Low budget gaming computer

I've been out of the pc gaming scene for a few years now, seems like everything has changed and I feel as useful as a 90 man

I want to build up a very cheap rig for only gaming. I want to play diablo 3 but can't justify spending 1500 for one game. Any suggestions where I should get started?

make it an ati/amd build to keep the price down, Ati, radeon hd 5670 1g model is a good budget card.

I built a gaming pc a couple weeks ago with Diablo 3 in mind. Only costed me about 550 not including monitor/os. Runs d3 flawlessly on high settings.

I used an i3-2120 w/ an hd 7770. Figured I could always upgrade down the line and save some money.

Look around on Toms Hardware website, they have a pc build forum with tons of help if you are new to it.

Edited by Haze23, 02 July 2012 - 07:00 AM.

With the price of technology, it's pretty easy. Go with an AMD quad core, with a good motherboard, some DDR3-1600, and a GTX460, or equivalent GPU. Honestly shop around. Make a list on Newegg. I upgraded everything in my old gaming rig except the case, keep the HDDs, but added another, and was using the old 680w PSU until it fried. I spent $400 ish dollars on my setup and it ran Battlefield 3, and Crysis 2 on Max AA, res, and everything.

you can just buy a bare bones kit and be more than sufficient.

ASUS M4A88T-M Thermaltake Barebones Kit - ASUS M4A88T-M Board, AMD Phenom II X6 1035T CPU, Corsair 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 RAM, Seagate 2TB HDD, 24x DVDRW, Thermaltake V2 Mid Tower, 450W Power Supply at TigerDirect.com

Amazon.com: Intel G530 CPU 2.40 GHZ 2M CACHE 2.4 2 LGA 1155 Processor (BX80623G530): Electronics
best cpu for the money, and its also a foot in the door cpu
can always upgrade to an i7 later

you can just buy a bare bones kit and be more than sufficient.

ASUS M4A88T-M Thermaltake Barebones Kit - ASUS M4A88T-M Board, AMD Phenom II X6 1035T CPU, Corsair 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 RAM, Seagate 2TB HDD, 24x DVDRW, Thermaltake V2 Mid Tower, 450W Power Supply at TigerDirect.com

id say this, playing only D3 anyhow your liikely to get bored of it within a few weeks so your not gonna wanna drop a grand on a game that has a short life span.

I think I am going to go with the bare bones kit

Thanks everyone!!

Just realize that it doesnt come with a Graphics card, so you still need to buy one of those.

Good luck man

True story^^^ But you will more than likely be able to find a good one for less than 100 dollars that will run D3 well.

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