Cheap PC Gaming Setup | 2010

Nothing special, just stuff I collected over the years.

Rig 1: Main gaming PC
Mobo: ASRock A785GM-LE-128M am3/am2+
CPU: AMD Athlon II x2 240 2.8ghz Dual Core AM3 socket
RAM: 2x1gb Wintec Amp-X DDR2 800mhz
GPU: Sapphire ATI Radeon 4850 512mb
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 640gb 32MB cache 7200RPM
OS: WIndows Xp Service Pack 3
Monitor: 24" Sceptre 1920x1080 (1080p)


Rig 2: Old gaming pc turned Storage
Mobo: Asus P5GL-MX
CPU: Single-Core Pentium 4 3.0ghz w/ Hyper-Threading
RAM: 3GB PQI turbo ddr 400
GPU: ATI x1950xtx 512mb PCI-Express (Replacing with Sapphire ATI Radeon 4670 512mb)
HDD: Samsung 1TB 5400RPM, Western Digital 500GB 7200 RPM
OS: Windows XP service pack 2
Monitor: Acer 22" 1680x1050


Why Do I still run XP? Well XP still suits my needs just fine for now, but I am saving to build a Windows 7/DX 11 gaming machine.

** Yes, I know my headphones are duct taped, shit happens lol.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• AMD Athlon II x2
• ATI Radeon 4850
• Saitek
• Wolfking
• Cyber Snipa
• CM Storm
• Eagle arion
• Sceptre
• Acer
• PC gaming

[ChadIsRadXD]

what do you have to do to learn how to build a computer? college? google? hire someone?

[thedudeoncouch]

@ChadIsRadXD

You can teach yourself everything you need to know about a computer with the internet and a little motivation. I'm sure there are some good tutorials on Youtube on how to build a PC. Theres always something new to learn in the Information Technology field as technology in hardware and ect advances so quickly.

[fifi0204]

have the same headset :) yours is broken?

[thedudeoncouch]

@fifi0204 It's a great headset for the price I paid for it ($35). Yeah the headstrap (or whatever its called) is broken on it since I accidentally sat on them, but the speakers still work fine.

[buffaloewings13]

At 0:32 what is the exact name of that piece? I have been looking for something similar.

[thedudeoncouch]

@buffaloewings13

That's the Saitek Cyborg Command Unit. It's a very great peripheral and if you can find one I would highly recommend buying one. If you can't find one and want something similar the Logitech G13 and RAZER Nostromo are good alternatives (alittle more expensive though as I only paid $35 for the Saitek brand new). I would pick the G13 over the Nostromo in features but the Nostromo is better looking in my opinion.

[R33C3DAY]

You go and kill it with windows XP!!!!

[thedudeoncouch]

@Hankextreme

The 955 x4 is a quad-core, so you will notice better performance in games (especially while using FRAPS to reccord games) and computer tasks such as video editing. You can buy the Phenon II 555 and unlock it to a quad (or just a triple core if it's not stable on all 4 cores) if your motherboard supports ACC. Both are unlocked Black Editions so they will overclock well (just invest $50 or so into a better air cooler)

[Hankextreme]

@thedudeoncouch Is there a big difference between the Phenom II x4 955 and the x2 555 ?

Cuz the price is almost the same ...

[Hankextreme]

@thedudeoncouch I hard that radeon 6790 is the 6870 , without the defective parts , or something like that .

Is it true ?