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System Builder Marathon, June 2011: $500 Gaming PC

In the first quarter of this year, we went a bit over budget on our $500 Gaming PC, squeezing in both a quad-core AMD Phenom II processor and Radeon HD 6850 graphics. The resulting build, which did leave some room for improvements, still packed serious punch for the money we spent.

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bwazy5450d ago

I always lawl when people think they can't build a decent gaming pc for under a grand.

Typed from my $3000 gaming pc = irony at its finest.

BrianG5450d ago

Well decent, great, and top of the line are all different.

You sure can build a decent one for 500 given you shop around.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Linus is awesome for tech reviews, unboxings, etc..

I personally want to build a gaming PC that will cost roughly 1,150 dollars, comes with an i5 2500k for overclocking, Corsair H50 or H70 depending on what I decide on at the time, a MSI 560 Ti Twin Frozr II Graphics Card, etc...

Pjuice5450d ago (Edited 5450d ago )

brian you could build a way better pc than that for 1150 even with a monitor...... i would cut on everything even the cpu alil if you have to just make sure your video card is good and your motherboard is decent don't get a micro or mini atx board 1st off and you should be able to do that for 60-120 for a decent budget board even if you go sli or crossfire. you can always get good lcd's for 150-180,

evrfighter5450d ago (Edited 5450d ago )

For 1100 I'd build around the 2500k and gtx 570 or 6970

hiredhelp5450d ago

Dont buy msi ti twin frozr II buy the kfa2 i just bught 2 cos the specs soo muvh higher than anyothers out there in the 560 range unless u buy zotac if you get ti version u loose some the clock.

BrianG5449d ago

Thanks for the tips everyone. I'm still in the early stages of designing a system so there is more shopping around to do, but I'll keep all that in mind.

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ATiElite5450d ago (Edited 5450d ago )

you can build a DX9 gaming PC for $300 so the whole "buh buh PC Gaming is so expensive" propaganda is just that...propaganda and lies!

and any body who says PC Gaming is expensive is a FOOL and an ASS CLOWN!

that's a mid level PC they built for $500 bucks capable of DX11 at 1080p gaming with some eye candy and mild AA.

consolez_FTW5450d ago

Everybody should build a gaming rig. I built my HD6870/Phenom X4 555 rig for around $500. It can play latest games on MAX! So now I've got this and a PS3! perfect combination.

Motorola5450d ago

I just plan on spending 800 dollars for a PC with a HD 6850, changing the ram on the 500$ PC here to 8GB and getting a hex-core AMD processor then go with Eyefinity. Then as the years go buy gradually upgrade a component. Its super convenient.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai26d ago (Edited 26d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio26d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing26d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9226d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit26d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing26d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9225d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."