Building Gaming Rig around $600

[Burnerk]

I'm fairly knew to this, I've done my fair share of upgrading my old computer which was about 1200 (2004) with over 400$ in parts etc. but now that I know buying a pre-built computer won't get me the best bang for my buck. So I'm trying to keep it on a budge around $600 which I know is possible (ddr3/quad) etc. The game I'm playing currently is Darkfall Online, and I know their engine doesn't work with some ATI vid-cards. If anyone could help with a somewhat list of what I should look for and the difficulty of actually building it from scratch would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a bunch. I'll be able to upgrade it more in the future when I feel I can spare some money into it again.

 

[phishy714]

I'm fairly knew to this, I've done my fair share of upgrading my old computer which was about 1200 (2004) with over 400$ in parts etc. but now that I know buying a pre-built computer won't get me the best bang for my buck. So I'm trying to keep it on a budge around $600 which I know is possible (ddr3/quad) etc. The game I'm playing currently is Darkfall Online, and I know their engine doesn't work with some ATI vid-cards. If anyone could help with a somewhat list of what I should look for and the difficulty of actually building it from scratch would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a bunch. I'll be able to upgrade it more in the future when I feel I can spare some money into it again.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/diy-gaming-pc,2970.html

Copy, paste. If AMD cards won't work for you, substitue for this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500202

 

[HostileDonut]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136236

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811235027

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157262

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127566

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207014

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820178265

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808

$582.92 after rebates. Good gaming machine.

 

[Mousemonkey]

This topic has been moved from the section CPU & Components to section Systems by Mousemonkey