Budget Gaming Rig?

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[UW Ness Profile]

Check out , I just put together a nice computer myself. My budget was around $1000, you could shave some off with a cheaper case and video card, power supply too. That would put you right in your price range.

Mine's running everything I've thrown at it very well, despite some still occurring issues with random crashing during games. Pretty sure at this point though that it's either my video card or the ATI drivers. I'm running Windows 7 Pro x64, so far I have no regrets after upgrading from XP. Other than my iPhone's RDP program crashes on my comp when remote desktop is enabled... but yeah, so far I love it!

[leafsfan86 Profile]

I've heard good things about the following three cases:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduc ... er%20scout Coolmaster Storm Scout

http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduc ... -_-Product Antec 900

http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduc ... -_-Product Antec 902 (on sale, whoo).

I just bought the Storm Scout...I'll be commenting on it once I actually get the thing up and running come Fridayish.

Idea for a decent, yet budget gaming card might be the ATI 5770. Basically a revamped ATI 4870, but 30% more power efficient and it comes with DX11.

I would also suggest upgrading from XP to Windows 7 64 bit (love love Windows 7...no crashes like Vista had!), especially if you want 6GB of RAM. I think XP, unless you have 64 bit, only recognizes up to 2GB.

[Crazycarl Profile]

2 Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Item #: N82E16822136320


$139.98

($69.99 ea)
1 G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL - Retail
Item #: N82E16820231277

$93.99



1 LITE-ON CD/DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM
Item #: N82E16827106289

$23.99

1 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDZ955FBGIBOX - Retail
Item #: N82E16819103674

$165.99

1 ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813131398

$91.99

1 Thermaltake V9 Black Edition ATX Computer Gaming Chassis with Dual Oversized 230mm Ultra-Silent Cooling Fans VJ400G1N2Z Mid ... - Retail
Item #: N82E16811133074

$99.99

1 OCZ Fatal1ty OCZ550FTY 550W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16817341022

$69.99


This is my game rig I put my 9800 gtx in it .


about $550 here plus doubling the ram and decent g-card and your under your budget


A card like this and double the ram if you really want 6 gigs and you don't need 2 of those HD's

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814150447


The case is Nice but I got that Coolmaster storm for my wife and like it a little more as it is a little quieter .


I might have extra copy of 7 to hook yea up

[leafsfan86 Profile]

I can give feedback on some of those parts since I just did a near total upgrade (my UPS damaged case and motherboard finally died after two years).

Well, just booted up the Coolmaster and it's much quieter than my old case. I'd say about the noise level of a vent out of the floor.

I have the 5770 graphics card and the AMD 3.2 processor so I'll give feedback on those once I get Windows and the games reinstalled.

[The Advent Profile]

I'm buying a asus G72 from bestbuy tomorrow while I'm in Oregon. 1000 bucks flat, 6gb ram, 500gb hard drive, windows 7, gtx 260, 17 inch screen. I was going to hold off and wait for the 73 to come out but they start at 1500 bucks. Its a nice gaming rig that you can pick up and go whenever you want to. I just need to get a mouse so I'm not touch padding it. You could look into a laptop doom.

From reviews on it, it will take just about any game you toss at it.

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The asus laptop is great...it's basically my computer in laptop form, Empress has one and yeah...I want one lol.

[The Advent Profile]

I will need a cooling pad, laptos running that fast will get hot hot hot! all I need is my internet! Gettin that Wednesday!

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The FRY's AD is in monday,wed,fri,sat and sun newspaper. i was on the dock lastnight and frys had some good deals going on. It never hurts to go in and right by the return area there is a wall with all the deals of that week and some deals run longer. the FRY's website is shit, go there on a day off and just walk around. its fun to see things in person and not just online all the time. Badd economy=good deals.