Sub $500 dollar gaming computer.
This configuration is for people who don’t have the cold hard cash to buy a $2k+ computer or for those who like to do some casual gaming while having the horsepower to do their workstation work. I present to you, my friends, [laatedaa]?’s $400 dollar build. It works great and fine as I just built one myself for a friend and it runs modern games without a hitch. Also it is “future-proof” meaning that you can always upgrade when these parts go haywire. I took many things into consideration when looking for these products and what goes with what. I found out that this combination of products works best.
In the beginning, I was debating whether or not to use AMD w/ ATi, AMD w/ nVidia, Intel w/ nVidia, or Intel w/ ATi. I found out the most cost-effective, or as many of you guys like to call it, BANG for the buck, I went with an Intel / nVidia path. It worked out fine as Intel’s processors do a strong doing while nVidia’s high end cards are not very pricey, although this particular model is almost half of the $400.
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