How can I build a good but not to expenisve gaming PC (Have Budget)?

Question

Hi! Im just trying to build a good gaming PC that can pretty much play any game.. I know thats a big selection but I mean like Counter Strike Source,

CoD4.Orange box.. Wow.. All of that with no problems of lagg...

I am willing to spend 800 dollars I know I can build a good gaming comp with that but I really dont know where to start please help me!!!

Answer 1

4 gig ram - 800mhz

cheap box

two equal size hard drives - raid0

decent power supply  - 600 watts +

crossfire motherboard

**the best video card you can afford**

*the best cpu you can afford* - for older games - dual core: for new release games coming out in future - quad core

avoid nvidia video cards

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/n...

Spend the bulk of your budget on the cpu and video card, particularly the video card. This is where your gaming performance will come from.

You should be able to build a very good single card gaming box for $800 and if you get a dual slot (crossfire) motherboard, have scope to add an additional grpahics card later on when you need more grunt.

more here

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/syst...

http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/guid...

and here

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best...

and here

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/graph...

http://www.guru3d.com/category/vga_chart...

Answer 2

800 dollars is pretty tight for a gaming pc.  I'd suggest buying all the parts separate on ebay or maybe a computer store like newegg.com

Answer 3

Building a PC is not that hard... if you know what you are doing, the instructions are not so hard to fallow and one website I can recommend is http://www.tomshardware.com/

plus I'm sure if you google "build your own pc" you will find more info...