Intel Gaming PC for $500 Part 1

I always love giving advice to people about computer hardware quotations or talking about the latest computer hardware around. Personally I am a hardcore PC gamer and I don’t like games being played on low or medium settings, I always play it on high or very high config to appreciate the graphics and the game physics. But the truth is building a gaming pc is very expensive, a hardcore gamer would probably spend $800 - $2,000 for a single PC system (LCD Monitor is more likely not included). So I made up my own list to create gaming PC system which will only cost you $500 and can give you a fair and satisfying performance. With this PC specs I can guarantee you that you can set to high or very high config all the latest games and the future releases to come.

Let’s start with the CPU and here’s what I got:

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 Wolfdale 2.8GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 @ $109.99. This processor can give you a very satisfying performance of 3mb L2 Cache, 2.8 GHz @1066FSB and loaded with the latest 45nm Nano Processing Technology. The price is just so unbeatable.

The RAM (Random Access Memory):

GEIL Black Dragon 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 Dual Channel Kit @ $32.99. Once again the price is very good same as the performance. Geil is one of the leading brands for RAM modules. You can’t get wrong with them.

The video card:

SAPPHIRE 100277L Radeon HD 4770 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP @ $105.99. Video card is one of the most important piece for a gaming system. It is the one who is responsible for rendering the graphics. If you want extreme gaming you will definitely need a strong video card and this card the new Radeon HD 4770 is a kick ass one! With the latest 40nm GPU and a the amazing graphic memory GDDR5. And yeah the price is so great.

To be continued....