$400-$500 Budget gaming PC

[rb2crens]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Approx. Next Year
BUDGET RANGE: like on title After Rebates
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, video
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Speaker, keyboard, mouse
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg.com
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Indonesia (rakitan.net)
PARTS PREFERENCES: dont know, confuse between intel, amd (cpu) ATI or nVidia (gpu)
OVERCLOCKING: Yes / No / Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Yes / No / Maybe
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1280x1024
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: low power consumption

at least i want to play some new game comfortable at 1280x1024 res. with high detail

sorry im new here and im newbie, please

NB: I need a compare between Radeon HD5570 vs. Geforce GT240 low-budget performance

 

[batuchka]

AthlonII X3 4xx
Cheapo AM3/760G or 2 DIMM 785G
2GB DDR3 1333 (single stick)
hit a HD 5670 - better than either card u mentioned

 

[batuchka]

Ok i know there are combos and all but hopefully something like ths converted to your currency is within reach hehe

 

[rb2crens]

thanx for your advice, but i will look for nVidia on other answer bcoz its Phsyx are quite interesting....
well im an AMD and ATi user since 2006 (low-budget), and gonna try to move to Intel CPU or nVidia GPU (the two aren't a cheap choice??)

i will choose your advice, but not now, as i planned to buy a new rig next year
(dont have money because im only a student)

 

[batuchka]

To be honest at your budget point just concentrate on raw frames for the $$ and dun worry about DX11 (ATI) or PhyX (Nvidia) In fact if u didn't bring up low power consumption i would have no qualms recommneding anything from the trio of HD 4770/GTS 250/HD 4850 as they will perform better in games raw frames wise (but at cost of power consumption)

 

[rb2crens]

ok, quite interesting...
since i've been using amd and ati for 4year, its still good for gaming with low budget

 

[rb2crens]

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