Cheap but powerful gaming PC

[Zeroblazer21]

I love my Corsair H100 fit my NZXT mid tower!

lol corsair rulez

 

[merrychen]

As with visual feedback, computer games tend to excel at positive audio feedback. Animated games are particularly instructive and fun to do.

 

[Christer]

Newegg.com - LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - CD / DVD Burners $17.99
Newegg.com - DIYPC SW-713 Black SPCC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $13.99
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $69.99
Newegg.com - ASUS M4N98TD EVO AM3 NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI ATX AMD Motherboard $139.99
Newegg.com - ASUS EAH6670/DIS/1GD5 Radeon HD 6670 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card $92.99
Newegg.com - CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply $69.99
Newegg.com - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL $43.99
Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX $109.99
Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - Operating Systems $99.99
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7 $29.99

Total: $688.90 without keyboard/mice and montior.

You want budget computer gaming but it's over $500

 

[JMH]

I'm not sure if the video card is strong enough to run BF3 with high graphic setting. Heck, I had 2500K with 2GB video card and I had to downgraded some graphic setting in order to run smooth. That was when BF3 released, but I don't know if they have updated graphic to give us better gameplay.

Other than that, it's pretty good suggestion.

 

[JoeyDeafNinja]

I listed here so far. Tell me what you think. yes I raised a price range little. I'm going try under $850.

Cpu:AMD FX-8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8120FRGUBOX: $160

Motherboard:GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard: $135

Case:COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case: $60

RAM:Patriot Viper Xtreme Series, Division 2 Edition 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model PXD38G1600LLK: 44

HDD/SSD:OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-128G 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive: $110

Hard Drive:Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive: $85

Video Card:EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card: $135

PSU:Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply: $55

Optical Drive (optional):ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM: $17

 

[Evo Dragon]

Cpu:AMD FX-8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop

Better get newest AMD FX-8350 or FX-8320 "Vishera" CPU is improve speed for gaming better than FX-8120 Zambezi. If you afford it... I just ordered FX-8320 already. I received it today and upgrade from my old FX-4100 CPU.