budget gaming pc's

New Setup around 700$, 4.1ghz

2011-11-26T11:35:00.000-08:00

So i dumped my old water-cooling setup i got at a garage sale because it wasn't taking my phenom2X4 past 3.6ghz. i got a h60 instead, and my phenom2X2 is now happily unlocked at a quadcore and 4.1ghz

Budget watercooled pc

2011-08-09T19:14:00.001-07:00

set up a watercooled rig without paying over 800$

pick one of tese hard drives

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pick one of these for memory

2011-08-09T19:11:00.000-07:00

pick this power supply

2011-08-09T19:10:00.000-07:00

pick one of these cases

2011-08-09T19:09:00.000-07:00

Pick this cpu

2011-08-09T19:06:00.001-07:00

pick this motherboard and this cd drive

2011-08-09T19:05:00.000-07:00

pick this gpu

2011-08-09T19:04:00.000-07:00

New videos next week

2011-07-30T21:53:00.000-07:00

I will be doing a video guide next week. It will be covering pc building and budgeting basics, as well as advanced cable management. your support matters, and will decide the frequency at which i produce more videos/guides

here is a picture of my current finished build.

under 600$ gaming rig

2011-07-30T13:47:00.000-07:00

this will run anything smoothly, and what happens here, is that the motherboard i have selected with the processor, will unlock the processor to a quad-core, and easily overclock it to 3.5ghz. and if you have a copy of windows already, this build will cost just under 500$ at 460$ which is an insanely good price.
here are the parts:

AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition Callisto 3.2GHz Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Desktop Processor - C3 Revision HDZ555WFGMBOX

BIOSTAR A880G+ AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

XFX HD-685X-ZNFC Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL8D-4GBRM

RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-530SS 530W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular LED Power
Supply

XCLIO Color I Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Seagate Barracuda ST3250312AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM

LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM

have fun, this is a great build to consider doing

A guide to a 500$ quality computer

2011-07-30T13:15:00.000-07:00

step 1:
search craigslist for a motherboard, or try to find one with a new socket ( AM3, or any of Intels sockets just look it up and make sure it doesn't need a terribly expensive cpu). I would recommend a socket AM3 because they are so much cheaper for the performance

step 2:
Find your power supply. dont bother getting a modular one ( detachable cables ) just go with a 600 or 700 watt power supply for around 60$

Now that you have picked out the parts that will tell you what you can and can't have in your PC, you can find the rest, just make sure they match. Tip: garage sales are a great place to find used motherboards and power supplies.

the rest of the parts dont really need to be in any specific order. but to get your computer working you will need the following:
RAM
GPU, unless your motherboard has one integrated
disk drive(to boot from disk)
hard drive
cpu heatsink, if one was not included with your cpu
the two things i would consider buying new, are your ram, and video card, because these are your two components that are really going to give you a noticeable boost of performance, aside from the cpu.
feel free to comment, i'd be happy to answer any questions