Bargain Bin PC: US$500.00

[TriniXaeno]

Follows is the configuration for a PC as recommended by TriniTechSquad members at the given budget, periodically scrutinized and updated.


Intel Version
Case: Antec Sonata III w/ EarthWatts 500W $90.00
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 2.5GHz $83.00
Motherboard: MSI P6NGM-FD NVIDIA 7100 $60.00
Memory: Corsair XMS2 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 $46.00
Graphics: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB $154.00
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB $47.00
DVD: LG Electronics GH22NP20 $21.00
Total US$501.00
   
AMD Version
Case: Cooler Master Elite RC-330 w/ 350W $50.00
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 2.7GHz $75.00
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-M78SM-S2H NVIDIA 8200 $70.00
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 $32.00
Graphics: XFX GeForce 9800 GT 512MB $130.00
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB $47.00
DVD: LG Electronics GH22NP2 $21.00   
Total US$425.00

[haterforever]

looking to build a tower similar to this for gaming, can this play the latest games smoothly on a 22'' monitor or do i have to spend more?

[Nephilim]

up the gfx card to a 1GB 4870 for the least and anything up to 19x12 rez should be more than playable. you might not get all the AA and AF in the world though