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Nov
Gaming PC upgrade for $500
Firing Squad has a break-down of a $500 gaming PC upgrade. Roughly the components are as follows:
Component
Suggestion
Price
Supplier
Notes
GPU
NVidia GeForce 8800 GT
$249.99
Zipzoomfly
Alternatives: Radeon X1950 Pro
CPU
Athlon 64 X2 4000+
$75.90
Zipzoomfly
Newegg has same price for X2 4000+ and X2 4800+, $99.99. Alternative: Intel Core 2 Duo E4300
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H
$79.99
Newegg
AMD-690 chipset, micro-ATX. Alternative: MSI K9AG Neo2-Digital (ATX).
Memory
OCZ PC2-6400 Paltinum Revision 2 Dual [...]