Help out a poor 13 year old

[Silver-Bullet]

Ok heres the dealio...im 13 (as you all should know) and i like to game. I would like a computer that can play online games (at least unreal tourny and some bf) but my parents don't know jack about this kind of stuff. So im trying to save up money to get a gaming computer. But i dont want to spend more than 650 tops (including everything i need case etc) Is it impossible to spend that little and get a good enough computer that can play games at a good fps/size?

 

 

Thanks a bunch

 

 

P.S-dont worry about putting it togther, because my friend and his dad know how to, and they said that if i got one they would help me put it togther while teaching me

[gOOters]

do you need a monitor? you should be able to do it for that price if you shop around. pricewatch.com will be your best friend.

 

 

Edit: silly bukket

Edited August 11, 2004 by gOOters

[All Kill3r]

your looking at the same price range that General_J was, look for his thread a few down.

[Magruter]

THIS might be a little out dated, but it will give you an idea of what you are looking for. If you build the same system, it will probably be a little cheaper.

 

Good luck

[Silver-Bullet]

Thanks for the quick replies guys (hehe, i made a rhyme!) i might need a moniter. I have to see if it will be just my computer, or if my dad and mom would want to use it as the family computer. If its the family computer, I'll make my dad pay for a new moniter since i bought the comp, if not ill just save up and get one. And mouse and keyboard i can get really cheap.

 

Those are very less expensive than what i was thinking, those are like 450-500$$$ and there good.

 

edit: g00t, why am i a silly bukket?

Edited August 11, 2004 by Silver-Bullet

[Preacher]

Cheap monitor

http://www.priza.com/debrna17mogr.html

 

good price on a configured PC

http://pcinfinity.net/Merchant2/merchant.m...ory_Code=CONFIG

 

I did an Asus a7vx-x MB, Duron 1.8ghz cpu, Thermaltake slim volcano 8 cpu fan, 512 333 ddr, 80gb HDD, Clio X silver case with fans, added case fan, power cable, floppy drive, 8x +/- DVD-RW drive, windows xp pro, assembling, testing, 1 year warranty and got $562.01 that combined with the $75 monitor(after shipping) comes to $637.01 including shipping. If you need a good set of speakers, keyboard and mouse you could add them into the infinty.com configurator or try here http://66.216.68.88/index.html good company with nice stuff for really cheap.

[Crowbar]

Dell grade B 17" monitor $35+

 

Grade B typically means that the product has either been used (typically in an office setting, a company will lease their monitors, then when the lease is up, they are classified as "Grade B" and re-sold) or they are sometimes new un-used products that never got sold and are now being replaced with newer models. Look for the "Special Notes" section and the "Condition" section when reviewing each monitor.

[Preacher]

the one I had there is only $9 more (shipping) and is a grade A, which means no burnt in images on the screen, has the base included and is in "like-new" condition.