I am a High School student and if i had $500, and i wanted Computer mainly for gaming...what brand and what would i want with it just for gaming necessities. I'm in the US and my parents most likely wont get it for me for X-mas!!! can someone point me in the right direction???
Tight budget and need new computer
- Portalearth
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I buy all my comp stuff from either http://www.newegg.com or http://www.zipzoomfly.com , but Dell also has adequate starter setups. Amazing what $500 will get these days!
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Hmm... I've got a Dell but I wouldn't recommend it highly if you're trying to get the best bang for your buck. They allow you to customize your order, but for many features they'll gouge you a good $50-$200 or so. It adds up very quickly. A friend of mine that used to live nearby used to build his PCs with parts he bought and put together himself - usually could come up with something rather respectable on a $400 budget. I've never done such a thing though and I don't know how feasible it would be for you, but what you're looking for can certainly be done if you go about it the right way.
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I know this is not the solution you are looking for but for that cash you should buy a console, XBOX 360, Wii or PS3. You will meet the best of games with that.
500$ is not that much for a nice PC setup specially for gaming if you consider that the best graphic card allready cost that much...
If you really want a nice PC for gaming i suggest you to save some more money or even get a part time job until you reach the 1000...you will double profit the PC in that case cause you would have earn it by yourself. I know you are thinking "you guy talk like my dad" but maybe you can arrange something with him like: If i work and earn 500 you let me another 500 or something like that...I could work that way m8.
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Build you own - i made my PC for £450 and its got: Quad Core, Asus Mobo, 4GB RAM, 500gb Sata, hd-dvd+RW, ATi PCI-E gfx and 650W Powerpack. All you can ever need
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On a budget
if you use your old HDD and PC enclosure hoping your PSU can take it
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according to some sources (i'm not gunna name names...you know who you are
) that if i want mainly gaming, i want to go for speed. those sources also say that -
Dude, check the specs; 2.66 GHz is plenty for a gaming machine, and you likely can OC it another 10-20%. I have a 3.0 GHz machine, with no OC'ing, and it rocks just fine, with a lower bus speed that the one specified above (mine = 800MHz bus, above = 1.33 Ghz bus). My RAM is also slower than that machine, so you will be in great shape for cheap!!
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according to some sources (i'm not gunna name names...you know who you are ) that if i want mainly gaming, i want to go for speed. those sources also say thatQuoteOriginally posted by Centaurian
Dude, check the specs; 2.66 GHz is plenty for a gaming machine, and you likely can OC it another 10-20%. I have a 3.0 GHz machine, with no OC'ing, and it rocks just fine, with a lower bus speed that the one specified above (mine = 800MHz bus, above = 1.33 Ghz bus). My RAM is also slower than that machine, so you will be in great shape for cheap!!+ it's Duall Core :p [10]
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It's amazing how cheap are the desktop component's these days.
a console is not really a PC, we all like to use msn, listen mucsic and some other thing's that you will not make same way in a console.
I think you can set a very good gaming PC for about 600 Euros (of course these only if you assemble it yourself).
I think that the best options is allways between the midle and high performance and price, because the last top hardware is allways overpriced.
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I think that the best options is allways between the midle and high performance and price, because the last top hardware is allways overpriced.
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Its not that good, no - how old is it 6-7 years???
Recommendations:
+ Buy ur own parts, fit together
+ Buy a cheap Dell (cheap as hell)
+ Heavily upgrade ur current PC - may be difficult as you'd probably need everything
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CPU: Pentium III ~860 Mhz
Graphix: Nvidia Gerforce 2 64 mg ram
RAM: 512 (my dad says he put in 1 gig but it didnt work too well)
Moniter: Dell P991 17in CRT
HDD: 20 gig
Drives: 1 CDRW Hi Speed, 1 Dvd play
Sound: Creative Soundblaster LIVEYour best bet is to buy the package Sev posted, but it looks like you will need a new power supply, and you will need a new HDD, at least 80 Gb. I have the same sound card, so you're good there, and you can still use the same case & optical drives, and get by with your current monitor for now, but I'm guessing you also need to upgrade to WinXP/SP2, if you haven't already done so. So now you've just added $80 (US), not counting WinXP & shipping... Still, you get a rockin' gaming outfit for $600!
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it a german website but there are cheap products and also good ones:
https://www.csl-computer.com/s…qc0u4f8sivaetk4qu7subtik5
Dunno somewhere a limit of 500 ($ or ) was set here - the offer above is within the limit ;D
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the packckage Sev posted is very very good, I would just had an Hard driver, and that's it.
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If you're on a budget..... just buy a basic dell system (you'll get your operating system and all the basics to make it run, and a monitor), and then upgrade it with the parts you want. My idea was always to get the unit so it will run, and then get it to how you want it.
Alternatively yeah, build your own. But it can be a pain, and you have to fork out for the operating system too.
