario buy piece by piece every other paycheck or what not think of this as a investment not something that is immediatly needed i swear i see alot of things i want every day if i could but sometimes you got to be simple and take you're time when you do that you almost every time stumble upon great deals

 

[Solarstarshines]

you aren't going to get a gaming computer for £300 i'm afraid.

games are one of the few things that really push a modern pc, and you need a good multicore processor, lots of fast ram (4 gigs recommended) , and most importantly a good graphics card, as well as a reliable hi-capacity power supply to make it all run smoothly and crash-free. oh, and a case, fans, hard drive, dvd...maybe you already have a spare monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers etc.

a half decent graphics card would be £200 on its own, unfortunately.

if your budget is really that tight, have you thought about an xbox or similar?

wow thats alot i have a monitor and 5.1 surround sound and a hardrive all i need is a case and some internal for pc i spotted this out anyone rekon this will be okay ?
AMD Athlon 260 Bundle Deal Includes Athlon X2 260 AM3.. | Ebuyer.com

athlons are kinda weak you need to get a phenom you will, be held back by a weak cpu especially if you get a good board ram and card

But hey if this works for you go for it you would want to run win7 in 64 bit your max ram is 4gb it i ok but if you run 64x7 i would do atleast 6 gb ram also video card you could get a decent hd5670 1gb for 100,00 get you started no power needed but..... some what scalable performance ge a hd 5770 150.00 whic needs 1x6 pin power plug these are atleast cheap enough to get you somewhere also a psu of atleast 550watt

 

[krazymate]

haha well thanks for that really appreciate it im thinking of just going for that bundle and maybe getting the NXT case with a raedeon 5570 hd graphics card i have the psu 550wwt ready and then i will just tart it up a bit to be honest i want it to look cool aswell playing smoothly

 

[Solarstarshines]

the outside could look horrible as hell but if the inside is good neat and has the good stuff i dont think looks will matter

unless you are doing comp tours so everyone can see what it looks like lmao j/k with you like i said before it is up to you

 

[krazymate]

lmaoo true ahhh who cares i just want it to look cool and be able to play some good games thanks for your help anyway dude

 

[Windows i7 920]

My sincere suggestion? Save your money until you can at least double that budget amount. That or look into buying a pre-owned one but, as others have stated, can't really buy a good gaming PC for that much money... that's like buying a Gaming Laptop

My laptop does very well for gaming, and I paid $1500 for it. It does particularly well on multi-threaded games because of the Core i7 740 QM. While the Radeon HD 5650 isn't the fastest, it runs games like Garry's Mod on max detail at 1920x1080 res with minimal lag. I try to stick with games that are more CPU intensive than graphics card intensive though because of having such a nice CPU.

 

[Der Stich]

I quoted up a gaming-spec rig at my local store pbtech.
Ended up costing around NZ$15000, excluding monitors

That's not choice bro...

i just want it to look cool

Macbook

and be able to play some good games

oh wait - not a Macbook then.

 

[krazymate]

lol ^