Help building gaming computer for $500 or less?

Q. So basically, all I need is a new video card, cpu, and I need more RAM memory and a bigger hard drive. If it matters, i'd like to play games like Doom 3, Left 4 Dead, Fable, Mass Effect, Oblivion, and probably Skyrim and Battlefield. How much would those pieces cost? I don't want the "ultimate" setup, I just want those games listed to look and play better than their console counterparts. I'm on a $500-$600 budget.
Damn, I feel like an idiot now. But, i've got a stock HP pavilion a6683w. Everything on it is stock, not sure if that helps...
k623dnowman Would all of that stuff be compatible with my hp a6683w?

A. For $500-600 I can't guarantee you'll be able to play Oblivion, Skyrim or Battlefield at settings high enough to make them play better than they do on console.

You mentioned needing all but the three most defining parts of a computer: the case, the motherboard, and the power supply (PSU). These three are what will determine what RAM, CPU, harddrive, and video card you can put in your computer...particularly your PSU and motherboard.

Even assuming that your PSU is capable of outputting enough wattage to support your system regardless of what parts go into it, I can't recommend you any parts until I know what motherboard you have. Because you can't just mount any CPU on any motherboard, and the same goes for RAM and graphics cards (though to a lesser extent).

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HP, huh? Well without looking at it personally, I can't say for sure, but chances are they jipped you on either the case, the motherboard, or the power supply. What most brand names like Dell and HP don't mention behind the typical specs like RAM and CPU speed is that they often use the cheapest motherboard and lowest wattage PSU they can get away with. After all, why should they future proof your system for you? They'd rather you just bought another computer from them when it comes time to upgrade.

Again, I can't say all this for sure since I don't know what the inside of your computer looks like. But if you're willing to build a computer, you're better off raising your budget by another $100-200 and just starting from the ground up. You'll probably encounter less obstacles that way.

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Building A Good Gaming Computer For Less Than £500?

Q. Hello there, as we all know it's only 6 months until it's Christmas again, and i would like a fairly big present this year, a gaming computer, now.. i'm only 15 years of age and don't have a clue on how to build my own computer, i have heard it's possible to build a gaming computer that can run modern games on medium settings (Which i don't mind, seeing as i don't really see much difference) and i know it's A LOT cheaper than buying a pre made one and updating that. I am extremely intrested in the area too, i would love to fix/repair computers for a living when i am older, i just find the fascinating, so this may be a great way to start learning, but i could also screw up and loose the whole computer, so my first question is, is there anywhere in the UK that will build your computer if you bring them the parts and how much would it cost? My second question is where and what should i buy? what is the latest CPU, Graphics Card, Motherboard and other things, what cases are the best? room to have more Hard Drives? and is there a website that could give me a clear step by step guide into making my computer?
My budget is around £500, but my mum and dad may be willing to go a bit over, depends on how much of a difference the upgrade would make, so anywhere between £500-£700 would be great, I'm really interested in gaming and I'm always on Xbox/computer, but my current laptop can not run modern games, so I'm looking to upgrade, so basically ANY infomation would be great, and thank you in advance, :)

A. Hey, welcome to the faith!
Building your gaming PC is by far the best route to take.

For £500, you're quite limited but seeing as you only wanna run games on medium, you're sorted.

I reccomend this processor -
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Intel-Core-2-Quad-Q6600-2-4GHz-Processor-/200618221813?pt=UK_Motherboards_CPUs&hash=item2eb5c720f5#ht_542wt_1139 -
old but still one of the best around.

This card -
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Zotac-Amp-2-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-260-216-cores-/290577103918?pt=UK_Computing_Computer_Components_Graphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW&hash=item43a7bebc2e#ht_1232wt_1139

this processor cooler
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Arctic-Cooling-Freezer-7-Pro-Rev-2-AMD-Intel-CPU-Cooler-/160553263879?pt=Computing_ComputerComponents_Fans_Heatsinks_SR&hash=item2561b86307

a motherboard like this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gigabyte-GA-G41MT-S2-Motherboard-Intel-775-DDR3-Quality-/220780264543?pt=UK_Motherboards_CPUs&hash=item3367877c5f#ht_5756wt_905
- you can get much better - so look around - im just taking into account budget here.

and this ram
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-2x2-4-GB-DDR3-Kingston-Memory-1333MHz-PC3-10600-/230632449706?pt=UK_Computing_ComputerComponents_MemoryRAM_JN&hash=item35b2c3e6aa#ht_1827wt_905
- again - you can get better but that will do just fine.

Case is a matter of perferance so have a look around - i reccomend ebuyer.com for cases.

Hope this helps! you may be interested to know that the processor, graphics and cooler are whats in my own PC which is maxing all the games i play on it (just cause 2 GTA4, test drive unlimited 2, COD Black Ops). And I have slower, DDR2 ram! :P

Also, you'll need this for your processor:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Arctic-Silver-5-Premium-Thermal-Compound-3-5g-/330574808717?pt=Computing_ComputerComponents_Fans_Heatsinks_SR&hash=item4cf7cb468d#ht_1964wt_905
- by far the highest quality thermal paste.

Get in contact with me if you need other help.
Good Luck!

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Building A Good Gaming Computer For Less Than £500?

Q. Hello there, as we all know it's only 6 months until it's Christmas again, and i would like a fairly big present this year, a gaming computer, now.. i'm only 15 years of age and don't have a clue on how to build my own computer, i have heard it's possible to build a gaming computer that can run modern games on medium settings (Which i don't mind, seeing as i don't really see much difference) and i know it's A LOT cheaper than buying a pre made one and updating that. I am extremely intrested in the area too, i would love to fix/repair computers for a living when i am older, i just find the fascinating, so this may be a great way to start learning, but i could also screw up and loose the whole computer, so my first question is, is there anywhere in the UK that will build your computer if you bring them the parts and how much would it cost? My second question is where and what should i buy? what is the latest CPU, Graphics Card, Motherboard and other things, what cases are the best? room to have more Hard Drives? and is there a website that could give me a clear step by step guide into making my computer?
My budget is around £500, but my mum and dad may be willing to go a bit over, depends on how much of a difference the upgrade would make, so anywhere between £500-£700 would be great, I'm really interested in gaming and I'm always on Xbox/computer, but my current laptop can not run modern games, so I'm looking to upgrade, so basically ANY infomation would be great, and thank you in advance, :)

A. Hey, welcome to the faith!
Building your gaming PC is by far the best route to take.

For £500, you're quite limited but seeing as you only wanna run games on medium, you're sorted.

I reccomend this processor -
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Intel-Core-2-Quad-Q6600-2-4GHz-Processor-/200618221813?pt=UK_Motherboards_CPUs&hash=item2eb5c720f5#ht_542wt_1139 -
old but still one of the best around.

This card -
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Zotac-Amp-2-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-260-216-cores-/290577103918?pt=UK_Computing_Computer_Components_Graphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW&hash=item43a7bebc2e#ht_1232wt_1139

this processor cooler
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Arctic-Cooling-Freezer-7-Pro-Rev-2-AMD-Intel-CPU-Cooler-/160553263879?pt=Computing_ComputerComponents_Fans_Heatsinks_SR&hash=item2561b86307

a motherboard like this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gigabyte-GA-G41MT-S2-Motherboard-Intel-775-DDR3-Quality-/220780264543?pt=UK_Motherboards_CPUs&hash=item3367877c5f#ht_5756wt_905
- you can get much better - so look around - im just taking into account budget here.

and this ram
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-2x2-4-GB-DDR3-Kingston-Memory-1333MHz-PC3-10600-/230632449706?pt=UK_Computing_ComputerComponents_MemoryRAM_JN&hash=item35b2c3e6aa#ht_1827wt_905
- again - you can get better but that will do just fine.

Case is a matter of perferance so have a look around - i reccomend ebuyer.com for cases.

Hope this helps! you may be interested to know that the processor, graphics and cooler are whats in my own PC which is maxing all the games i play on it (just cause 2 GTA4, test drive unlimited 2, COD Black Ops). And I have slower, DDR2 ram! :P

Also, you'll need this for your processor:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Arctic-Silver-5-Premium-Thermal-Compound-3-5g-/330574808717?pt=Computing_ComputerComponents_Fans_Heatsinks_SR&hash=item4cf7cb468d#ht_1964wt_905
- by far the highest quality thermal paste.

Get in contact with me if you need other help.
Good Luck!

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What is a good gaming computer for 500 dollars or less?

Q. I'm a little confussed at the quad vrs. dual core and also memory specs any help would be great.
Thinking of a desktop

A. You won't be getting a new gaming computer for 500 bucks, but you can quite feasibly get a very good machine for 800 if you build it yourself, use AMD parts, don't go for top-of-the-line, and are willing to perhaps not run this year's games at absolutely completely maxed out settings.

About dual core and quad core: the cores in a processor are basically little processors by themselves. Since having two processors in a separate package on the motherboard is a bit problematic (mainly due to performance reasons), manufacturers started putting both processors in the same part.

Current games, assuming they support multiple cores at all, usually support only two cores. Especially if you're going for a cheaper gaming machine having a quad core processor is simply a waste of money and electricity. The CPU isn't really all that important in todays games anyway (the graphics card is much more important), so you can skimp on that a bit.

Memory is quite easy, it's just that there are a lot of acronyms involved. There are basically two forms of memory (for desktops): DDR2 and DDR3. DDR2 is being phased out, but it's still used in very low end machines and laptops. DDR3 is faster.

Along with the type of memory, there's the speed, expressed in megahertz. Faster memory works on slower machines, it will simply slow down to match the speed of the rest of the system. Slower memory doesn't speed up; the rest of the system slows down to match the speed of the memory.

For example, lets say you get a stick of memory marked 2 GB DDR3/1333. This means that it's a stick of memory of the DDR3 type, it's designed to run at 1333 megahertz, and it's 2 GB in size.

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Gaming Computer Help!?

Q. i dont know much about computers but i am a gamer.
so here is my problem
i need a computer tht can easily run the games halo 2 and spore without breaking a sweat.
here is the problem though
i have less than a 500 dollar spending limit but i dont need a monitor
what im asking is this could someone please make a list of parts to build this computer and where i can get them thnk u
and btw could u put in a mouse, keyboard and some speakers (thnk yall verry much this is for my brother and i for christmas)

A. Gaming computer: $494 total, $9 shipping (free shipping on most pieces), and not counting a $25 rebate on the video card.

(Motherboard) Gigabyte GA-EG31M-S2, G31 DDR2 MATX, $52.99,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128338

[Simple, stable motherboard. Runs exactly as fast as it should with a Core 2 Duo.]

(Case) Antec NSK4480B, ATX Mid Tower 380W, $69.99,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129032

[Not my favorite case, but the price is good, and it has a great power supply --2 x 17A on the 12V, 80plus efficient.]

(CPU) Intel BX80571E7300, Core 2 Duo E7300 2.66 GHz, $119.99,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115132

(RAM) G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-4GBPI-B, 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 CAS4, $49.99,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231209

[With only two RAM slots, one may as well load it with 4GB.]

(Video Card) PowerColor AX4830 512MD3-H, Radeon 4830 512MB, $119.99,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131129

(Hard Drive) Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB SATA, $59.99,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073

(DVD-RW) Lite-On IHAS120-04, 20X DVD-RW SATA, $20.99,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16827106263

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I would like to make my own gaming computer but buying the parts, and a budget less then $500 if possible?

Q. i don't have much experience about computers, but i'm only 17 and i just started looking into it

A. for $500 you will not be able to buy brand new decent gaming computer. BUUUT. Ebay has really great auctions for used gaming PCs i mean you can find them for 50% of what you would pay for brand new parts. I just sold my Gaming pc that cost me $1300 a year ago for $450+shipping and it runs every game out there.
Just make sure you get a decent enough video card. That is the main factor in a gaming computer.
Here are a couple of suggestions to save money that will give you an option to get a more expensive video card:
CPU:
when looking for CPU for gaming, MOST games do not use more than 2 cores, with some exeptions, so you can save some money by getting dual core a not quad or hex. Also most games will not use Hyperthreading.
MEMORY:
you do not really need more than 4gb ram for most games
Hard-drive:
you won't be able to afford SD drive so get an HDD. most hdd performance difference is negligable in games.
Sound Card:
No reason to spend money on it, since soundcards that are built into your motherboards are good enough.
Motherboard:
There is no real reason to buy an expensive motherboard if you are not overclocking and do not need a more complex south bridge. I would suggest looking into AMD setups since they offer better value.

Overall, if u have any question id be glad to help./

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What is the best gaming computer for $500 or less?

Q. I am looking for a very good gaming computer for under $500. It can be already built or just components. I would like a desktop.

A. most average desktop pc's usually have a somewhat decent graphics card. alienware computers are really good on gaming pc's, and there should be a few computers for a little bit more or less than your 500 limit.

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What are some decent acoustic guitars less than 500 dollars?

Q. What are some decent acoustic guitars that cost less than 500 dollars? I'm looking to buy one for my best friend that recently has been robbed. Our group of friends are all chipping in as a surprise. I've already bought him a brand new iPod shuffle because he lost his old one in the robbery, along with many other items like games, computers, TVs, etc.

A. Take a look at this Fender Acoustic guitar here is a nice one that has got a cutaway and built in preamp. Not to mention a lot of high end features for well under your limit.It is a great acoustic guitar

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What would it cost to build a gaming computer?

Q. All I want in a gaming computer is super fast internet, amazing graphics, doesn't lag on games, and I can carry lots of memory. Please guys someone answer. I will give best answer to the best answer.

A. Well a gaming computer depends on your budget , as long as you pay more as you get better performance . Unfortunately you didn't mention your budget so i cant give you a specific build . The lowest gaming PC that can play games on Max / High settings on resolution of 1920 x 1080 is for at least 800$ . The gaming PCs are mostly depend on strong graphics card not the processor so you make sure to buy a High end card (( not less than 250$ )) and for the CPU any core i3 or AMD FX-4300 will do the purpose . About the fast internet you just need to have ADSL contract with a good company and choose the speed you want to have .

I will give you a random rig for 800$ :

CPU : FX-4300 (( 120$ )) / FX-6300 (( 130 $ ))
Motherboard : ASRock 970 extreme 3 (( 120 $ )) / 970 pro 3 (( 75$ ))
Ram : 8GB (( 2 x 4GB )) 1600 Mhz (( 70$ )) i recommend G-skill or Corsair
Vga card :Evga GTX 770 (( 410 $ )) / / Sapphire Vapor X 7950 (( 380$ )) / Evga GTX 760 (( 260$ ))
Power supply : http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028
For the high storage you need like 1 or 2 TB depends on your need and 1TB HDD is for 75$ so if you add more then double the price .
Any thing else like DVD player or Led light will be cheap and u can handle that yourself they won't exceed 30 $ .

I strongly recommend that you stick with Sapphire Vapor X 7950 due to its special cooling which will keep your card cool , silent and highly overclock-able . Many will say that you go for AMD FX-6300 as it has 6 cores and in the same price . In fact FX-4300 cores are stronger and most games use 4 cores not 6 so FX-4300 will be better , check this site for further knowledge http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/293/AMD_FX-Series_FX-4300_vs_AMD_FX-Series_FX-6100.html

Also if you don't like AMD for a processor then your only chance is to go for Core i3 which will give nearly the same performance of FX-4300 and with the same price , Unless you have a higher budget that afford a Core i5 (( 180$ and above )) , but in this case i would recommend to invest more in graphics card so you get something like GTX 780 (( 660 $ )) or HD 7970 (( 500 $ )) . If you need any help send me an email . Hope i helped

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What is the best gaming computer for me?

Q. I need a great gamign computer.

One that doens't get lots of viruses.
One that will be able to play games for the next five years.
A great graphic card.
Lots of ram (min 1)
A good processor.

And finally
One that cost less than 500 DOLLARS!

I know its hard to find one like this. But i am only 13, and i can't build one for myself, and so i need one to buy pre made. Thanks for helpign me out.

A. Look at best buy for a computer made by the company ASUS, they are the cheapest gaming laptops i know. I highly doubt that you will find a gaming laptop for under 500, i think the cheapest laptop to build would be around 800, im on a dell xps m1530 intel duo core cpu t9500 @ 2.5GHz, 4GB ram and a 512 nvidia video card for about 4 times that, so its gonna be tough.

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What are some decent acoustic guitars less than 500 dollars?

Q. What are some decent acoustic guitars that cost less than 500 dollars? I'm looking to buy one for my best friend that recently has been robbed. Our group of friends are all chipping in as a surprise. I've already bought him a brand new iPod shuffle because he lost his old one in the robbery, along with many other items like games, computers, TVs, etc.

A. Take a look at this Fender Acoustic guitar here is a nice one that has got a cutaway and built in preamp. Not to mention a lot of high end features for well under your limit.It is a great acoustic guitar

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What would be the best and cheapest parts for a gaming desktop?

Q. Apparently, I am not good with putting parts together, because the price for the things I've got listed is over 1000 dollars, and I have heard of people with amazing gaming desktops for less than 500.

I'm willing to spend between 600-1000. Under 600 or close to it would be optimal until I get a job.

What I have so far, is:

Monitor : LG - 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LED Multifunction HDTV Monitor

Tower : Corsair - Obsidian Series 650D Mid-Tower Case

Power Supply : Corsair - Enthusiast Series 850-Watt ATX/EPS CPU Power Supply

CPU : Intel - Core™ i7-4770K 3.5GHz Processor

Ram : NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express Graphics Card

Fan : Corsair - Hydro Series H100i Dual 120mm Fan CPU Cooler



I don't know if that is all I need, but it turned out being extremely expensive.

My first question is, would this be a good gaming computer?


My second question is, is there a cheaper set up that would be just as good?

A. If your main purpose for your build is gaming, then I recommend getting the Intel 4670K instead of the 4770K, the reason why, is that there is almost no game on the market to date that totally takes advantage of Hyper-threading and in some cases it has been known that hyper-threading can actually drop your FPS in some games.

What I recommend doing with the extra $100 you would be spending on the 4770K and invest it in a better GPU, something on the lines of the GTX660ti or the GTX760. The GPU is were you will see the most improvement in gaming all together as games now a days are more GPU intense then they are CPU intense.

Other then that, very very nice build you have going. Also one other thing, if you want to throw a little more money towards a better GPU after saving the $100, you can get a PSU that has 600W and it will still be enough power to support everything you have. Now a days everything is about power saving not how much power you have like it was about 5 years ago. GPU's don't even use a ton of power like they use to.

Hope this helped you,

ericlee30

~Member Of The Intel Response squad~

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What is the best gaming computer for me?

Q. I need a great gamign computer.

One that doens't get lots of viruses.
One that will be able to play games for the next five years.
A great graphic card.
Lots of ram (min 1)
A good processor.

And finally
One that cost less than 500 DOLLARS!

I know its hard to find one like this. But i am only 13, and i can't build one for myself, and so i need one to buy pre made. Thanks for helpign me out.

A. Look at best buy for a computer made by the company ASUS, they are the cheapest gaming laptops i know. I highly doubt that you will find a gaming laptop for under 500, i think the cheapest laptop to build would be around 800, im on a dell xps m1530 intel duo core cpu t9500 @ 2.5GHz, 4GB ram and a 512 nvidia video card for about 4 times that, so its gonna be tough.

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Can someone help me build a gaming computer?

Q. Yeah I know this is the time because Starcraft 2 is coming out and my laptop video card sucks cock. So can someone help me build a gaming computer that will cost me under $500. Give me like wat kind of motherboard should i get, video card, blah blah blah you know what i mean. I know $500 is kinda low but im on budget rite now i just want starcraft 2 to run fine.

A. haha dude your funny, man i wish but if you want a gaming computer with no lag and stuff that plays games like call of duty , u lookin at $1000-$2000 easy. why not just get a console for like $250......
i used to be a computer gamer but now a console gamer cause it has more games and less exspensive
Source(s):
sadly computer games are coming to an end, but consoles are better :)

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What is the best gaming computer for me?

Q. I need a great gamign computer.

One that doens't get lots of viruses.
One that will be able to play games for the next five years.
A great graphic card.
Lots of ram (min 1)
A good processor.

And finally
One that cost less than 500 DOLLARS!

I know its hard to find one like this. But i am only 13, and i can't build one for myself, and so i need one to buy pre made. Thanks for helpign me out.

A. Look at best buy for a computer made by the company ASUS, they are the cheapest gaming laptops i know. I highly doubt that you will find a gaming laptop for under 500, i think the cheapest laptop to build would be around 800, im on a dell xps m1530 intel duo core cpu t9500 @ 2.5GHz, 4GB ram and a 512 nvidia video card for about 4 times that, so its gonna be tough.

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Can someone help me build a gaming computer?

Q. Yeah I know this is the time because Starcraft 2 is coming out and my laptop video card sucks cock. So can someone help me build a gaming computer that will cost me under $500. Give me like wat kind of motherboard should i get, video card, blah blah blah you know what i mean. I know $500 is kinda low but im on budget rite now i just want starcraft 2 to run fine.

A. haha dude your funny, man i wish but if you want a gaming computer with no lag and stuff that plays games like call of duty , u lookin at $1000-$2000 easy. why not just get a console for like $250......
i used to be a computer gamer but now a console gamer cause it has more games and less exspensive
Source(s):
sadly computer games are coming to an end, but consoles are better :)

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