Cheap gaming rig?

[Joeyjoe9876]

Thinking about making a cheap gaming rig, and by cheap I mean somewhere in the $300-$400 range. Not exactly sure what I should be looking for, was wondering if you guys could help me out here. Currently I have nothing but my 2TB hard drive that I could use as my main disk, but that's it.

 

[t1m1d]

Thinking about making a cheap gaming rig, and by cheap I mean somewhere in the $300-$400 range. Not exactly sure what I should be looking for, was wondering if you guys could help me out here. Currently I have nothing but my 2TB hard drive that I could use as my main disk, but that's it.

I'll work on it and post one tonight.

 

[t1m1d]

I'm assuming that you can get an operating system for free, whether you already own one or can *ermm* legally obtain one. If not, let me know and I'll revise the list accordingly. The total is $400.93 with shipping and rebates. You could do an intel build but AMD is really your best option for the price.

WARNING HUGE PIC

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

I've always been more partial to amd. What would be a good optical drive to add to this?

 

[samjc3]

I've always been more partial to amd. What would be a good optical drive to add to this?

If you only need DVD, this one has proven to be fantastic value for money.

If you want blu-ray, then this is probably a reasonable bet.

 

[t1m1d]

I've always been more partial to amd. What would be a good optical drive to add to this?

Oh yeah. I forgot about that haha. Samjc's suggestions are good.
This case looks nice and would be ten bucks less after rebate to help offset the DVD burner. Smaller and has a window. The NZXT m59 also looks decent for the price, but would cost $7.99 more with shipping.
Or you could stick with the Rosewill.

 

[Mako321]

By the way, it's not that hard to find a new 550 Ti for $80 after rebate if you search around a bit.

 

[The Real Hitler]

Mac minis are great. Cheap and small. No regrets

 

[Bush]

That CPU is a bit archaic.

 

[superben51]

Mac minis are great. Cheap and small. No regrets

 

[The Real Hitler]

Mac minis are great. Cheap and small. No regrets

What is this? Meme land? GO back to 9gag



#redditarmy

 

[Majora]

He asked for a gaming rig, not a facebook machine.

 

[ttsgeb]

Mac minis are great. Cheap and small. No regrets

What is this? Meme land? GO back to 9gag



#redditarmy

We don't need you to tell us you're from reddit. We can tell by the whole thing where you're a *Can'tSayThisOnTV*ing moron. :/
So... Uh...

 

[ShockSlayer]

Bush you have the sickest *Can'tSayThisOnTV*ing title, 10/10 would WOSHIP again.

SS

 

[t1m1d]

That CPU is a bit archaic.

Yeah, but I don't think you could do much better for the price. Maybe an AMD FX-4100 or something, but I haven't heard the greatest things about Bulldozer. And you would only get a cheap i3 for that price. My friend's Athlon xII isn't even close to that Phenom performance-wise and it can run pretty much any modern game.