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Decent $500ish computer?

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Well Fed Games:
Subscribe. I am really tempted to build a Steam Box to hook up to my TV, and could use knowledge too!

Yenome:
I build my gaming pc for round a 500 dollar budget. When i built this one 3 years ago i was playing the current games with decent fps. now days i would go with a intel for cpu and still ati for gpu. if you want i could put together a build with links to the parts and you can just build it your self.
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I was in the beta for diablo 3 and never saw a slow down. also in the closed beta for mechwarrior online all with my 3 year old system and it runs 30-40fps at max setting. I would suggest you go the build it route.

pinballjim:
That would be extraordinarily helpful, Yenome.

xefned:
Posted in another thread was this Dell 3.2GHz i3 machine if you have a Frys nearby. [store pickup only] Unbeatable price considering it includes a 20" monitor, keyboard, mouse, and Windows 7. It looks to meet the Diablo 3 specs if that's really a requirement.   8)

I'm building two machines at the moment if you're interested in my newegg lists.
One is a low-power, low-heat, as-silent-as-possible Mame cocktail build for $430.
And a higher end machine for my wife's intensive photoshop filtering of raw camera files (she's a pro photg) for around $700.

  •  Quiet cocktail cab, Dual core Pentium

  •  Blazing Photoshop machine, Quad Core i5

The first one is up-and-running swimmingly on my bench. It's fitted with a giant-ass heatsink to be cooled with a single low-speed cabinet fan. If noise level is not a concern, you can chop $50 off the price by eliminating the gourmet heatsink and just using the stock heatsink included with the processor. You could also use a standard HD in place of the SDD, and use a cheaper PSU, which brings it closer to $350.

GibsonRiddler:
Try this link

http://pcper.com/hwlb

They update it with different budget builds as hardware changes

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