Building a budget gaming PC

Posted on Saturday, June 14 2008 @ 19:20 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Gaming on this system was incredible fun once we’d finished tweaking it, but up until that point it wasn’t looking particularly good. In fact, I found myself reaching for my beloved Xbox 360 controller on more than one occasion through sheer frustration. The great thing about PC gaming though is that the bounds are limitless – you can improve the graphics further down the line and you can tune to get better performance. That’s something you can’t do with a console, but it does require time investment on the user's part and that's not for everyone.

Anyway, I’m not here to create a debate the benefits and downsides of PCs and games consoles – I came here to prove that PC gaming isn’t as expensive as everyone seems to think. You don’t need the biggest, baddest and most power hungry high-end graphics card on the market to enjoy games at their maximum in-game settings, and you don’t need the world’s fastest processor either.

You can get a great gaming experience—a great computing experience, in fact—on a system that costs less than that high-end CPU or graphics card on its own. This industry focuses on the ‘sexy’ high end stuff far too often in my opinion and it’s that that is killing a lot of our enthusiasm because it’s no longer fun – we’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: enthusiasts are being misinterpreted. Building a PC that burns holes in ones pockets isn’t what enthusiasts are about; building a PC that delivers maximum bang-for-buck is what it’s all about and I think we’ve achieved that right here.

Check it out at Bit Tech.


About the Author

Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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