Computer under 400$

D

Dwefa

New Member
Hi, I am new to this fourm so please help me if you can. I wanted to get a computer that could run the recent games and a good processor and at mimimum it would have to be able to run high graphic games and i was looking at emachine computers and was wondering if their proccesor speed was that bad? Could someone please give me the equivilant of a AMD Sempron™ 3100+1 to Pentium 4 proccesor? Please help, and if you can think of a good gaming computer under 400$ please post:)
 
dont want to discourage you, but a good gaming Pc under 400$ is hard....to find. unles sits use...

Chris
 
A Sempron is more like the Intel equivilant of a Celeron, not a Pentium. If you want a good budget gaming CPU, go with the Sempron.
 
NO.

Dell will rip you off. I actually doubt they sell 400$ PCs. If they did, it would suck at gaming. Build you own, it would be cheaper, or wait a month or two for me to sell mine. :D

P4 3.2 Ghz
nvidia 6800 GTO
1gig DDR2 533
 
I really don't want to build my own computer, is there any brand of computer that might be half-way decent in specs and price?
 
Not really. Another option would be to buy something from ebay or here. But most OEMs don't give you what you pay for.
 
Yea, $400 wont get you much. If you build your own, youll get an okay computer. If you are going with HP, Dell, Emachines,etc., you arent going to be gaming. I would suggest look around on ebay, or a community website. Also scavange around some. Ask some of your friends if they are selling there computers.
 
i bought a HP computer a year ago, well my sister did, it has a 512 MB RAM, 128 Shared vidoe card, 160 GB. It works fini with Games, neve rhad a problem (tho i ma not a big gamer!), now, i saw a 2 GB Ram, 200 GB hard drive, and lot sof stuff with it (jsut the tower) it had light scribe, DVD burner 16 X, plus cool stuff. it looks nice, and only 700$ (last time i saw it) so if oyu are ready to get a PC, HP is good for their low prices....

Chris
 
Operating System
Genuine Windows XP Media Center 2005Memory
1 GB DDR2 NON-ECC SDRAM 533MHz (2 DIMMs)Hard Disk Drive
160 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)Video
128MB PCI Express ATI Radeon X300 SEModem
56K DataFax ModemSound Card
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Card w/Dolby 5.1, IEEE 1394 capabilityScratch & Dent
XPS 400 Desktop: Pentium D Processor 820 with Dual Core Technology (2.80GHz, 800FSB)Media Bay
16x DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability
16X DVD ROM Drive

Would that be worth 600$
 
Nooo. HP does do pretty good for an OEM, I agree, but you can still get better from ebay or building.

EDIT: This is good for the price

* Athlon 64 3000+ [Venice, E6[Venice], Socket 939 Lidded OmPGA, 1800MHz, ADA3000DAA4BW] ($153.00)
* MSI RX480 Neo2-F [RX200] ($53.00 after $15.00 MIR)
* OCz Value Series 2x512MB PC3200 CL2.5 ($66.13 after $10.00 MIR)
* NEC 3550A DVDRW ($39.75)
* Sapphire 100139L Radeon X800GTO 128MB ($96.00 after $10.00 MIR)
* Athenatech A416WG.400 + 400W [12V@25A via two 12V@20A] ($35.99)
* Hitatchi Desktar 7K80 80GB 8MB SATA-II ($50.00)
* SUBTOTAL: $493.87

Add the OS and you go a bit above 600$. Its from Praetor's list.
 
Last edited:
If you can figure out how to get an extra 75 bucks, this is the way to go. www.cyberpowerpc.com you can design a computer, they build it. The cheepest one they have, downgrade the case comes out to $475. If u dont want speakers you can save a few bucks, ect. Its actually a real computer, not a dell cheap piece of crap. There are other companies that can do the same kind of custom build type thing. Also there are people on ebay that will build you a computer if you arent willing to do it on your own. They dont charge much and you can pick out all of the parts, they probably know their shit too.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top