Hello
I am looking to build my first Gaming PC (Budget around $700) and was looking around for the best parts and information and stumbled on this site, and in particular this article
Cheap Gaming Computer Build, September 2009 | How to Build a Gaming Computer
It says that a decent Gaming Computer for <$650 is possible
I wanted some opinions on whether this is possible since I was thinking about using this build
Here is a list of the parts:
Processor - AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 3.1GHz Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Processor
Motherboard - ASRock M3A785GMH/128M Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
RAM - A-DATA G Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Desktop Memory
Video Card - POWERCOLOR Radeon HD 4870 AX4870 1GBD5 Video Card
Storage - Seagate SV35.3 1TB Internal Hard Drive
Optical Drives - LITE-ON 22X DVD±R DVD Burner and the LITE-ON 4X Blu-ray Reader
Computer Case - Broadway Com Corp 939PL-BLACK Computer Case
Total Estimated Price: $627.93
Is this a good build? Isn't it missing a few parts (Sound Card, SD card reader) ?
Also I wanted to See what needs to change in the build if I instead used a quad processor like
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDZ955FBGIBOX (ONLY ABOUT $80 MORE THAN THE DUO)
Sorry for the long post but since this is my first PC Build I have a lot of questions
Thanks for Reading the Whole Question
Vrman
I am looking to build my first Gaming PC (Budget around $700) and was looking around for the best parts and information and stumbled on this site, and in particular this article
Cheap Gaming Computer Build, September 2009 | How to Build a Gaming Computer
It says that a decent Gaming Computer for <$650 is possible
I wanted some opinions on whether this is possible since I was thinking about using this build
Here is a list of the parts:
Processor - AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 3.1GHz Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Processor
Motherboard - ASRock M3A785GMH/128M Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
RAM - A-DATA G Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Desktop Memory
Video Card - POWERCOLOR Radeon HD 4870 AX4870 1GBD5 Video Card
Storage - Seagate SV35.3 1TB Internal Hard Drive
Optical Drives - LITE-ON 22X DVD±R DVD Burner and the LITE-ON 4X Blu-ray Reader
Computer Case - Broadway Com Corp 939PL-BLACK Computer Case
Total Estimated Price: $627.93
Is this a good build? Isn't it missing a few parts (Sound Card, SD card reader) ?
Also I wanted to See what needs to change in the build if I instead used a quad processor like
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDZ955FBGIBOX (ONLY ABOUT $80 MORE THAN THE DUO)
Sorry for the long post but since this is my first PC Build I have a lot of questions
Thanks for Reading the Whole Question
Vrman