CHEAP gaming build help

sephiroth_749 · May 13, 2012

ive been out of the loop for a while and was wondering if someone could steer me in the right direction on building a microatx system that can do so decent gaming like starcraft 2 and have the ablity to play hd movies for as cheap as possible

Nineteen · May 13, 2012

got a budget?

Horrerblade · May 14, 2012

I5-2500k 110 after 10 dollar NE gift card
Hyper 212 will OC your CPU to a good 4.7 ghz its $20 after MIR
The hard drive is up to you just get a sata drive
Heres a good z77 mobo $110
500 watt psu 50 dollars after MIR
8gb ddr3 1600 mhz ram $42
Mid tower case $40

You can save alot of money by jumping down on that mobo/CPU i haven't included a video card cuz i don't know what your budget is so yea

PS i haven't included a cd/dvd drive monitor keyboard mouse or OS.

White_Pawn · May 14, 2012

cheap as possible mATX, i'd go with AMD. I just built one for my friend.

used:
Athalon X3 450 unlocked to 4 cores at 3.2ghz @ 1.325v Reads as phenom B450
ASUS M5A78L-M LX
4gb ram
radeon 6570
PSU/case came together for like 50 bucks
harddrive

Things i'd change:
1. Get a 6850, that will run SC2 no problem.
2. Get a better PSU. OCZ is great and cheap.

raident30 · May 14, 2012

i suggest an A8 amd cpu and a 6670

sephiroth_749 · May 15, 2012

ah sorry about budget around 300ish im hoping

Bosco · May 16, 2012

sephiroth_749 said:
ive been out of the loop for a while and was wondering if someone could steer me in the right direction on building a microatx system that can do so decent gaming like starcraft 2 and have the ablity to play hd movies for as cheap as possible

At what res are you planning to play SC2? $300 for a cpu/mobo/psu/gpu? More details on what you need exactly would help. Need a MicroATX case also?

I don't think $300 is enough, imho.

xander89 · May 16, 2012

If u have any old bits kicking about it would be useful, HDD's, DVD drives etc. I would say pick up a second hand newhelm combo on ebay. ( ram mobo and CPU you can probs nab for $150 or something if you get lucky. But $300 is pushing ti for a gaming rig. you wont get much for that money. Tbh only a browsing machine for that price.

WoodenKiwi · May 16, 2012

No idea how it will handle SC2 but for that sort of budget you may want to look at AMD's APUs, that should keep cost down considerably over getting a separate CPU and GPU...provided they can even run SC2.

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