Budget gaming PC

[Ivoryblade]

Alright. I have about a $500-$600 budget. I want a DECENT gaming rig. I don't care about playing the games on the highest settings right now. I just want something that'll play FEAR, WoW, HL2, etc., and can be upgradeable down the line. Here's what I figured could work.

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Let me know what you guys think.

 

[Chopstick217]

For Wow, you might want to pic up another gig of memory. Other then that, your system seems fine to me 🙂

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: Chopstick217
For Wow, you might want to pic up another gig of memory. Other then that, your system seems fine to me 🙂

i run 1 gig of DDR333 and have had no problems with WoW at 1280x1024 maxed out.

buy a 7600GT or X850XT instead of the 6800XT (XT's are slower than regular 6800's). 7600GT and X850XT are the same price as your 6800XT at least twice as fast🙂

you may also want to go for the 3400+ CPU/mobo deal, unless you plan on overclocking.

everything else looks good🙂

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: Chopstick217
For Wow, you might want to pic up another gig of memory. Other then that, your system seems fine to me 🙂

i run 1 gig of DDR333 and have had no problems with WoW at 1280x1024 maxed out.

buy a 7600GT or X850XT instead of the 6800XT (XT's are slower than regular 6800's). 7600GT and X850XT are the same price as your 6800XT at least twice as fast🙂

you may also want to go for the 3400+ CPU/mobo deal, unless you plan on overclocking.

everything else looks good🙂

I'd get 2 gigs, and a 7600GT myself. And I don't like that case, but if you do, then....

 

[eggrolls]

consider getting an am2 cpu/mobo instead

 

[benplaut]

Yes... for the future, probably a good idea to look for a am2, if you can squeeze it into your budget. Other than that, looks great!

 

[akshayt]

AMD 64 3000/X2 3600/3800 + Cheap/Decent overclocker + 2GB DDR400/DDR2 533 + Geforce 7900GTO/Radeon X1900XT