First Time Building!

Hey Guys,



I have decided to build my first gaming PC! I am a complete noob at this, and I have no idea what I am doing.

I would appreciate if anyone could suggest a rig that is around $500 that would run L4D2 and MW2 smoothly.



Thanks for your help! :)First Time Building!
[QUOTE=''takamaru79710'']Hey Guys, I have decided to build my first gaming PC! I am a complete noob at this, and I have no idea what I am doing. I would appreciate if anyone could suggest a rig that is around $500 that would run L4D2 and MW2 smoothly. Thanks for your help! :)[/QUOTE]Optical Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118030Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136074Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130237CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103688RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227465Case/Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.250626Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102824OS: Vista home premium 64-bit OEMFirst Time Building!
may have gone a bit over budget but if you need some help still then send questions to my inbox and I will get back to you later this morning (I have college class until around 10:00 AM).
I was thinking of adding $300 more to the budget. Would this do anything significant?
[QUOTE=''takamaru79710'']I was thinking of adding $300 more to the budget. Would this do anything significant?[/QUOTE]It would be an amazing improvement. Also does this budget include the cost of a monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, and other things? Or is it just for the tower?
The budget's just for the tower. I already have a mouse/keyboard/etc.



Sorry for not including that before!
[QUOTE=''takamaru79710'']Hey Guys, I have decided to build my first gaming PC! I am a complete noob at this, and I have no idea what I am doing. I would appreciate if anyone could suggest a rig that is around $500 that would run L4D2 and MW2 smoothly. Thanks for your help! :)[/QUOTE]Just look at THIS article, it should give you the perfect $500 rig that can even play Crysis pretty smoothly. Seems perfect for you.
u can try making a similar build like mine :P but wtih $800 u could get a gtx 260 core 216
Ive been thinking about building my own gaming rig myself but wondered if I even need one yet. Here's my rig.



nvidia geforce 8800gt

windows vista home premium

intel core 2 quad cpu 2.4 ghz

3054 mb ram



I'm playing Crysis at decent fps on very high settings with shadows on low. I don't think I need to upgrade my gpu to a 260, 280?
[QUOTE=''takamaru79710'']I was thinking of adding $300 more to the budget. Would this do anything significant?[/QUOTE]



Oh my goodness yes!
after the $650 pc budget you can basically hold your own if yo shop wisely :P mine cost me a litte shy of 1000 CDN (god bless holiday savings)

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