Gaming PC for $300

You might be able to find a 4830 or 4770 for a little over a 100 dollars but that's pushing it, i think you might even find some 4580's in that price range if you look hard enough at least you already have 2 gigs of ram so that saves you money i laughed when i saw the title of this thread but i am quite impressed but then again you already have a case and other parts i assume...try and see if a 4850 can fit in your budget or a 4830/4770...other than that you should be ok although you will have to overclock the cpu if you plan on gaming which is fine toms has some articles on how to do that...good job...personally at that price range i would have gone amd but you did just fine.

What PSU do you have? That may determine what GPU you can get. The 4670 is not a slacker though, so as long as your resolution isn't too high and/or you can stand a few less-than-maxed settings, you'll be fine with that.

Because I need to build a new computer anyway... Oh and just some added info:

For the moment my monitor is running at 1024x768 and my PSU is like 500W-ish.

The 6000+ is old and runs hot. Consider instead a 550BE, which also overclocks well.
And, "500W-ish" sounds suspiciously like a cheap generic PSU. If it is, stick to a 4670; better still, replace it with something solid like an Antec Earthwatts, then you can get a 4830.

Edit: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/def [...] p=97&p2=66
Except for narrow wins in a couple of productivity scores, at stock the 550BE stomps the e5200. The latter may overclock a little better, which might bring it to parity, at the expense of heat and possibly chip life. I think AMD is the better choice.

^ I agree.

300 is the amount I spend on a single component.

I would say 500$ is the bare minimum for a gaming pc, go with a 4850. get that other 50$ somehow because a 4670, you just won't be happy with it.

yes but wouldnt it be better to get a 500 dollar gaming rig and have it pretty much be future proof as new games come out either way its gonna be a couple of years before ull need to lower ur graphics for the new games, on the other hand a 300 dollar pc wont last you as long and you gonna have to keep upgrading it. In my opinion i would save up some more money.

Well, thank you for your opinion, huntsman. It is much appreciated.

alright, i like what you picked but eh... i just can't get an extra 100 bucks. How about this:

Phenom ii x2 545 - $90
ECS IC780M-A - $60
Same RAM from OP - $23
XFX Radeon HD 4850 (the 512mb one) - $110
Same HDD from OP - $50
Total: $333

definitely better than my original, no?

lol i see u really trying to squeeze it in the 300 range. and did u read reviews about the products you chose? try to read as much as possible before you buy.

if you can

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.237632

139.99 USD

mobo is gigabyte low end, but that is def better than ESC by a wide margin...

cpu is X2 545

DDR2 ram, you can use your current ram

SB710, possible of unlock 550 BE (if you ever want) to a X4 if you got lucky