My PC Gaming Rig Project

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How I Built My Budget Gaming Rig

I have built this lens as a diary following my project to build my very first gaming PC rig.

This is the first time I have built a PC and i`m very excited about getting the project started. Due to my wife not having a sense of humor when it comes to me using our finances to fund this project i.e 36 year old with 2 daughters building a gaming rig, maybe i do need to grow up alittle but anyhow i found a solution that would keep everyone happy.

The project will be funded by squidoo payments and another tattoo affiliate website i use, also any kind people that read this lens and feel like they want to donate some ;)

BTW I`m not the best writer, so if you find spelling mistakes, or bad grammer please don`t give me a hard time.

Once i have completed the rig all funds from this lens will be given to charity.

Check out this very cool Budget Gaming PC Guide

Where the hell do I start? 

Where do i start ?

That was the first question as i have no knowledge of what processors, graphics cards, motherboards would be the best to get for a gaming machine. So i decided to do a search for "build your own gaming rig" and stumbled across 3Dguru.com.

I used the forums there to ask about where to start and was given some advice by a very friendly and helpful member there by the name of "kylzer" thanks m8.

He gave me two systems that i could build on a budget of under £400 one AMD and one Intel, I have chosen to go for the AMD as the advice was that its a much more powerful system.

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Gaming Rig Parts List. 

This price list was current when i added it but may have changed since. Also you may find cheaper prices if you shop around abit. I have listed the prices that are on Novatech.com

Ram: (Brought) :) :)

Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 800MHz Dual Channel Kit.
Found Here.

£39.09 inc vat

Harddrive: (Brought) :) :)

Western Digital Caviar RE2 250GB 16MB Cache Hard Disk Drive SATA 300MB/s <8.9ms 7200rpm - OEM
Found Here.

£32.26 inc vat

Case: (Brought) :) :)

Antec Three Hundred Case - Black - No Psu.
Found Here.

£47.10 inc vat

Power Supply: (Brought) :) :)

Corsair CX 400W ATX2.2 Power Supply (more on this in abit)
Found Here.

£40.24 inc vat

DVD Drive: (Brought) :) :)

Samsung S223Q Lightscribe 22x DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Black SATA - OEM
Found Here.

£17.54 inc vat

Graphics Card: (Brought) :) :)

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 Vapour-X 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI PCI-Express - Retail
Found Here.

£82.79 inc vat

Motherboard: (Brought) :) :)

Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Found Here.

£60.94 inc vat

Processor: (Brought) :) :)

Retail Boxed AMD X2 Dual Core Althlon II 250 3.0GHz 2MB Socket AM3 - Retail
Found Here.

£65.99 inc vat

Thats a grand total of £385.95

And i can save some money as i could just use the DVD drive from my old system.

The power supply is 400watt and i read that the graphics card recommends a 550watt. So when the time comes to buy the power supply i will be looking at something differant from the list, will update it then.

First Part Brought : Graphics Card 

I was really exicted when my first part was delivered today :) I had enough money from last months earnings to buy the graphics card.

And what a beast it is, the last card i ever brought was the radeon x800 and at that time it was the bee knees, it had its own fan and everything :)

This card is bloody massive i hope it doesn`t make too much noise as the fan looks like a propellor! Can`t wait to get this thing built now!!!!

I know the photos not great but nor is my camera will update it when i can borrow one.

When i buy new parts they will be added under this section

Do you believe in Karma? 

Well i do thats why i have added this donation box for you to donate to the Childrens Defence Fund.

I`m sure you could spare $1 from your paypal account.

The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

We at Squidoo passionately believe in creating new ways to support good causes online. By making a donation to Children's Defense Fund from this page, you are sending money directly to that organization, in whatever amount you want. We don't touch it. We don't even see it. The author of this page doesn't either. And if you made it this far, thanks for caring.

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On the subject of Karma. 

If you have another spare $1 or so, this project would get finished alot faster ;) I know you thought i was joking before.

Paypal: midjam@sky.com

All donators will be added below with there username, lens profile or any other website they like and the amount donated, if you do not wish to be added but are a very kind soul and still what to donate just let me know.

Example:

Kind Donator:
Joe Bloggs

http://www.joebloggs.com

Donation : £1

Kind Donator:
Joanne Bloggs

http://www.joeannebloggs.com

Donation £0.50

Donated so far : £1.50

Helpful Gaming Rig Building Links 

Heres a list of some sites that have tutorials, guides on how to build PCs.
Learn How to Build Your Own Gaming Computers
Do you want to build your own high performance gaming computers? This website provides you with all the information you need to build your custom gaming PC.
How to Build a Kick-ass $800 Gaming PC
In October, we spec'ed out a respectable $800 gaming PC in our monthly Buyer's Guide feature. While the price and parts looked promising, we had to see for ourselves if this sub-$1000 system could hold its ground against today's top rigs. After all, if you don't need to spend your next month's paycheck on performance parts, why should you?
Build Your Own Gaming PC
To some the thought of building your own PC is a daunting even unthinkable undertaking; very few people venture inside a computer case let alone attempt to put one together from scratch. Well the good news is that everyone can relax because it's really not as difficult of a task as you may think and I'm going to show you how.
The $500 Gaming Machine
The Budget Gaming PC Challenge The $500 Gaming Machine : If you are like this writer, your passion for the latest and greatest technology is bigger than your wallet. Let's face it, most of us can afford to fork over the occasional $50 for the...

Selling My Tattoo Website 

I`m so deprarate to get this project done that i`m willing to sell one of my tattoo websites. I started this website in october 2008 and i get around 45,000 uniques per month. I`m not making alot of money from this site as i` don`t really know how to monetize it. I makes around $20 to $40 a month from some affiliate links and adsense.

But for someone who knows what there doing i`m sure could make a great deal of cash.

I want £500 for a quick sale, have advertised for alot more on other sites.

Heres the site :

Free Printable Flash Tattoo

If you need proof of stats just ask and i will supply them.

Gaming Rig Lens Feedback 

Do you have any ideas on how to improve this lens?

DragonAsh wrote...

Ok guys i have completed my gaming PC and am very happy with it, plays the lastest games at full specs... :)

ReplyPosted October 14, 2009

sandyspider wrote...

I've often thought about learning how to build a PC. Gook luck with your gaming PC.

ReplyPosted July 09, 2009

DragonAsh wrote...

in reply to Chadrew Do you think this would be a better buy and if so would i have to upgrade the mobo or power supply?

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?AMD-X2550

ReplyPosted July 06, 2009

debnet wrote...

My ex used to build machines scratch using stuff from Novatech. So I've been in your wife's position and know exactly where she's at ;) Good luck!!!

ReplyPosted July 05, 2009

DragonAsh wrote...

in reply to Chadrew Hmmmm you have me thinking now, will have to do some more research and maybe update my parts list, thanks

ReplyPosted July 05, 2009

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