Gaming PC on a budget?

Guitar-her

I'm looking at buying a new gaming PC on a budget of £500 (about $800). I already have a 20" widescreen monitor and good surround speakers so I just need a base unit with a keyboard/mouse/gamepad. What kind of spec would people recommend such as motherboard, processor, RAM and graphics card? I obviously don't need the best spec just something fairly decent which won't become outdated too quickly.
Thanks.

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Honestly if you want a serious gaming PC, you need to spend more than $800 if you want something that can stand up to the newest games out there. A lot of the newer stuff has some pretty rigorous specs to run them. Mainly the biggest thing you need to look for in a serious gaming machine is a power supply that has enough voltage to handle the power demands for the big video cards and motherboards that can run the games relatively smooth without a lot of jerkiness and lag. If you are serious about gaming, then you might want to consider upping you budget to at least $1,500 or more. My gaming machine is worth nearly $4,000, and was every bit worth the investment.

building 3 monitor gaming pc?

Q. Hi I am looking to build my self a budget 3 monitor gaming pc and need some spec ideas.
Thanks
I will use win 7 (64bit) all i need is the spec of the pc my budget is $1000 i will buy monitors seperate .and i have the os.
intel or amd i dont mind the monitors are dvi
thanks alot for your help

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ok AMD since budget. now whats your price range and i can be of More help from that. also do you have the three displays? or is that factored into price. what is the OS you wish to use. will you buy that and does that come with the price as well?


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Give me 15 min and i will get back to you.
(building pc)



Notes: do you care what the Case looks like?
what brands you like? (IE asus intel, corsair?)
does it matter or do you just want the darn thing to run these three displays...????

ALSO IMPORTANT. what are the three inputs to the monitors(I NEED THIS ASAP). .... and INTEL OR AMD?





AMD
Antec Dark Fleet DF-10 Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 
719987GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard 
Antec TruePower New TP-750 Blue 750W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE ... 
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT90ZFBGRBOX 
G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR 
HITACHI Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723015BLA642 (0F12114) 1.5TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive 
7LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM 
PowerColor AX6950 2GBD5-2DH
Final price on newegg. 907.89
SAPPHIRE Active Mini Display Port (M) to Single-Link DVI (F) Cable 100925 Mini DisplayPort to DVI Interface 29.99
sooo I got you at around 937.99 ANY questions



any questions comments or dislikes of products let me know. also 1866 ram is so you can OC the 1090t.... and MB can crossfire at later date... no ssd because of budget.... I5 2500k would be the best = i could pull out with Intel



your welcome but one thing in order to make any 69xx GPU worh with 3 monitors YOU WILL NEED AN "ACTIVE ADAPTER" for the Display port to DVI. I STRESS ACTIVE. or else eyefinity will not work and the third monitor will be blank.

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Is this a good budget gaming PC build?

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Chase

I'm looking to build a budget gaming PC (already have a monitor, keyboard, mouse) and was wondering if these specs are any good:
CPU- AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler-Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 45.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard- ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0
Memory- Corsair 8GB DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage- Crucial M4 64GB 2.5" SSD
Video Card- ASUS Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card
Case- NZXT Phantom 410 ATX Mid Tower
OS- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Power Supply- Corsair CX 430W
Case Fan- NZXT Air Flow Series 59.1 CFM 120mm Fan
That's it. Am I missing anything? Do I need a sound card, optical drive, or external hard drive? What about a network adapter? Not sure how all this works lol. I'm planning on using turtle beaches for sound, but I'm not sure if I still need a sound card. Any help or recommendations would be greatly appreciated as this is my first time building a PC. I'd like to keep the price near where it is now, which is around $600.

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1: That video card you chose isn't a gaming card. It will hold frame rates on games with low video settings, but you should really invest in a GTX 660TI or better. The 660TI is a fairly high power card, but it won't kill your check book.
2: The power supply is pretty weak. If you intend on doing upgrades for the GPU later, you should get a stronger PSU now.
3: You shouldn't need a sound card. They do make the sound better, but the audio on the motherboard is typically good enough for most applications.
4: Having a DVD drive is a very good idea. You can get some good ones for ~20 bucks.
5: I love having a Wi-Fi PCI card in my computer. It is fantastically convenient, and allows me to take my tower over to other places and not worry about how I'm going to connect it to the internet.
Overall, what you have chosen would make for a decent gaming computer, but if you use the ideas I gave, it'll be much better.

How can I get a Gaming PC an Monitor for affordable price?

Nick G

I want a gaming pc an monitor for a reasonable price. I want it to pe able to play my games like Call of Duty 1 and 4. I also play many other games but my laptop can't handle all this. Please answer me.

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I would recommend building your own. Wait for great deals and after a while you will have a pretty good system. I did it.

Cost about $550 and 3 months of deal finding

3.2GHz Pentium 4
3 GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 9600GT -really good budget video card
DVD burner with lightscribe
Blue CCFL front
Wireless keyboard and mouse
1920x1200 monitor

I don't do much gaming but I do play Fallout 3 with the video settings between high and ultra

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