how to build a gaming computer under 400$

Now days computing systems can cost a fortune if they are bought assembled, and if you wish to buy a system that can support modern games, that a whole new number game. Any decent gaming computer would set you back by at least 750$ if bought assembled but by looking around in the Internet you could "build your own" computer for way cheaper ........

All you need to do is search the net and you will be surprised to see how much money you can save not only that but assembling your own computer teaches you a lot about the computer in case you ever need to upgrade your computer in the future

Here's an example of a computer that i built, it has the potential to run any game that has come out till date or at least all the games that I've encountered and believe me that's a lot of games .......

For the case i chose this one because it was made from steel and had a convenient handle on it......

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811154094

i needed around 4GB of ram to support games so i went with...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231396

I chose a micro ATX, ADM3+ compatible mother board, in case i need to upgrade in the future....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130630

i went with an AMD processor as they are cheap and have a high performance level in this price range...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103886

the power supply will wary depending on the specs you desire, for my case i used the 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817154026

for fast and efficient game data reading/writing i found this to be suitable....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

installing a load of games takes a load of space, for me 500 GB should be enough but the rate of transfer also changes the quality of the game play, i went with 6GB/s...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769

now comes the big one, its probably the most expensive part of your "build", the graphics card.

depending on your budget and the kind of performance you want it varies the cost massively. I went all out with mine so it set me back quite a bit......

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161379

but for a modest computer that will still run almost all games try this,it saves you 60$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161376

All this costed me (with the high end GPU) 400$ with delivery charges but i already had the keyboard mouse and the monitor from my previous computer so if you include that, it would come to a grand total of 450$ but if you decide to go for the mid ranged GPU then you should manage (including the cost of the keyboard, mouse and monitor) just under 400$ and 350$ excluding it. So there you go you just saved 300$-400$ dollars just by assembling your own computer. You could try cutting down further to get the price even lower.....so now you can enjoy those games without burning a whole in your pocket....enjoy.

How to figure out if that game will work on your computer

Most people who download games for the first time don't even know what their computers/laptops are capable of, some of them are over achievers and some of them are under achievers this problem mostly occurs in the case of the latter; they download games which couldn't possibly be supported by the computers that they are using. On doing so, they just get irritated and give up on it so before downloading or worse buying that game which is just a few click away, bother clicking a few more times and save yourself that ever so precious bandwidth if your computer is not up to the mark......and even if it isn't, just try this or just go out and buy yourself new parts

its actually very simple, all you need to do is go to this site and enter the name of the game you wish to play and allow the site to install the plugin, the plugin itself is completely safe and uninstalls itself after its task is completed this site is highly trusted and is even trusted by Intel and is used to scan your computer for the latest drivers.

after the plugin has finished scanning your computer, it will display its results in two parts, is tells you the minimum requirements for the game and whether it will run on your computer  and the optimum settings for that particular game and whether you can play it at those settings. The site also tells you details about your computer which you should know at the drop of a hat that is if you wish to continue with gaming regardless of the fact that you download or buy the games you will play. If your are downloading the game for the first time then read this for help, it will take you through the steps of installing bit-bit. If you like my blog then please comment and follow as i answer the question i.e. "how to?" also feel free to ask a question by leaving a comment. enjoy your gaming experience.