ello ello fellas.. long time no bark..,

wondering if i might be able to get your opinions and suggestions on building a cheap gaming rig for myself

budget is slightly flexible, but say i have $700 to spend on a setup (including a cheap 17" lcd), what components would you suggest? also, where's the best place to get em these days?

cheers!

Dell.

If gimpy see's this thread he will cry.

c'mon...u guys are good at this! i used to be good at this, but last time i was i would have been reccomending a PIII 700, 512mb SDRAM, 60gb 7200rpm HDD, and a Geforce 2 ti 4200 :(

For that money I'd be going for -

PIII 700, 512mb SDRAM, 60gb 7200rpm HDD, and a Geforce 2 ti 4200

Yeah so $700 for the video card... and how much else for the rest of the components ?

haha $700 including a monitor

yeah right

last edited by paveway at 12:19:53 10/Feb/07

Alright, this was a bit of a challenge but I quickly made a list. Make sure you confirm compatibility.

CPU: Sempron 3000+ (S754) :: $59 (Umart)
M/B: Asus K8V-X-SE :: $45 (MSY)
Memory: 512MB generic :: $58 (MSY)
Graphics: Leadtek 6800XT :: $155 (MSY)
Case: ASUS TA881 (w/ 350W PSU) :: $55 (MSY)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 80GB :: $57 (MSY)
Burner: Pioneer 111D :: $45 (MSY/Umart)
Monitor: 17" Viewsonic VA703B :: $219 (MSY)

Total: $693

With KB+Mouse and speakers (you didn't specify):

KB+Mouse: Logitech Desktop 250 :: $19 (MSY)
Speakers: Antec Lansing 120i :: $18 (MSY)

Total: $730

* If you have any more money, upgrade the memory to 1GB.


last edited by parabol at 12:50:45 10/Feb/07

lol! You can also pickup counterstrike condition zero from umart, cause thats the only game you'll be able to run.
Small suggestion, save about 800 more dollary-doo's and get a half decent machine.

You don't want me to recommend you a set up, unless you have at least $10K to spend.

sorry, i guess i was thinking that prices had dropped so much in recent years that a gaming machine could be had for that sort of money, but obviously not. i apologize, i genuinely have been out of the loop for several years.

lets say i stretch it to $1000, excluding keyboard/mouse/speakers..?

^ Seriously, just look here:

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/index.cfm?a=wiki&tag=rmp_sg_whirlpoolpcs_boxes

You don't want me to recommend you a set up, unless you have at least $10K to spend.

And a life :P

Or just keep the current PC for internet and office applications and buy a console for games.

You don't want me to recommend you a set up, unless you have at least $10K to spend.

And a life :P

Obviously if you're going to spend 10k on a gaming rig you have no life.

or alot of money....

Or just keep the current PC for internet and office applications and buy a console for games.

lola

dam why cant i go out and have fun and have 10k game machine... i just want both..... dam i need to spend less on alcahol..... dam what am talking about i have wild turkey in my hand... gtg finish my stubbie caio

casino, first roulette wheel you see, $700 on black, if you lose its obvious god has different plans for you, if you win put it all back on red, if you lose this time then god really does have other plans for you and he was just f***ing with you, if you win giddey up, go home and get yourself two hookers

Obviously if you're going to spend 10k on a gaming rig you have no life.

Actually it's up to 14k now, had a few bugs to work out but the guys at CA rock hard and now it's a dream machine! It's a change being able to play a game, max out the settings and have it not skip a beat, it makes playing games fun!

Yeah you really sound like you put those CA guys out tanka, i bet they have to schedule extra trips to the bank when they see you coming.

Actually all the extra stuff and working out the bugs cost me nothing. It's called good customer service, and thats why I'll head back there next time.

in two years your computers goging to be slow, and your life even more non- existant.

And you'll have gained weight.

How exactly do you spend $14k on a PC? Do you have to be:
a)Too retarded to be able to put it together yourself
b)Too dumb to shop at the right places
c)So lacking in a social life that you have nothing better to do?

Sure, my PC is a large part of my entertainment and uni work, and I plan on spending a fair bit on a nice rig once I'm working full time but anything over 5k seems kinda redundant to me. What can you do on a $10,000 computer that a $5,000 one couldn't do well enough?

What the hell do you have in your PC to make it cost $14k?

i believe he has everything gold plated and a diamond monitor

15 phsyx cards for SUPER EXCELLENT TREE FALLING

sup nat i have a spare 7600gt you can have for 70 bux

if youre in the country that is lol

nat, sorry for the highjacking of your thread.

*Intel S775 Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad-Core CPU
*BFG nForce 680i SLi Motherboard
*DDR2 4GB Geil 1000MHz Dual Channel Ram
*Internal 12in1 Memory Card Reader
*74 GB WD Raptor 10000rpm 16MB serial ATA HD
*320 GB Western Digital YS 7200rpm 16M SATA HDD 24x7
*320 GB Western Digital YS 7200rpm 16M SATA HDD 24x7
*BFG GeForce 8800GTX 768M PCIe Video Card
*BFG GeForce 8800GTX 768M PCIe Video Card
(You gotta love SLi)
*Dell 30” 3007WFP UltraSharp Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor
*Hauppauge Nova T500 Dual HDTV Tuner
*Gigabyte 3D Aurora Aluminum Case
*Tagan 1100 Watt Power Supply
*Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
*Logitech G7 Cordless laser Mouse
*Pioneer DVR-111D 16xDVD DL Burner
*LiteOn 16x DVD Drive
*Creative X-Fi Platinum Sound Card
*Zalman CNPS9500 LED CPU Heatsink
*Intergrated Gigabit Network Connection
*MS Windows Media Center Edition with Remote
*Creative Gigaworks 7.1 S750 Speakers

I fail to see what my having an expensive computer has to do with a lack of a social life, inability to meet/score with women, and a gaining of weight. Fine judgment calls from people who have never met me, but if you would like too, look for me at Hermi's next LAN =)

'it makes playing games fun!' heh if thats the deciding thing that makes games 'fun', that is to say watching an expensive piece of equipment running a game then i don't know if you're getting the most out of games dude.. You'd be better off with an xbox.. not even a 360.. just a plain xbox and a few games using the xbox to the 'max!' plus you'd have 13.5k in your pocket..

In the end, the choice was mine, I'm glad I made it, and I'd make the choice again if it came around again. Consoles bore the hell out of me, I prefer pc's. It really makes me laugh though when all you guys jump up and down about this issue, yet you'll drop 10K on a perfectly running car without blinking an eye. I also think given the chance, alot of you would love to run a system like this.

you still f***ing suck dude.

Hey SCOGGEX how you been mate? Long time no see, I thought you died of syphilis.

I also think given the chance, alot of you would love to run a system like this.

I had the chance.. but left it for a life in the UK.. Enjoying myself and the opportunities its given me.. 10 years down the track i'll be able to look at the 14k i'll have spent while im over here and have a great deal to show for it, life experience, career experience and travel opportunities etc... Hope you can say the same about a slick monitor, metal box and mouse and keyboard combo...

I'm not saying you've done the wrong thing because right and wrong is subjective in given situations nor am I criticising you for the decision.. just from what you said previously eg you wanted to see games running full speed with no slow down, i just highlighted that you could watch most if not all games bar wow and a couple others, running at full speed.. Hell you could even buy a fat tv to watch it all on and it'd still look lush.

I thought you died of syphilis.

yeah well at least I put my dick inside something in the last 6 months lol.


WoW on @ 300fps poof

badoomtish

Don't really care what he chooses to blow his money on, but I agree with the comment by crizane that anything over $5000 for a PC is a little silly. U reach a point where the correlation between more money equalling more performance decreases exponentially. (i hope i've said that right...anyway u get what i mean).

Valid point there Boxhead, but I've already traveled the world, experienced things good and bad and have a great deal to show for it. Doing what I have done hasn't limited me from doing those very same things again if I chose too (actually thinking of heading to Scotland/UK/Germany later in the year). My spending that much on my system wasn't a whim, I spent over 6 months mulling over this decision, making plans etc.

yeah well at least I put my dick inside something in the last 6 months lol.

Your mother doesn't count.

badoomtish!

sorry TK if you cant pop your cherry locally you got zero chance in Europe.

try Phillipines mate.

but you know what they say; no money, no honey.

shame u wasted it on your rig.

eah well at least I put my dick inside something in the last 6 months lol.

Like what? a 1.44 inch floppy drive lol

actually thinking of heading to Scotland/UK/Germany later in the year

So are you going to be taking your computer with you?

gee u gots me there Booyah!

how many camels for a wife these days?

Well if you're in the market:

For a wife you need a camel, and a camel would make a good wife, for you.

hump hump l0l!#!

Man some people are dodge,

Let him spend whatever he likes on a computer. If he's still able to eat/pay the bills and has 14k to spend on entertainment then good on him.

I'm sure some people think that pimpin silvia, or the PS3 you just blew your money on was a maaad decision too.

I'm all for giving him crap on spending so much on a pc, but its funny how some people can't comprehend that there are people who can afford to spend that much money without blinking and without compromising other aspects of their life.

silvia's are meant to be dinged up, unwashed and riding on tri-spoke advans

f*** off with the gay trispokes please

Maybe grab some 2nd hand parts dude? Can save a bit of money there!

Maybe grab some 2nd hand parts dude? Can save a bit of money there!

Could probably make a decent rig doing this.

Like what? a 1.44 inch floppy drive lol

WTF. 1.44 was the space on the floppy not the size.

if someone gave me 14k and said spend it on what ever you like i doubt id spend it on a computer, probably pay off my debt and buy some stuff i actually needor something awesome like that, but if someone gave me 100k and said spend it on what ever you want, id probably spend 14k on a computer and the rest on other s***.

if you got the excess cash then spend it on what ever you like.