$300 Gaming PC

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: 2 weeks BUDGET RANGE:$300

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: light gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: OS, Monitor,KB, mouse, just need tower.


PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS:Newegg.com


OVERCLOCKING: Maybe

MONITOR RESOLUTION: using 17-19" LCD

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:I Play alot of combat arms, and games like BF2.

I can recycle a hard drive. I already have system I built for close to this price that does just fine, was just curious on others thought building for nephew. My system E5200 OC @ 3.2, 4gb ddr2 crucial ballistix, sapphire 4830, LG DVD burner, 600w OCZ xtreme PSU, Gigabyte G31 micro atx board, and recycled 160 gb hd wd Black, case Iwin black.

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 813157161R

Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820148150

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811146059

DvD drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

Hard drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136073

Graphics card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814125244

Total: about $400. Trust me you wont get it cheaper then this, especially because the case comes with a free 480w psu.

Edit: just saw your new post. In that case re-use your graphic card.power supply.and dvd burner

buy this cpu + mobo combo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.284650

this memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820148340

use same hard drive i posted

and this case:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042&cm_re=antec_300-_-11-129-042-_-Product

Curious do you know how good PSU is? What brand I will look at Newegg thanx!!!

I'm not sure wat kind of psu it is, but the graphics card doesnt need a psu as far as I know, so i dont think it should an issue. Also if you're giving him a HD, think about spending the $20 and buying the athlon II x4 620, it's a quad core for 20 bucks more.

Thats true if you were buying it now and all from newegg. I purchased while back ddr2 prices have went up, and case was open buy box for $20, paid less for DVD, mobo, and video to. So instead of trying to prove people wrong try trying to find deals and help people like other guy. Smart...!

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G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10600CL9D-4GBNT - Retail
Item #: N82E16820231253
Memory Standard Return Policy
$57.99
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SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Item #: N82E16822152102
Standard Return Policy
$84.99
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AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX250OCGQBOX - Retail
Item #: N82E16819103681
CPU Replacement Only Return Policy

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$87.00
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Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813186168
Limited Replacement Only Return Policy
$114.99
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RAIDMAX RX-500AF 500W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16817152040
Standard Return Policy
$59.99

Thanks for post but you mentioned nothing of a video card, cpu fan, or case. Including those this would be way over budget. I appreciate anyway TY!

Ok smart... would you like me to show you a system you can build for $300 now, I can was only looking for opinions and yours was negative, not saying I can't take critisism but you offered no help to me or anyone else. It was my post moron. If you are so smart what are your suggestions for a $300 build it can be done but with your lazyness and lack of research you provide nothing except worthless comments. Nothing is hopeless unless you let it be. There are always free shipping, rebates, openbox biys and other things to get anyone under a budget. WOOT WOOT!

I'll say something unbiased..

Chill out guys. Relax.....take deep breaths no need to go all offensive/defensive

by the way he upped his budget to 400 i think.

My reaction, way to serious here who cares its a forum not a Grand Jury Trial lol, rocky how about you let people make there own assumptions and stick to helping people who want your advice. You seem like a lonely person to me looking for attention, congrats on your 1500 post I see what you spend most your time doing. To better let you understand that you can buy the same system Right Now for $300 I am selling my system as a buy now on ebay. lol so I guess I was right, now you can refer people to buy a great $300 PC and get me a little cash for my $400 build. Have a great day....... FANTASTIC!!!!!

When you say let other people make there own assumptions do you mean continue to be mislead by your misrepresentation?
Why are you saying stick with people who want my advice? I never offered any to you - only correctly pointed out your misleading statement. I guess you don't like to have your errors corrected so they will not mislead others - your prefer for the charade to continue. That is not very nice.

And the personal attacks continue. You should thank me for correcting your misleading statement, not launch into personal attacks. Apparently you are trying to hide behind personal attacks because you know what I said was right and cannot refute that. But why do you choose to demean yourself again with another bogus childish attacks? Do you not realize it says nothing about me but loads about you?

And another personal attack - combined with more misrepresentation. You did not read those posts - maybe none. You obviously did not read all of the valuable and helpful information I provided and, as any reader knows, you have no idea how I spend my time.

Let's see. You ask people here to figure out components to build a $300 PC. And to prove it is feasible you now offer as evidence that you are selling yours on eBay? Talk about an apples and oranges comparison. Just another attempt to mislead. You sure do a lot of that. I guess it must be because you are wrong so much and rather than admit it you try to hide behind misrepresentations. And when those are pointed out, you try to prove they were not misrepresentations with another misrrepresentation. How foolish and sad.

Lets see, in the previous post you wrote "would you like me to show you a system you can build for $300 now, I can was only looking for opinions ". Well yes, I am still waiting for you to show me. I hardly think that your selling your own used system on eBay hardly qualifies as how you can "build for $300". And in the years I have been on this site, I have not once seen anyone equate build to buying on eBay. Please provide the component list with for the $300 build you know about- along with links to the vendors. I am sure all the readers of this thread would love to see how to build such an inexpensive light gaming computer.

I am surprised that support person who grossly misrepresented the facts and then, when the truth was pointed out, launched into childish personal attacks abusing the person who only presented the correct facts. Why do you support someone who engages in such behavior?

Oh I see from your childish command to shut up that you are kindred spirits. Also when you state "no ones cares what you think" - do you really speak for everyone. Do you poll the world to determine that? Oh I see you misrepresent as well and make childish attacks. Indeed kindred spirits. I guess I am not so surprised after all.

And I am still waiting to see his $300 build for a gaming system.

Try out this build.

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131391 $60

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103726 $79

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811146059 $60
(again, for now the fact that it includes 480w powersupply really saves you money).

RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820159021 $83
(kinda a no brand ram imo, but reviews seem positive so..)

Graphics card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814127448 $65
(great card for the price, and more then enough to play older fps games)

DVD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product $20

HDD: you said you had one to spare so you'll save some money there.

Total:$373
with rebates= $363

you still have about $40 left over if you want to add it to anything (like a HDD if one is not available).

I'll say if you cant get an HDD and you have to buy one the price will come up to $400.

Actually with $40 on top of the $60 he can buy a 4850!

Sometimes when you want to go this cheap, looking at the weekly specials available at Dell are a very viable alternative. Last weekend optiflex 360 for 319.00 with free shipping a e5200,2 gig of ram. This gets your operating system, keyboard , mouse, full tower. It has a pci 16 express slot, and you buy the best available card on sale, probably a 9800 gt for 95 bucks.
The only drawback is no o/c
for example
http://www.dell.com/us/en/business [...] =bsd&cs=04
Someone can gain building experience taking this apart and upgrading the video card.

case includes 480w PSU, thought it's a limited time offer so sugafreebuckeye you better act fast, probably will end by the end of the week.

Even though it's some no brand psu, it'll be more then enough for the system i'm sure.

Buckey - it has been a week since you posted the above saying you knew how to build a $300 gaming system but you still have not shown how. Please show us. Were you just lying when you said the above? Certainly you have not slinked away with your tail between your legs, have you?

You are ignoring your good friend Impaled who rose to your defense and joined you in attacking me, even though all I had done was correctly point out the error in an earlier statement then defend myself from your name calling and abusive personal attacks. After telling me to "shut up", he posted a build trying to help - although at the $400 level not the $300 - and you have not even given your friend the courtesy of a response or a thank you.

Also, how do you explain that no one else came up with a $300 build either. 658 visits by people interested in the topic and not one $300 build.

Oh yes, and you said you were planning to build in two weeks - which period is almost up. What have you decided on for the new system?

Why do you have to insult me to help him figure out a build? And you can help him figure out build without condoning, silently or otherwise, his abusive behavior and lying to readers. You should have sided with me on those issues even while trying to help with build, not attack me and tell me to shut up.

Your excuse does not wash but I accept your conciliatory tone.

This site used to be frequented by mostly civil people looking for and giving help. But lately a bunch of rude rabid internet kids have been popping in who apparently have no concept of civil behavior or treating others with respect. Most readers and posters just ignore the disrespect but I choose not to be a silent victim of such abusive behavior.