Building a PC, and looking for Cheap Gaming products to build it with.

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MeepDanny

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Hello, I'm Danny a.k.a MeepDanny, and I am starting to come into the PC gaming world. I thought my Compaq Presario CQ62 228DX laptop was good for gaming, well, until I started playing real games. What I'm aiming for is to build a PC for around 350 dollers, and be able to run a game like Minecraft, which is CPU-heavy, on around average settings while running a program like FRAPS. I'm trying for 300-375$, and will not go over 450$. Yes, I do want to build my own computer. I'm hoping you can give me some links to products that are cheap, (preferrably at Best Buy, I just got a lot of gift cards), and fairly decent for gaming.

I want an AMD processor. I'd like Athlon II X4, because 4 CPU's is just my thing, plus it's great. I'd spend around 70-80$ on this. AM3 please. I'd like it to be compatable with up to 8.0GB of DDR3 RAM.

My Motherboard doesn't really matter, All I want is it to be compatable with a Half-size case, have at least 2 RAM slots, and have an AM3 processor slot, and finally fit 204 pin DDR3 RAM. I'll spend up to 120$ on my Motherboard.

An ATI graphics card is my thing. Doesn't have to be top-of-the-line, just a cheap gaming one. I'm willing to spend 70$ on this.

I've got RAM covered. I need 204 pin DDR3, because that's what I want to be compatable with my Motherboard.

I want my sound card to be a Realtek Hi-Def.

Case doesn't matter, transparent would be cool, as long as it fits my Motherboard.

Hard drive: Doesn't need to be big. 250-500GB.

Other then that, I don't think there's much more that I need for my PC. If there is, please point me out. :) Oh, and I will use Windows 7 64X. Can I have a link for that, too, pl0x? Thanks!
 
you'd be better off buying one, for the stuff you want it would end up being around 550 or more probably. i can look quick but not going to be easy to do that, and you'll need an os disk which is 100.

yeah that aint happenin, bb isn't the best parts store, better to buy prebuilt until you can afford about 600, otherwise prebuilts are better for the money. but if you plan to get a new gpu for whatever you get, don't, it'll need both the gpu and the psu which'll end up being at like another 100 and most igpus are fine for minecraft.
 
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Ok, I found a nice Refurbished one for 289, so I just need to buy a monitor and get that.
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what parts are in the one of 289? cause i doubt something that cheap will run much more then simple flash games or something. really your not gonna be able to play any games unless you spent a few hundred more then what you want
 
The smartest thing to do is save more money. Bulldozer is around the corner, along with the 7000 radeon series, so if you save more money, you can either get the new parts or got current parts for cheap a bit later on.
 
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