a cheap gaming rig?

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klepto

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so ive been playing around on neweggs trying to find a build that is good for gaming but is pretty cheap i was wondering if this can do a really good job gaming noting like crysis just tf2,cs and wow mostly

HARD DRIVE:Western Digital RE3 WD5002ABYS-01B1B0 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5

VIDEO CARD:XFX GS250XZDFU GeForce GTS 250 1GB 256-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support

POWER SUPPLY:hec HP585D RETAIL 585W ATX12V Power Supply

RAM:Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KHX6400D2K2/4G - Retail


FAN:ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler

CPU:Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6500 Wolfdale 2.93GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual

MOTHERBOARD:GIGABYTE GA-G41M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G41 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard


well im pretty sure they all should go together i just need a good case that i like any sugestions i really want to build a computer as soon as i can
 
GO QUAD CORE!
Don't look at the 2.93 ghz and be sold
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but for a few more dollors you go quad core with amd and be better off with AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz $96 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103706

for the video card I would get this ati card instead
XFX HD-5750 $154.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150465

The mobo looks a bit weak you should spend most your money on mobo then cpu then gpu
You have to pick between navid and ati before picking mobo because they don't like each other that much I pick ati because every haflife game I ever played had ati on the box so...

What is your max budget?
You can have a awesome machine for under $500 so post your budget and people with more knowledge than me can help you a lot more!
 
klepto said:
well if u said under 500 thats great but tops 700
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Yea! What I posted was not the $500 budget rig but I could help you with the $500 rig if that's what you want just look at my signature and that's a $550-ish setup but reflex knows more than me so he can help you even more!
Wish he would of seen when I was building mine to tell me go i3 instead of my 620 :crying: but he did say "the i3 is not, but almost on par"! but then again he said "it will slaughter it in single threaded tasks" I have no idea what this means so... Yea please explain refelx!
 
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THats beter then mine, and i can run crysis. You can run crysis on max with that thing, im sure of that. (almost sure)
 
I suggest staying away from that dual core you chose they are getting old. Get core 2 duo if you want good performance. I suggest the E8400 that's what i have and it runs like butter. If you want to future proof your comp and play some highly CPU intensive games go with a quad core. You can go with core 2 quad or I7 and some other random quads.Then you run into some higher prices with quads unless you stay with core 2 duo or quad and can keep your mobo instead having to get a socket 1156. Really it all depends on your budget. Also your gpu should be fine.
 
ChArMz said:
I suggest staying away from that dual core you chose they are getting old. Get core 2 duo if you want good performance. I suggest the E8400 that's what i have and it runs like butter. If you want to future proof your comp and play some highly CPU intensive games go with a quad core. You can go with core 2 quad or I7 and some other random quads.Then you run into some higher prices with quads unless you stay with core 2 duo or quad and can keep your mobo instead having to get a socket 1156. Really it all depends on your budget. Also your gpu should be fine.
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Suggesting a C2D right now is just stupid.
It's a dead socket, with no potential upgrade in the future.
 
Woo quoting myself
reflex99 said:
The i3's have been know to preform almost on par with the Athlon x4 in MULTI THREADED TASkS.

In single threaded tasks the i3 would slaughter the 620

Also the i3 will run cooler and OC better (32nm )

Source:
http://www.madshrimps.be/vbulletin/f22/intel-core-i3-530-2-93ghz-vs-amd-athlon-ii-x4-620-2-6ghz-performance-benchmarks-68833/
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Wow, i just realized i put this in the wrong thread. Darnit kelpto and your numerous build threads.

w/e, i guess it has validity here too
 
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