Affordable Gaming PC

Tired of searching for a gaming PC that will work for you without having to spend thousands of dollars? This site will show you the two ways of attaining a affordable gaming PC that will fit your every gaming needs without draining all the money in your pocket.

A gaming PC is a personal computer that is capable of playing modern hardcore video games. Gaming computers are similar to conventional PCs but the gaming PC has a performance oriented video card, and larger amounts of RAM. While some computer companies offer specialized gaming computers, many people just customize there conventional PCs into high tech gaming PCs.

For computer gaming enthusiasts a high end PC is a must have. While the top of the line computers can get very expensive, this article will show you some of the gaming PCs at the most affordable price. Top affordable gaming PCs:

• Alienware Area 51 750ki Desktop- Alienware is widely known for their high end computers in gaming. The Area 52 750ki has a duo Intel 2 core, extreme processors, True x16 PCI-E electrical NVidia SLI graphics card, 4TB of memory, and up to 4GM of RAM makes this one of Alienware's smartest buys priced only at $899. This PC is perfect for gaming with just enough to play most of your graphically demanding games with a PC that is less than $1,000.
  

• DigitalStorm Customized Systems- Being able to customize specs on your computer is one of the smart, and most cost friendly moves a computer buyer can make. Digital Storm is at the top of the custom PC genre and it has anything that a computer enthusiast could want. The PC's can be loaded up with any spec that your heart desires with customized chassis, anywhere from 2GB to 18GB of RAM, up to 8TB of memory, Liquid cooling, options for multiple drives, pre install graphically demanding games, vista ultimate pre installed, and you can customize your liquid cooling colors to glow neon green. Digital Storm Customize systems start from $8000 to over $5000, whether your looking for a great computer at a cheap price or a computer that's no less than perfect Digital storm Custom PC's have exactly what your looking for.

• HP Pavilion Desktop With AMD Athlon 64 X2- With a dual Athlon X2 core processor running at 2.9 GHz you can't go wrong with this PC. The HP comes with a 500 GB hard drive, Asus motherboard, Nvidia GEforce 8800 GT video card and liquid cooling. This PC sells as low as $800 and is the perfect computer for your gaming needs. While it won't provide jaw dropping visuals, it will play all of your games at base setting for a cheap price.

Building your own gaming PC

If you are looking for a cheap gaming PC that will allow you to play all your games smoothly then consider building your own. While most people would never think of entering inside of a computer, it is really not as difficult of a task that you may think. Building your own PC is the cheapest way to have a fully functional gaming PC that will be able to handle all of your gaming needs.

The parts choosing of components that are going to make up your PC is the most important part of the process. Making sure parts are compatible for each other is crucial, the CPU, RAM and graphics card must be compatible with the motherboard. Your going to want to do a little research prior to buying any parts, and a great place to start is About.com very own hardware/review site which has a great DIY tutorial section. Parts needed to Build your own gaming PC:

• Case

• Power Supply

• CPU

• Heat sink/ CPU fan

• Motherboard

• Graphics card

• RAM

• Hard Drive

• DVD/ Optical Drive

• Media Reader

• and Tools for building your PC ( Phillips head screwdriver, needle nose pliers, static gloves, plastic fasteners, and electric tape are the common tools needed