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04-01-2010, 02:59 PM
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Cheap Gaming PC - Budget Build 500$
I want to build a gaming pc, but my budget is 500$. So i want to know some cheap parts that will allow me to play new games like "The Old Republic" but also parts good enough to last me a while. My case can hold ATX and Micro-ATX motherboards.
I prefer parts from newegg, tigerdirect, or bestbuy. I need all the parts for the pc: motherboard, ram, hard drive, cpu, etc.... If it's not possible to build a good gaming pc with 500$, then can you just give me a list of parts for a good regular pc up to 500$ Thanks, for any help. |
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04-01-2010, 05:06 PM
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Do you have the necessary monitor, keyboard, mouse, OS ?
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04-01-2010, 05:18 PM
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Yes, i have a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and Windows 7 x64
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04-01-2010, 06:16 PM
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OK here's something cheap - we'll see what the experts think!
Total price is $482.94 CPU - $70 (based on this review) AMD Athlon II X3 425 Rana 2.7GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Processor Model ADX425WFGIBOX - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103726 or for $5 more get the AMD Athlon II X3 435 Rana 2.9GHz http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-724-_-Product Mobo - $57.99 (the onboard HD4200 may well be sufficient for your games) BIOSTAR A785G3 AM3 AMD 785G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138182 PSU - $69.99 (reliable, with room for future expansion - $25 Mail In Rebate) Antec earthwatts EA500 500W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.2 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC "Compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371007 Video Card - $79.99 (mid level gaming card. See the hierarchy chart) ASUS EAH4670/DI/1GD3/V2 Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121328 HDD - $69.99 (reliable HDD) Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136320 Memory - $102.99 (checked the QVL and this came up) A-DATA Gaming Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model AX3U1600GB2G9-AG - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820211409 Optical - $31.99 LITE-ON Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Writer LightScribe Support - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106335 Last edited by orbrit; 04-01-2010 at 07:31 PM. |
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04-01-2010, 07:03 PM
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Up the video card to this one : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125238
And check the ram qvl list for the motherboard and I'll agree . Biostar has an on/off reputation, just now they're getting a rep for budget builds and this board may be a good deal. Head over to here : http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...erboard&xtcr=1 |
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04-01-2010, 07:23 PM
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the RAM I listed is on the QVL for that Motherboard.
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04-01-2010, 11:04 PM
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I have narrowed it down to 3 PC's, which one is better?
1. http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Pu...umber=14396226 2. http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Pu...umber=18432268 3. http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Pu...umber=18432148 |
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04-01-2010, 11:16 PM
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None of the above. All 3 of them have 1 or more substandard and/or unnecessary components.
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04-02-2010, 03:15 AM
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Try something more like this:
GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128394 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Callisto 3.2GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103846 A-DATA 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820211188 HIS H567Q512 Radeon HD 5670 (Redwood) IceQ 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161319 Hdd and psu combo WD Caviar Black 640GB & OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.362775 Sony Optiarc Black http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827118030 $518.46 total
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04-02-2010, 06:58 AM
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04-02-2010, 09:05 AM
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131618 mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103688 cpu http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371007 Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820211188 memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814103086 video card 5770 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136074 Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827118030 Optical Anything less than an ATI 5770 will struggle in games like Old Republic! $538.93 + shipping
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04-02-2010, 09:12 AM
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Not bad for the price at all... looks like you should get good power out of that build and the price is just as nice.
I wonder if I should use that card for my upgrade... I have never used ATI card but I have no reason not to...
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04-02-2010, 12:44 PM
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So this is good for a cheap budget gaming PC build:
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Pu...umber=18438988 |
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04-02-2010, 01:42 PM
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04-02-2010, 02:08 PM
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thanks for your help
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04-02-2010, 04:23 PM
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This isn't my build but but I was interested in the discussion of the video cards. I have this for my build:
ASUS EAH5670/DI/1GD5 Radeon HD 5670 (Redwood) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121362) I had already looked at the chart at Tom's and it seems to be a good card (I do a little gaming but I'm more concerned with buying a card that will be good for a while). Looking at this thread this would be a better card? GIGABYTE GV-R485ZL-512H Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125238) I guess my question is why it would be better? It has less memory but a different chipset that offsets that? I see my card is also out of stock now so if I'm going to purchase this weekend I need a different card. Thanks |
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04-02-2010, 05:14 PM
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Chipset Manufacturer ATI
GPU Radeon HD 5670 (Redwood) Core Clock 775MHz Stream Processors 400 Stream Processing Units Memory Effective Memory Clock 1000MHz (4Gbps) Memory Size 1GB Memory Interface 128-bit Memory Type GDDR5 Chipset Manufacturer ATI GPU Radeon HD 4850 Core Clock 625MHz Stream Processors 800 Stream Processing Units Memory Effective Memory Clock 1920MHz Memory Size 512MB Memory Interface 256-bit Memory Type GDDR3 The key numbers are no. of Stream Processors, and Memory Interface bus (higher is better). The Core clock speed isn't always an indicator of performance - just like in regular CPUs. As another example here are the numbers from the 5970 Chipset Manufacturer ATI GPU Radeon HD 5970 (Hemlock) Core Clock 725MHz Stream Processors 3200 (1600 x 2) Stream Processing Units Memory Effective Memory Clock 1000MHz (4.0Gbps) Memory Size 2GB Memory Interface 512 (256 x 2)-bit Memory Type GDDR5 |
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04-03-2010, 11:07 AM
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jljr, please keep discussion about your build in your own thread. Thank you.
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04-03-2010, 07:27 PM
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glc, I believe I asked a specific question about video cards (and how to diifferentiate betwen cards) made in this thread and used a reference to my build to help make the point but I'll remeber that for future questions.
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