Need help with finding a computer.

[Daedalus]

Simply put, I need a relatively good desktop PC.
If someone could help me with this, that'd be great.
A few things:
1. I want to go extremely cheap. EXTREMELY CHEAP. I'll upgrade parts in the future when I need to.
2. It would be used for gaming mainly.
3.Pre-built ones are fine, but again, CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP. The plus side to a custom-built computer is that my birthday is coming up and I can ask for parts as presents. :D
Also, is there a way to download Ubuntu onto a computer that... doesn't have an operating system?

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[Daedalus]

Bemp. Gonna go make a smoothie and see if this gets any responses.

[Radial543]

If you don't need it for hardcore gaming, you could always get the C64. There are great games and programs for it, and you can do pretty much everything that you would need.

[Daedalus]

If you don't need it for hardcore gaming, you could always get the C64. There are great games and programs for it, and you can do pretty much everything that you would need.

[img ]http://www.larwe.com/museum/img/c64system.jpg[/img]

Oh hael yes.
I love how the URL has "museum" in it.
Anyway, down to business. Sewious nao.

[Radial543]

Anyway, down to business. Sewious nao.

I am serious.

[Daedalus]

I am serious.

Mmm. Well, let's see what other suggestions people have before I come to my conclusion.

[Sirrus]

When you say "extremely cheap" what do you mean?

Also btw to build any kind of decent gaming computer you need to drop at least $600.

[Daedalus]

When you say "extremely cheap" what do you mean?

Also btw to build any kind of decent gaming computer you need to drop at least $600.

Below decent is fine with me. I can always upgrade later, and I'll mostly be using it for TF2, which isn't very system-heavy.

[Daedalus]

Bump for great justice.

[General Nick]

If you want a cheap start and plan to upgrade later it's going to cost more. An upgrade doesn't just have to be a graphics and CPU, it can probably cost you up to more than you can by a boat load.

My advice: Do what I'm doing, upgrade things that would be necessary for an upgrade. Motherboard, CPU, Graphics, RAM and power supply. Those five are necessary for upgrades. Things like the case and the DVD drive as well as the monitor and audio device can be re-used obviously unless you want to upgrade those as well.

I spent roughly $500 and got a nice motherboard with energy saving stuff, a dual core which is over clocked to 3 GHz, a Geforce 9800GT, 4 GB of RAM and a 650 watt power supply which also saves energy.

[Daedalus]

If you want a cheap start and plan to upgrade later it's going to cost more. An upgrade doesn't just have to be a graphics and CPU, it can probably cost you up to more than you can by a boat load.

My advice: Do what I'm doing, upgrade things that would be necessary for an upgrade. Motherboard, CPU, Graphics, RAM and power supply. Those five are necessary for upgrades. Things like the case and the DVD drive as well as the monitor and audio device can be re-used obviously unless you want to upgrade those as well.

I spent roughly $500 and got a nice motherboard with energy saving stuff, a dual core which is over clocked to 3 GHz, a Geforce 9800GT, 4 GB of RAM and a 650 watt power supply which also saves energy.

In that 500, are the other accoutrement included?

[General Nick]

In that 500, are the other accoutrement included?

Like I said, in that $500 I bought a good motherboard, a dual core processor, a Geforce 9800GT, 4GB of RAM and a 650 watt power supply that adequately supplies it all. Those four affect how well your computer performs.

I did buy a $100 19" widescreen monitor because I was sick of 1024x768 resolutions, but that isn't necessary for an upgrade unless you really want one. Resolutions can affect your performance, but increasing in resolution is only good if you have a high powered graphics card.

[Daedalus]

Like I said, in that $500 I bought a good motherboard, a dual core processor, a Geforce 9800GT, 4GB of RAM and a 650 watt power supply that adequately supplies it all. Those four affect how well your computer performs.

I did buy a $100 19" widescreen monitor because I was sick of 1024x768 resolutions, but that isn't necessary for an upgrade unless you really want one. Resolutions can affect your performance, but increasing in resolution is only good if you have a high powered graphics card.

Okay. I was wondering if it included the case and DVD drive.

[General Nick]

Okay. I was wondering if it included the case and DVD drive.

Nope.

Have yet to buy another DVD Drive or Case, or fans. Either I found some laying around and decided to add it in for stuffs and giggles or I don't need some.

I do need a new hard drive though ;_;

[TicTac]

Do you have a price range?