Building a good gaming PC for under 800$?

Liam Murph

I want to build a gaming PC for the latest games (a good video card, processor, etc.) for under 800$.
Could you guys suggest any parts to use?

Answer
i've seen your other question with your own build. if it's completed with a power supply and operating system, the final price will exceed the $1100 mark.

here's a complete and serious suggestion for $800 that can run any of the latest games on high or even max. settings including BF3, Skyrim and the like.

mobo - ASRock H77M LGA 1155 Intel H77 ($75)
ram - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 ($46)
gpu - MSI R7850 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC Radeon HD 7850 2GB ($240)
hdd - Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb ($100)
opt. drive - LG DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH24NS90 ($18)
psu - OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance ($75)
case - Antec Gaming Series One Black Steel ATX Mid Tower ($50)
OS - Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM ($100)
...... no, i didn't forget the cpu. and now hold your breath
cpu - Intel Pentium G860 Sandy Bridge 3.0GHz ($90)
total $794 (shipping not included)

in order to not exceed the total of $800 i had to make a compromise. i've checked if it would be possible to play the latest games on high settings with a Sandy Bridge processor of the G8xx family and it turned out - it is! the G860 even meets the recommended requirements of BF3.

if you can stretch the budget beyond the $900 mark, it's up to you to get the i5-3570K.
games are not dependend on a super fast cpu but on a fast gpu.

I need a gaming pc for under $800?

I'm going to be buying my first gaming pc and don't know where i should start. I would like to know what kind of brands are good, whether not i should build my own, some good components i should get if i was to build my own, and any other opinions on what i should get.

Also any suggestions on gaming mice, keyboards, and monitors would be great.

thanks.

Answer
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 - $165.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103674

Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-MA78LM-S2H 760G Motherboard - $59.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128408

RAM: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 2GB - $45.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146725

GPU: HIS Radeon HD 5870 1GB + 600 PSU - $429.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.310963

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB - $54.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395

OD: Sony 24X SATA DVD Burner - $29.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106339

Case: AZZA Orion 202 Mid Tower $14.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811517003

Total: $800.93

This owns anything others have recommended. The only thing is that its not DDR3 memory. You look at the Video card and Processor, you see that it's worth it.

Both twigsoffury and " ? " are high if they think their suggestions could run games better than this.

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