$750 gaming rig

[Hulk]

I'm on a very tight budget and I would like to build a gaming rig to play FEAR on max settings.

I need everything, from PC case to keyboard and mouse to monitor and everything that comes inside a PC.

My max spending money on this is $750. Can you guys list what parts I need? I can look them up myself on the egg, just would like a general idea of what we're looking at here.

 

[Bleedblue12345]

sry but ull need to spend around 2 grand to get a pc to run fear on max settings, especially if u dont have moniter, etc.

 

[khanable]

lol shit man $750 would barely get me my ideal speakers/mouse/keyboard/monitor for a gaming rig, let alone the actual computer itself

www.ebay.com

good luck!

 

[tiraides]

To play F.E.A.R. at max settings? Some of the parts that you would need would eat up over half of your budget. For example, you'll be spending around $400-$500 just for a high-end graphics card that could play F.E.A.R at max settings... and you may spend upwards to twice that amount if you want to use two video cards.

Your budget's not very realistic based on your demands -- you would have to spend at least twice of that amount if you want great resolution and performance in your games. (And that's not even taking into account the monitor that you may want to use....) You will either have to save up more money to build the rig that you want or you may have to set your sights lower as to what you want your $750 rig to do.

 

[Maximos]

F.E.A.R. needs 2 video cards to be playable at max settings. And unless you want a 14" CRT from the 90's, you won't fit all of that into the $750.
Good luck.

 

[Mr. Miyagi]

Is this for your or a friend? Your laptop would be fine playing FEAR.

 

[dwilson041781]

start with a slower CPU or GPU or both, and dont worry about playing on medium settings u will still enjoy.

id suggest no less than a 2ghz cpu and no less than a 7600gt or u can get a 7900gt for a fair price. or ati's x1800gto or x1800xt will have to do some shopping for best prices.

and start with either 1gb of ram or 2gb. always can upgrade later.

dont go too fancy with Case, spend about $50 on a good name brand, but not too much more

and for Power supply, Antecs, Enermax, can be had for $75-100

dvd burner $40

stay with integrated sound for starters. HEADPHONES are the SHIZ. upgrade later so more money is put into CPU and GPU.

only need 80gig for gaming, but with the prices today, can easily just splurge for a 300gb sata for $80-100

aftermarket Heatsink fan for overclocking if u do on ur CPU or GPU.

as for monitor local shop here sells 17" 19" crt dell refurbs for $80-100, and regular optical mouse and keyboard should be fine to start ya off.

 

[BlackKoala]

USED:

7600GT - $150
3000+ Venice - $100
DFI Ultra-D - $95
2GB PC3200 ValuRAM - $125
Xclio 450BL - $50
DVD Burner - $25
80GB HDD - $35
Cheapo Case - $22

~ $600


That leaves you around $100 for a Used 19" CRT, mom and pop shop.

You can easily get a keyboard and mouse for $50 .

 

[Sly]

So this is where it ended up. Yo Hulk, i sent you a PM

If i include a brand new 17" flatscreen ($105) and DVD($22), and add that to the rig i PMed, that'll be $848.00 brand new. Mouse and Keyboard comes with the case.

With the right contacts, you can actually lower it some more.

 

[Draiko]

I wanted a newer gaming rig but wanted to drop the real bucks on an AM2 and DX10 gfx card... since DX10 cards aren't out yet... I decided to build a lower cost rig.

XFX 7600GT XXX ... $169.99 AR newegg
Athlon64 3000+ Venice (BP) ... $107
1 GB Kingston HyperX DDR400 Ram ... $85 AR newegg
Biostar 6100 939 ... $60 newegg
Sound Blaster Audigy 4 ... $56 ebay
Aspire X-Qpack ... $64 AR newegg
19" HannsG LCD ... $129.99 AR PCconnection
Antec truepower 2 430W ps ... already had it
Maxtor 120 Gig 7200 RPM EIDE ... already had it
Liteon 16x DVD-RW drive... already had it
KB and Mouse... already had it

Grand Total... $671.98 + SH

Overclocked the Venice to 2.6 ghz and running the 7600 GT at stock for now... this thing is a little monster... it will definitely hold me over for a year once I find a decent deal on a SATA II HDD! It'll chew FEAR up at 1280x960 with 2xAA and 4xAF but you'll need to drop another $150 on a 7900 level card to pull much more out of it. Next year, I'll be building a DX10 rig and this one will go to my girlfriend. I'll have plenty of cashola to spend on a Beast next year thanks to saving now.