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can a 200$ prebuilt gaming pc play my games on high?/links for gaming pc
hi this is my 1st thread and post, but I want to play valve and other games on high

the games I want to play:
Half Life 2
Portal 1
Portal 2
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2
Garry's Mod

and does anybody have a link for a good $200 gaming PC
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a c 217 4 Gaming
April 6, 2014 11:38:15 AM

joestacos2 said:
Eduello said:
Open your case and check the label on the side of the power supply (thing thing that the power cord is attached to). For graphics card: Go to control panel>device manager and check what's in the display adapters tab.

it's a Geforce 7300 LE

what GPU should i upgrade to?



How powerful is the power supply?
April 6, 2014 11:36:37 AM

Eduello said:
Open your case and check the label on the side of the power supply (thing thing that the power cord is attached to). For graphics card: Go to control panel>device manager and check what's in the display adapters tab.

it's a Geforce 7300 LE

what GPU should i upgrade to?

a c 217 4 Gaming
April 3, 2014 9:52:27 PM

Open your case and check the label on the side of the power supply (thing thing that the power cord is attached to). For graphics card: Go to control panel>device manager and check what's in the display adapters tab.
April 3, 2014 9:44:25 PM

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Complete system information including the power supply and the graphics card (if the system has one)?


anyway to locate it on a windows 7, teach me in a step by step process?
a c 217 4 Gaming
April 3, 2014 9:38:24 PM

joestacos2 said:
cause on my Windows 7 has a base score of 3.0

Graphics: 3.0
Gaming Graphics: 3.2


Complete system information including the power supply and the graphics card (if the system has one)?
April 3, 2014 4:16:43 PM

cause on my Windows 7 has a base score of 3.0

Graphics: 3.0
Gaming Graphics: 3.2
April 3, 2014 4:14:34 PM

ok, should i upgrade instead?

processor: AMD Anthlon (tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ 2.40 GHz
RAM: 4.00 Gb
a b 4 Gaming
April 3, 2014 1:43:28 PM

you can play old games on gog.com
a c 217 4 Gaming
April 3, 2014 1:34:30 PM

Ahmadjon said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A6-6400K 3.9GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 80GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($25.64 @ Amazon)
Case: Raidmax ATX-295WBP ATX Mid Tower Case w/500W Power Supply ($40.25 @ Newegg)
Total: $195.85
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-03 16:31 EDT-0400)


Yeah that's about the best you can get for 200$... That'll play most of those games on low and don't even dream about something like BF4 or Titanfall.

Best solution chosen by ErVivek

a b 4 Gaming
April 3, 2014 1:31:51 PM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A6-6400K 3.9GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 80GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($25.64 @ Amazon)
Case: Raidmax ATX-295WBP ATX Mid Tower Case w/500W Power Supply ($40.25 @ Newegg)
Total: $195.85
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-03 16:31 EDT-0400)

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