Please help me put together dirty cheap gaming pc I need MOBO,CPU,RAM,VGA,and CPU coller looking to build some pc to be able play L4D2 and CCS source My budget (250$ to 300$) THX guys foe ANY advices this forum is great.
AMD 770 based mobo, 2x2GB of RAM, and the AMD Athlon II X2 250. $155. $130 more for this ATI 6850 after rebate, and you're good. You don't need a case, PSU, HDD, optical drive or OS?
At this budget drop the cpu cooler, any small amount spend on that would be better spent on the core components. Docodine's spec above is roughly what you can expect to get within the price that is still pretty good. Personally though at this budget I would be looking used. Keeping with the HD6850 you may be able to pick up a Phenom X4 955BE, 870 AM3 MB & 4GB DDR3 for around the same price as the other kit new.
Above looks good. Don't bother with a cooler unless you must have it for audio purposes. You may be able to unlock additional cores on the 255 but you need a mobo with a core unlocker feature (most of them do)
I never even thought of used but it's a great idea with a budget like this, especially if you're not in the market for the most current kit.
what i put together so far (ebay shopping) MSI 870-G45 Socket AM3 AMD 770 DDR3 ATX Motherboard MB ---- 74$ Corsair XMS3 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 1600MHz ---- 30$ AMD Phenom II X4 955 CPU 3.2GHz AM3 Black HDZ955FBGMBOX ---118$ and i can get nvidia 8800 gtx for free ( friends ) So please check what i have and ill be 8800 gtx ok for L4D2? Big THX again
That entire setup will be fantastic for L4D2. My Laptop (M11x in sig) can play it quite happily at max settings (1366x768 with 4xAA/16xAF) so you should be fine.
Might be worth checking the required amps of the 8800GTX - My old coolermaster 500w power supply had fairly low amp ratings - and anything above a ATI 5770-Nvidea GTX 460 would be problematic.
1 x ($119.99) CPU AMD|PH II X4 955 3.2G AM3 RT 1 x ($49.99) MB MSI 870-G45 AM3 R 1 x ($24.99) MEM 2Gx2|KST KHX1600C9D3B1K2/4GX R Total with 3 day shipping and tax $209 (from newegg.com)
Go the amd route best bang per buck i suggest ebay as a good reasonable place if you find a good seller with 100% feedback, ask some questions as well.