Building a gaming pc to play warcraft for around 500?

Question

I would like it to cost less than 500 but i dont want to spend more then i have to i just want to play this game with no lag and extremely good quality, this is a old game i dont think it would be to hard: http://compactiongames.about.com/cs/realtimestrategy/p/w3ft_sysreq.htm

also if i would have to only pay maybe 100 dollars more to get a much better pc then i would do that i have to get a new monitor and new speakers to maybe a new mouse and keyboard later and i cant spend that much i can run the game on my computer now and this computer is really old 6-7 years windows xp and it runs it good but i get lag spikes and the quality could be better

do you think this is possible the most i could spend would probaly be 700 for new montitor speakers and a new computer JUST to play this game top quality i want to get my parts at www.newegg.com it would be really cool if you could list the parts i would need

Answer 1

a gaming computer for under 500 will be very diffucult.  after you install a good video card ($100), 3gig of ram ($75), hard drive ($85), and then a windows os ($150).  good luck

http://bitsandbytescomputers.sytes.net

Answer 2

Easy!   Just buy the same components chosen by Tom's Hardware for their $500 gaming PC challenge.  See the first link for a complete list of parts.

They built this machine back in April, but prices have dropped since then.  Today the same build would cost you less- or you can upgrade some components for a better system (E2200 processor instead of E2160, for example)  

Nowadays you can get the 8800GT for $120 or 9600GT for $99 after rebate- less than what they paid for the 8800GS (crazy, ain't it)  Probably overkill for World of Warcraft, but still tempting.

However,  those cards might need a 450W power supply, so you'd have to factor that into your budget. Or just buy the same card they used (now known as the 9600GSO) for $89 after rebate.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

you should try looking on craigslist or ebay

Answer 4

Just get a new graphics card for your XP. Also make sure it has like 2-3GB of RAM.

This would cost around $100 - $250

Answer 5

start with a 780G motherboard, add a cheap AMD 2x, 1G of G.Skill memory and a Radeon 3850 graphics card.  Kicks butt!

Answer 6

i dont think you would have to fork out all that much just to play world of warcraft

Answer 7

If you wish to build a good gaming PC 500 may not be enough, obviously the components you need to concentrate on are:

. Graphics and sound cards (For graphics possibly purchasing the NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT 512 **Expensive**, not so familiar with any outstanding sound cards)

. CPU Heatsink (If you are on a tight budget, you would need to purchase an air-cooled heatsink but if you are going to pull out all of the stops a liquid-cooled heatsink would be beneficial.)

. Processor (You should purchase a processor of at least 1.86 Ghz +,  2.6 is probably another beneficial component)

. RAM/Memory (Around 2GB RAM and 250-500 GB Memory)

. A large amount of USB connections. (Ideally around 6+)

. For the OS, most gamers use the Windows Vista Capable.

Hope this helped, put alot of effort into this. (A best answer would be appreciated ;)

Answer 8

It would be pretty tough. You would have to buy a Motherboard, Case, RAM, Processor, Graphics Card, etc. You'll have to dish out a bit more than $500. You could buy one however. If you want go to TigerDirect.com they have a bunch of computer parts and other electronics for cheap.

Check out this Gaming computer for $600: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/... .

You could check out this guide on building computers if you want:

http://www.build-gaming-computers.com/ .

Hope that helps.