Whole gaming comp for under $400

I want a computer under $400 that can play ghost recon 2 and cod4. Is this possible? I was reading and read about EVGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard for $130 and the e7300 cpu. Would that be a good choice, or too expensive considering the cost of the rest of the comp?

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get a G31 chipset mobo with E5200
then a 30~40bucks cooler like xigmatek S1283 which performs very good for that price
then OC it to like around 3.4~3.6 thats quite enough for modern games
if u already have a monitor and misc stuff like keyboard speaker mouse
u might get a ATI4770 or GTS250 (not sure about the pricing i think is around 100~120usd)
then a decent PSU with at least 400w true power like the corsair VX450

Hmm, kind of. While its rated for DDR2-1066, its rated to do so at CAS 7, which is a bit high for my liking.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227362 is better and the same price.

Just noticed I forgot to answer about the 7750. The buzz has them pushing 3.2Ghz, but considering its based on 65nm Phenom, I wouldnt expect it to go much past that.

If your not in a hurry to build, there should be some AthlonII X2 chips comming available in the coming weeks, these should perform better and be able to OC into the 3.6-4.0Ghz range.

Im not in a hurry. Just researching b4 the buy. Trying to keep the cost low but be able to play the newer games and hopefully games to come. I should mention that I need a case. Shouldnt be hard to find, but suggestions welcome . I just have an old dell crt, but I will upgrade after I buy the rest. I dont burn things much, but the old ones from my older dell comps will do, along with the keyboard and mouse until I save up some more$$.

The E5200 seems like it overclocks better, but I think AMD is the way to go price wise. I heard Intel runs cooler do u think thats true? With a $20-30 cooler I dont think it would matter that much tho?

Ty Dustpuppy that seems like a good setup also!

I'd probably take the x2 550 over the 7750 also. All of the systems posted here are really good suggestions however, gj THG.

Athlon II is pretty much in that no-mans land. With the Phenom II duals only costing $15 more they are hardly worth consideration. They aren't bad, they just need to be another $15 cheaper.

Cooler Master Mid Tower case $40 includes shipping.

but that takes you to $450

You can cut the processor back to a Phenom x2 250 if you need to keep it at $400. It should be released shortly.

ETA: The athlon x2 6000 is a very dated chip. You'd get better performance from like a 2.2ghz c2duo.

For a $400 build, you don't need SLI unless you're gonna put in at least 2 GTX 260s. An e5200 paired with a 9800 GT is suitable for Cod4, even Crysis on medium rez.

What do you think about this one? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] components

Pentium D sucks.

Newegg has made up a combo from what dustpuppy suggested .

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.200020


After instant savings and rebate the new PhenomII x2 550 w/ASUS mobo = $159 . I have read several articles were this chip is seeing 3.7 GHz+ . Should that kind of overclock be expected with this set-up ? Is the south bridge and/or stock cooler going to limit overclock ? Seriously what should be expected ?