Where to buy a cheap gaming desktop for under 700$?

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Chris

I need a gaming desktop to play minecraft and Dayz (Arma2) And i need a desktop that will be right for it
And it has to be 64 bit with atleast 8gb of ram and 3.0 ghz

Answer
Building it yourself is indeed the best approach, can be well balanced, a bit cheaper and most importantly according to your budget. So here is an example of parts that can serve as a guide or to give you some idea of what parts you can get for your $700 budget:

Intel Core i3-2120 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32120 - $125

GIGABYTE GA-H61M-DS2 LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - $60 ($50 after rebate)

Seagate Barracuda ST3750525AS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - $80

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10600CL9D-4GBNT - $23

XFX HD-677X-ZNFC Radeon HD 6770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - $125 ($105 after rebate)

OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandybridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom - $75 ($50 after rebate)

RAIDMAX Super Hurricane ATX-248NWU Black / Blue Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $45 ($30 after rebate)

LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer Internal 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Model IHAS324 - $22

inland 70126 Black 107 Normal Keys USB Wired Standard Keyboard / Mouse Combo - $16

inland Home/Office Series 88034 7.2 Watts 2.0 Speaker - $10

Acer G185HVb Black 18.5" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 200 cd/m2 ACM 5000:1 (600:1) - $80

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM - $100

TOTAL: $761 ($691 after rebate), This is actually not an entry level gaming PC, with this build, you could play all games on high settings since the monitor has a resolution of 1366 x 768. I have given you a bigger and good branded 600W PSU because you might want to upgrade your GPU later to a more powerful one,the 600W can support up to a GTX 570.

Others would say that the H61 mobo is not good, but hey, I have been using one for quite sometime now and it gets the job done, no problem, and besides its a BUDGET GAMING PC so it is good enough.

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Waffle-ato

I need help picking out parts for a desktop gaming computer that won't break the bank. Budget wise, I want to stay under 700 or 800 dollars. I kind of want to run graphically intense games like Skyrim on decent settings. I also want a fast processor to do all of this. If anyone who is an "expert or good" with this kind of stuff I would really appreciate tips about the subject. If possible could i have a list of parts/components to work with and instructions to build... thanks

Answer
This is what I could come up for you. What you could do initially is spend a bit more on the core specs of the system and temporarily use the integrated graphics (which really is not made for gaming) on the CPU then you could upgrade to a better graphics card later (That's what I did). So if you can wait longer to game on it then that would be your best bet.

Also alot of these have mail-in-rebates so you can save money as long as you buy them before they expire, and then there are promo codes but newegg will only allow 1 promo per order. With Windows 7 64-bit OEM it might be a bit over budget initially maybe as much as 20$ after promo minus the rebates if you catch those. If you decide to do this you need to download the PDF's for the rebates before then expire which can be found on the item page. here are the instructions...

#1 Click on where it says "after mail-in rebate card"
#2 Click "print rebate" (you need adobe acrobat reader)
#3 Either print (printer icon) ,and, or save (the floppy disk icon) the pdf file to your documents folder

ASUS P8H77-V LE LGA 1155 @134$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131826

Intel Core i5-3550 Ivy Bridge 3.3GHz @210$:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116505

SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner @15$:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151244

NZXT M59 - 001BK Case @58$:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146058&Tpk=m59%20nzxt

Western Digital 500GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive @100$:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136697

CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz @47$:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136697

CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W PSU @90$:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus CPU Heatsink @30$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

3 Thermaltake AF0032 120mm Case Fans @24$:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106149

Rosewill RNX-N360PC 802.11b/g/n, PCI, Wireless-N300 Adapter @30$:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166067

TOTAL: about 823$ w/Windows 7 OEM, minus promo, and then also the mail-in-rebates. Excluding Thermal Paste

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