Are on-mobo graphics chips to the point yet where a gamer could forego a graphics card?
Looking to keep total price under $500, and the monitor is 130 and windows license is 100.
building the kid a low-end gaming PC for xmas
Depends what games he'll be playing.
I don't think he'll be playing high end games with graphics maxed out, so he should be fine.
Keep in mind that Minecraft runs on iPhones...
I don't think he'll be playing high end games with graphics maxed out, so he should be fine.
Keep in mind that Minecraft runs on iPhones...
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
$500 is going to be TIGHT if the monitor and Windows is coming out of it. As far as graphics, not for high frame rate fps games. But, Sims 3 and stuff will work fine. Supccom 2 will have to be turned down, definitely. LoL should work. I played that on a 5+ year old laptop with crap graphics.
There are benchmarking sites that would give you frame rates and settings info for various games on various graphics cards, including integrated Intel HD 4000, 5000, etc.
There are benchmarking sites that would give you frame rates and settings info for various games on various graphics cards, including integrated Intel HD 4000, 5000, etc.
Just yell if you need more Windows.Leisher wrote:Depends what games he'll be playing.
I don't think he'll be playing high end games with graphics maxed out, so he should be fine.
Keep in mind that Minecraft runs on iPhones...
I probably have a spare 19" flatscreen IPS Dell monitor if you want?
It's not me, it's someone else.
Awesome. AS LONG AS YOU WOULD NEVER USE THEM, of course. Otherwise I would feel obligated to pay for them. 
Mobo option 1. Asus P8B75, upgradable to i5 and i7. $68
CPU option 1. Core i3 4370 $160
Video card option 1. EVGA GT 740 $100
Memory Option 1 2x4GB DDR3 1600 $90
So that's $420 and I still need a power supply, case, and monitor. Hmmm.
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Mobo option 1. Asus P8B75, upgradable to i5 and i7. $68
CPU option 1. Core i3 4370 $160
Video card option 1. EVGA GT 740 $100
Memory Option 1 2x4GB DDR3 1600 $90
So that's $420 and I still need a power supply, case, and monitor. Hmmm.
Edited By GORDON on 1410568722
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Great system at that price...Cakedaddy wrote:http://www.newegg.com/Product....&cm_sp=
A refurb....
What does "debranded" mean?
And the first thing I would do is erase win8.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
I can probably give you a monitor for nothing.
And keyboard.
And optical mouse.
And keyboard.
And optical mouse.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Out of stock.Cakedaddy wrote:http://www.newegg.com/Product....&cm_sp=
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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Not familiar with ITX though. Looks really small. Could be cool. Not sure if you could put a video card in that PCIe slot either. I'll let you do the research to see if this would work for you.
OH, and when you add it to your cart, you'll see that it also comes with 8GB RAM.
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Not familiar with ITX though. Looks really small. Could be cool. Not sure if you could put a video card in that PCIe slot either. I'll let you do the research to see if this would work for you.
OH, and when you add it to your cart, you'll see that it also comes with 8GB RAM.
Edited By Cakedaddy on 1410747661