I want to build a gaming rig for my gf. have the monitor, OS (win 7 64), keyboard, mouse. needs to run basic games well. prefer amd but intel is acceptable as well as nvida.

Please post links for the parts. or kit.

budget is about $500. can go over. thank you very much!

edit: 500$ and about WoW game mostly. trying to get her into borderlands. thats probably the max specs.

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Get her a Wii :DD You will never regret it on a side note you will atleast need $1.500 to build a decent gaming desktop

1 decade ago
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You really don't need $1500 lol

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i'm completely sorry for misleading you , you will be all caught up whit todays game requirements so $500 will build you one heck of a desktop... and thats not counting the $250 dollar dedicated sli graphics card

1 decade ago
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You do not need a SLI setup. A $150 middleclass graphics card is good enough for almost any game.

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Wahhh u mean ppl still use PCI-E cards ... how can this be ?! and it would help if the OP would let us know what kind of games she actually plans on playing

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250 could net you a pair of 460s if you shop long enough. Certainly good enough to play any game on max settings on a single monitor.

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Fair enough but even so paying $250 on just cards alone is still going to be costly computer .... which leads me to saying once again just buy her a Wii :DD you wont regret it

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You can build a gaming pc that plays WoW and borderlands for ~$300. I know, because I just upgraded my girlfriends PC. ($250 for everything except power supply and case)

Don't get a Wii, I bought one when they came out and played it for a few hours and that's it.

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He probably had max AA & AF, Ultra high in mind when he meant "decent". I've never seen the need for those, so yeah yours or even weaker PC is more than enough to run ANYTHING.

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500 what? $? £? chinese men?

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I was not sure either but i assumed it was $500

1 decade ago
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500 black hookers.

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maybe we can strike a deal? think i have some old components lying around

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I laughed too hard -_-

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xDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

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Yup , you can't go wrong with that...

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AHH! I see what you did there! ; )

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1 decade ago
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Buy her good games like Heroes 3, Evil Islands, Disciples 2, Anno
This games more better, then other games today and it don't need over9000 cost PC

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i "found" disciples 2 through indie gala. how did i miss such great game?

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Don't know =э

1 decade ago
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How basic we talking? Sims 2? Facebook? Rez of the monitor in use? a 550TI might even be overkill if its for flash games and Minecraft...

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MINECRAFT..........

HOLY SHI..........

I don't want live at this planet any more

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Your sarcasm seems to imply that I am saying minecraft is intensive or is some how a godly game. Fact of the matter is that Minecraft is in fact a game, one that many people play. Many people also play or played Farmvill. Doesnt mean its intensive, doesnt mean its even good just that it can be used to measure one's expectations. That is not to mean in any way that its a measure of a graphic's cards performance at all.

If all someone does is play facebook games or minecraft, then they most certainly do NOT need a 200 dollar graphics card. Not that the 550 is 200 dollars, but at this point I feel the need to explain everything.

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Terraria more better. After Minecraft i have headache and it mean that game isn't good

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Okay, so you dont enjoy minecraft. I dont really care for it that much either, but it still stands to reason that others do. Just keep that in mind next time mate.

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i gammed your girlfriend

1 decade ago
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What she say?
"You have no power over me..."

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This one looks good, tho change the processor/mobo to AMD and get a X4, would be about the same and it will have a better performance with the quad-core. :D

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amd sucks

1 decade ago
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Wow, way to be a fan boy.

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Their CPU's really are quite bad though.

Graphics cards are somewhat decent.

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Motherboard: BioStar A55MG+
Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 641
VGA: Zotac GeForce GTX 650
HDD: Toshiba 1Tb
Case: Dazumba D310
PSU: Infinity 500w single rail
RAM: VenomRx 4Gb

I've spend $410 for this rig.

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its an Middle-end.
it can runs latest games very well, if you need a hardcore pc. then it'll be over $1000

1 decade ago
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I envy how Americans get their PC parts so cheap. In UK that video card costs same amount in pounds, which is a little over 50% more. (120$ = 190$)

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Im not an American.
Im Indonesian :)

1 decade ago
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Strangely your rig costs the same in America, still nice :)

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You need at least $1000 for a decent computer..

Especially if you are considering getting an OS and stuff too.

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She better be worth it, is she even into games? The last thing you want is to buy an oversized paper weight :P

Otherwise I would get her something she really wants, but I'm not her boyfriend so you know best :D

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I'd get a Wii U for 350 dollars and one of those balance boards

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ALL PINK!!!!!

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The price you pay on Wow subscription for 1 year can get you a very good graphic card..lol

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$500 in my country can buy me an alienwire gamer desktop :D

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Pots, pans, a couple cook books. Tell her the game is "wife".

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I lol'd at this one

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Closed 1 decade ago by melisgod.