Build a cheap gaming pc

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rippn

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I'm going to build a new cheap gaming
pc cheap being te main word here and I would like some advice on the type of hardware o should but and use please ifyou can gvie me specs and prices thst would be alot of help also Im starting
from scratch.

Posted on Thursday, 24th September 2009

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how cheap?

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a price range would be nice

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theres plenty of threads in the past month of this stuff

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why dont u just build an expensive computer that you wont have to upgrade in the next 5 years

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Sorry about that about $400-$750

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CPU: AMD AM3 Phenom II x3 720BE $158
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P $115
RAM: G.Skill-NQ 4GB DDR3-1333 $112
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 500GB $61
GPU: Powercolor 512MB ATI Radeon HD4870 $169
Case: Antec 200 $73
PSU: Vantec ION2+ 600W $83
Optical Drive: Sony-NEC Optiarc AD-7240S (24x) $59

Total: $830

it's over 750 but

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http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/?tag=rmp_sg_whirlpoolpcs_recommend

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buy a i5 combo lad, best bang for buck cpu on the market atm.

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try not to futureproof i bought a Q6600 and that's given me no noticeable help in any game

Posted on Friday, 25th September 2009

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no game has been made for quad (or poorly at the most), but fat chance of that happening any more with console ports

Posted on Friday, 25th September 2009

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Sorry kinda noobish question would the harddrive posted above be sata2 and with the ram is it the same as G-skill ddr3 - 1333 pc3 10666 and if Brit is it still usable on my mother board(one listed above) will it be slower faster ?

Thank you

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