$450 Eco-Friendly Gaming Rig

Looking for a budget box that will scream? Tired of playing at the lowest res just to eek out a few more fps? Try this $450 eco-friendly gaming box out for size. Best parts for the lowest price and energy efficient to boot!


Intel Pentium E5200 2.5GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor


GIGABYTE GA-EG31M-S2 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard


Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Memory


HITACHI Deskstar 7K160 160GB 3.5″ SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive


PNY GeForce 8800 GT VCG88512GXEB-FLB Video Card


LG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner w/ SecurDisc Tech Black SATA Model GH20NS15


Antec earthwatts EA500 500W Power Supply


Rosewill R223-P-BK Black Computer Case

  • Burner – $21
  • Case – $20
  • Drive – $42
  • GFX – $111
  • P/S – $90
  • RAM – $32
  • MB – $53
  • CPU – $85

    • $454, rounded up. You could spend the money you saved on a nice monitor and some accessories too and still keep it under a grand:


    Acer AL2216Wbd Black 22″ 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor with HDCP support


    SENNHEISER HD 280PRO Circumaural PROFESSIONAL Headphone


    Logitech Silver & Black Gaming Keyboard


    Logitech G9 Black Wired Laser Gaming Mouse


    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Sound Card


    XTRAC RIPPER XL Optical Mouse pad

    1. Thanks for this buying guide, u help me a lot

    2. I have that exact Video Card and Power Supply. They both are excellent and will Handle both COD4 and the coming COD5 quite well.

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