Budget: $500
More specific use (what games, what programs): DayZ Arma II mod, WoW, Battlefield, oh Diablo 2 and Runescape Classic lol.

Planned time until purchase: was planning to buy parts online during Black Friday sales, ain't nobody got time for getting shanked in line

Do you need an Operating System?: Yes, I currently use windows 7 on a lap top but am open to suggestions, preferably something Microsoft


Do you have any specific preferred components?: no just durable not noisy ones

Do you need a sound or wireless card?: I am starting from scratch so I would assume so, I want wifi

Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?: Stock, unless convinced otherwise

Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?: monitor and keyboard

Zip code/location? (Shipping costs): Gendale CA 91206

Been considering building my own desktop for a while now. It gets very old having 20/20 vision and playing DayZ at 15-20 frames on under 100% 3d resolution because my lap top has an integrated graphics card! Any help on this is greatly appreciated, I am not sure if this is a doable task as I don't know that Black Friday prices are told before hand. But would at least like a build that with a reasonable margin of error could fall into the $500 range on Black Friday. I value durability and it not being a jet engine, just looking for a solid build that will allow me to play shooters on pc with decent frames

This post was edited by grampaflower on Nov 4 2014 06:47pm

i dont think anything at the price point can be made especially if u need a monitor and keyboard still

what do you currently have now?

Got an HP D6 or 7 something or another lap top. Gets the job done but for things like DayZ on arma most people would gouge out their own eyes. (I have 0 parts).

I'm not asking for 60+ frame ultra setting 4k anything. Just a steady gaming desktop, a potato could be an upgrade

This post was edited by grampaflower on Nov 4 2014 06:50pm

its hard to balance quality with performance at this price

ill whip up what i can

Could go up to $700 then, just wanting to keep it on a budget if possible, I need to save for Winter

this would be around 550 with a consumer1080p and a random keybaord

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pGLP99

ill make a 700 build later

or maybe some else will have helped you by then

For $15 more you can get an fx-4300 and compatible mobo...

that pentium is boss mode

Don't post bro

I'll help you out... just gimme a bit to finish my lesson plan for next week.