I want to buy a gaming/school computer for round $500

[Weste47]

Hi, i would look to buy a gaming computer that i can also use for school type of stuff. My dad wants to buy something from a company but i want to get something good because he has no clue about modern technology and stuff. I dont have very much knowledge in buying a good computer eather. Could someone help me find a gaming computer / work computer for around the price of $500. That would be great! I can be lower than 500 to.

 

[PZEROFGH]

gaming comp for 500 dollars.........

AMD ATHLON 64 3000+ 150

eVGA 6600GT - 150

MSI K8N NEO4-F - 83

Corsair valueselect 1GB - 90

hdd?

optical drives?

monitor?

keyboard mouse?

case - 20

thermaltake 420W dual fan power supply - 36

 

[The General]

unrealistic expectations.

if you wanted a gaming system to play wolfenstein 3d for 500 bucks you could do it, but i doubt you'll be playing far cry 64bit for 500 bucks.

 

[Rawmaterial]

ya i say invest another 200

 

[PZEROFGH]

650 the least

 

[Weste47]

k

i just want something around 500 that i can play like counter strike on. not to much more, im not a very big gamer just games like halo and counter strike on the computer i'de like to play. My dad is really cheap and doesn't understand anything aobut computers. He wants to get a dell 3000 blaahhh! does anyone know something that would be able to play cs and halo? $500 or below? other than building one

 

[Rabidpirate]

counter strike, or counter strike source?

Halo might be a problem because its not very well optomized.

I play on high at 1024x 768 and still get slowdown in some areas

AMD athlon xp 2600 (oc'd to 2800)
768mb ram
geforce 6800

lol, far cry, half life 2, and battlefield 2 run better than halo

 

[macdawg]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...t&productCategoryId=cat01172&id=1124431830447

thats $550 w/o tax, you would still need to spend $100-$200 on a new video card to install in it, and it would be recommended that you buy a new power supply for $40 or so, and another 512 mb RAM for another $50 or so.

Or you could see if a friend or someone would build this for you:

$526 total and $506 after rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811164040

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813135194

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814150089

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817153006

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819104241

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820144310

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822135106

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827152047

 

[macdude425]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...t&productCategoryId=cat01172&id=1124431830447

It's...an EMachine...meh...

The fact that most of the new EMachines I've taken apart use Powmax PSUs is enough of a reason to stay away from them...