**Building a Great Gaming PC for Under $500**

Due to the nature of building a custom computer, you may find compatibility issues with the following parts list.

Today I'll be showing you how to build a great gaming PC for under $500. While you shouldn't expect to play games like "Crysis 2" at maxed out settings with this computer, you can still enjoy solid performance with medium to high settings on many of today's games.

**CPU: AMD Athlon II x3 435**

We're starting with an AMD Athlon II x3 435 processor. This is a triple-core processor clocked at 2.9 gigahertz, which should be more than enough for most games. You can also look into unlocking the fourth core and level 3 cache, although do note that your results may vary with doing this.

**Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78LM-DS2**

Next, we have the Gigabyte GA-MA78LM-DS2 motherboard. This is a budget motherboard that still offers a solid amount of features, including 2 slots for DDR3 RAM and built-in ATI Radeon 3000 integrated graphics, as well as 8 USB 2 ports.

**Graphics Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 4670**

Ordinarily, you wouldn't expect to get a very good graphics card in a $500 computer. However, with the Sapphire Radeon HD 4670, you'll be getting some quite good performance on most games, as long as you keep the settings on medium to high.

**RAM: Kingston DDR3 1333 MHz**

For RAM, I chose a 4 gigabyte stick of Kingston DDR3 clocked at 1333 megahertz. This is enough to run Windows 7 in almost any game you throw at it without issue. The cost for this will be $42, and because this still leaves another RAM slot open on the motherboard, you can always upgrade to 8 gigabytes if you like.

**Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 640 GB**

The hard drive we've got is a 640 gigabyte Western Digital Caviar Black. While it might not be the most spacious hard drive for the money, it more than makes up for that by being very quick, with a great 5-year warranty.

**Power Supply: Cooler Master Elite 460W**

Since almost all of our parts are low-powered, a 460 watt power supply should do the job no problem for only $30. While it's not a necessity, you also probably want a DVD burner, especially considering how cheap they are. We'll be using an HP black CD/DVD burner.

**Case: Rosewill Challenger**

We're going to need a case for our new computer, and the Rosewill Challenger should work perfectly. You can go for a smaller micro-ATX case with built-in power supply to save a few bucks, but by stepping up to the Challenger, you'll get a full-sized case that looks great and features lots of cooling options, including front, rear, and top fans, as well as space to add two more fans on either side.

**Total Cost: $498.91**

As of February 19th, 2011, the entire list will cost you $498.91 on Newegg. For under $500, you'll get a surprisingly good computer for not only gaming but also surfing the web, watching high-definition videos, and even some moderate video editing.

Feel free to customize the bill to your own liking depending on your needs; you might want to shift some of the budget around. You can find the entire list with links to each part in the description of this video. If this was helpful, be sure to rate, comment, and subscribe anyway!

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: endue to the nature of building a custom computer you may find compatibility issues with the following parts list today I'll be showing you how to build a great gaming PC for under $500 while you shouldn't expect to play crysis 2 maxed out with this computer you can't expect solid performance with medium to high settings on many of today's games to begin with we're going with an AMD Athlon 2 x3 435 processor this is a triple core processor that's clocked at 2.9 gigahertz which should be more than enough for most games you can also look into unlocking the fourth core and the level 3 cache although do note that your results may vary with doing this for $72 currently on Newegg this is a great starting point next we have the gigabyte GA ma 78 LM TS 2 this is a budget motherboard that still offers a solid amount of features including 2 slots from ddr3 RAM built-in ATI Radeon 3000 integrated graphics and 8 USB 2 ports for $55 after a mail-in rebate this should work great for you ordinarily you aren't getting a very good graphics card in a $500 computer but with a one gigabyte Sapphire Radeon 4670 you want to be getting some quite good performance on most games as long as you keep the settings on medium to high you'd see very playable frame rates on most games with VGA DVI and HDMI out you also should be good no matter what type of monitor you have an added bonus is that the 4670 doesn't require a separate power cable just plug it in and you're good to go this is going to set you back around $65 for Ram I chose a 4 gigabyte stick of kingston ddr3 clocked at 1333 megahertz 4 gigabytes of this speedy Ram is enough to run Windows 7 in almost any game you throw at it without issue this will run you 42 dollars and because this still leaves another Ram plot open on the motherboard you can always upgrade to 8 gigabytes if you like with the hard drive we've got a 640 gigabyte Western Digital caviar black drive well it might not be the most spacious hard drive for the money it more than makes up for that by being very quick along with having a great 5 year warranty it's a solid buy for $65 however it does ship as a bare drive so you'll need to supply your own SATA cable since almost all of our parts are low powered a 460 watt cooler Master Elite power supply should do the job no problem for only $30 while it's not a necessity you also probably want a DVD burner especially considering how cheap they are will be using HP black CD DVD burner for twenty dollars we of course we're going to need a case for a great new computer and the Rosewill Challenger should work perfect while you can go for a smaller micro ATX case with built-in power supply to save a few bucks by stepping up to the Challenger you'll get a full sized case that looks great and features lots of cooling options including front rear and top fans along with space to add two more fans on either side with plenty of room for upgrades later on and a pair of USB 2 ports audio jacks and eSATA port up front this is a great case for only 55 dollars last but not least we have a system builders copy of Windows 7 home premium 64-bit as the priciest item on the entire built list at ninety five dollars currently if you have another OS you want to install you could definitely save yourself quite a bit by removing this option after all is said and done as the February 19th 2011 the entire list will cost you four hundred ninety eight dollars and ninety one cents on Newegg for under $500 you'll get a surprisingly good computer for not only gaining but of course surfing the web watching high-definition videos and even some moderate video editing of course feel free to customize the bill to your own liking depending on your needs you might want to shift some of the budget around you can find the entire list with links to each part in the description of this video if this was helpful be sure to rate comment and subscribe anyway guys thanks for watchingdue to the nature of building a custom computer you may find compatibility issues with the following parts list today I'll be showing you how to build a great gaming PC for under $500 while you shouldn't expect to play crysis 2 maxed out with this computer you can't expect solid performance with medium to high settings on many of today's games to begin with we're going with an AMD Athlon 2 x3 435 processor this is a triple core processor that's clocked at 2.9 gigahertz which should be more than enough for most games you can also look into unlocking the fourth core and the level 3 cache although do note that your results may vary with doing this for $72 currently on Newegg this is a great starting point next we have the gigabyte GA ma 78 LM TS 2 this is a budget motherboard that still offers a solid amount of features including 2 slots from ddr3 RAM built-in ATI Radeon 3000 integrated graphics and 8 USB 2 ports for $55 after a mail-in rebate this should work great for you ordinarily you aren't getting a very good graphics card in a $500 computer but with a one gigabyte Sapphire Radeon 4670 you want to be getting some quite good performance on most games as long as you keep the settings on medium to high you'd see very playable frame rates on most games with VGA DVI and HDMI out you also should be good no matter what type of monitor you have an added bonus is that the 4670 doesn't require a separate power cable just plug it in and you're good to go this is going to set you back around $65 for Ram I chose a 4 gigabyte stick of kingston ddr3 clocked at 1333 megahertz 4 gigabytes of this speedy Ram is enough to run Windows 7 in almost any game you throw at it without issue this will run you 42 dollars and because this still leaves another Ram plot open on the motherboard you can always upgrade to 8 gigabytes if you like with the hard drive we've got a 640 gigabyte Western Digital caviar black drive well it might not be the most spacious hard drive for the money it more than makes up for that by being very quick along with having a great 5 year warranty it's a solid buy for $65 however it does ship as a bare drive so you'll need to supply your own SATA cable since almost all of our parts are low powered a 460 watt cooler Master Elite power supply should do the job no problem for only $30 while it's not a necessity you also probably want a DVD burner especially considering how cheap they are will be using HP black CD DVD burner for twenty dollars we of course we're going to need a case for a great new computer and the Rosewill Challenger should work perfect while you can go for a smaller micro ATX case with built-in power supply to save a few bucks by stepping up to the Challenger you'll get a full sized case that looks great and features lots of cooling options including front rear and top fans along with space to add two more fans on either side with plenty of room for upgrades later on and a pair of USB 2 ports audio jacks and eSATA port up front this is a great case for only 55 dollars last but not least we have a system builders copy of Windows 7 home premium 64-bit as the priciest item on the entire built list at ninety five dollars currently if you have another OS you want to install you could definitely save yourself quite a bit by removing this option after all is said and done as the February 19th 2011 the entire list will cost you four hundred ninety eight dollars and ninety one cents on Newegg for under $500 you'll get a surprisingly good computer for not only gaining but of course surfing the web watching high-definition videos and even some moderate video editing of course feel free to customize the bill to your own liking depending on your needs you might want to shift some of the budget around you can find the entire list with links to each part in the description of this video if this was helpful be sure to rate comment and subscribe anyway guys thanks for watching