Building a Budget Gaming System

Cukimunga · April 29th, 2005, 12:26 AM

Ok ive been searching for a decent gaming system for a good price. Im currently playing Anarchy Online with an old 400mhz PII 128mb of ram and GeForce2 Mx.

I first wanted to get Amd 64 procy and a mobo with nforce 3. I can have the money in month or 2 but I really want to get a new system bad.... I cant stand to see lag anymore. I was wondering if Sempron's were good for gaming, comparied to a Athlon Xp or Or P4. I know they have less cache and all but I just want somethign that will run better than what ive got.

I also plan on getting 512 or geil value ram. keeping my same video card as of right now. Then in a few months Im getting a new graphics card probobly a bfg asylum GeForce fx 5200 256mb and another 512 of the ram..... Im not looking to have some bomb ass state of the art looking graphics I just want a computer that can get close to medium settings w/o lag. Thanks

Peace

SoloCamo · April 29th, 2005, 12:29 AM

Well first of all, how much are you able to spend?

butch81385 · April 29th, 2005, 12:36 AM

post a budget (and country) and we can give you places to buy the parts and build it yourself. great experience and usually cheaper

Cukimunga · April 29th, 2005, 12:36 AM

As of right now I want to get things running better buy upgrading Processor, mobo and ram..... I dont care how long it cost me in the long run its just Im only going to have 300 bucks by next weekend and cant wait to save up money to get a better processor and mobo and ram.

Edit... Yeah i planed on building it Im currently taking classes to get my A+ Certification so i have some experience with building computers.I live in the US

erhan28 · April 29th, 2005, 12:38 AM

Try a sempron with a socket 754 board
I recomened a Soktech board.
here are some prices for sempron
2800 = $81
3000 = $100
3100 = $113
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16813180071
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16813128262
my fav = http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16813180061

HeadBand · April 29th, 2005, 12:46 AM

a config i made for a few people on a gaming budget of around $300 is

sempron 2400+ and mobo combo for $65 at outpost
512 pc 3200 $40
80gb sata $65
cheap case $30
radeon 9550 $65
optical drive $25

you could always reuse your hd and optical drives for a while untill you get more money and bump up to a sempron 3100+ combo for about $165 with free hl2 and farcry at monarch pc

rrcn · April 29th, 2005, 12:53 AM

If I were to go with a Sempron, I wouldn't go with any other than the 3100+.

Cukimunga · April 29th, 2005, 01:15 AM

Sweet deal. I think im going to get that. I used to play FFXI online with my cuzins dell laptop with a geforce 2 and 256mb or ram and it was a 900mhz PIII and it ran pretty well actually. I compared the 2 and think I will be satisfied with the sempron.