El Cheapo Rig - Intel G530 + 4850

[jacktesterson]

I recently put together a cheap rig for my bedroom TV. It's a 37" LG LCD 1080p set.

I picked up the G530 and El cheap MSI H61 board for $80.00 a while back that was sitting in my closet for a bit.

I picked up the 4850 for $20, seriously, from local classifieds.

I used an old Coolermaster Case form a previous build I had in storage.

Had the Power Supply already....

Had the Ram already....

Only thing I bought new was a 500GB Seagate Drive.



Installed Steam on it last night for first time. At 1080p, this machine was able to be at a Consistent 80+ FPS at MLB2K12 maxed at 1080p.

Will try more games, benches tonight for Curiosity.



You can game with lower end stuff these days, Love it!

 

[Jaydip]

That shows we have progressed a lot in PC games in the last couple of years
But now days we are getting good quality indie games for cheap.Have u tried orcs must die,bastion ?I liked both of them.

 

[jacktesterson]

That shows we have progressed a lot in PC games in the last couple of years
But now days we are getting good quality indie games for cheap.Have u tried orcs must die,bastion ?I liked both of them.

Well, ports are mostly to blame.

I also think if you can piece together a Rig for less than $200.00 that can actually run games at ok settings (not all low, better quality than Consoles), then thats pretty neat.

The G530 costs like $55 but is as fast as high end C2D Dual cores... Pretty impressive really.

 

[Jaydip]

Yeah its really cool,the 4850 was a great card in its day.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

If you could get a 5770 or ESP 5830, that could help a lot with modern games, modern as in 2-4 years old