Old PC for super cheap?

[Blue_Meanie]

I really want to build a retro type PC, it should be able to play games like cs, gta san andreas games like that. I really don't want to spend much. I have already found a crt I want to get, but I don't know what parts to get. If not just a cheap whole pc, specific parts. I was going to get an E8500 core 2 duo but all the boards I could find were like $50.

[Mira Yurizaki]

Go on eBay, craiglist, or if you're lucky, your local Goodwill or whatever thrift store is up there would have old systems for dirt cheap.

[haxSins]

If scrapyard-wars has taught me anything, i would check craigslist. I haven't personally used the site, but i'm sure you would be able to find a cheap, old prebuilt capable of running CounterStrike and GTA San Andreas. 

[Blue_Meanie]

1 hour ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Go on eBay, craiglist, or if you're lucky, your local Goodwill or whatever thrift store is up there would have old systems for dirt cheap.

Yeah, I've looked just don't know what to look for. Online that is.

[Mira Yurizaki]

Figure out what games you want to play and get something within its recommended specs or a generation better.

[Blue_Meanie]

1 hour ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Figure out what games you want to play and get something within its recommended specs or a generation better.

That sounds like a good idea.

[Blue_Meanie]

1 hour ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Figure out what games you want to play and get something within its recommended specs or a generation better.

Wow, I need way less than I thought. Some sort of old pentinum cpu, maybe 2 gigs of ram and something like that. 

[Mira Yurizaki]

2 minutes ago, Blue_Meanie said:

Wow, I need way less than I thought. Some sort of old pentinum cpu, maybe 2 gigs of ram and something like that. 

I would say for the games you already listed in your OP, an Athlon 64 paired up with a GeForce 6800 or Radeon X800 should be fine. Or even a Radeon 9800.

[Blue_Meanie]

1 hour ago, M.Yurizaki said:

I would say for the games you already listed in your OP, an Athlon 64 paired up with a GeForce 6800 or Radeon X800 should be fine.

OK will look at those

[Blue_Meanie]

1 hour ago, M.Yurizaki said:

I would say for the games you already listed in your OP, an Athlon 64 paired up with a GeForce 6800 or Radeon X800 should be fine. Or even a Radeon 9800.

Well I found this 

Intel® Pentium® Processor E5200 

Ark says that the recommended user price is 72 dollars. Well this is two Canadian dollars  

[Blue_Meanie]

1 hour ago, M.Yurizaki said:

I would say for the games you already listed in your OP, an Athlon 64 paired up with a GeForce 6800 or Radeon X800 should be fine. Or even a Radeon 9800.

Is this mobo good for a pentium e5200 

IBM Lenovo ThinkCentre M55P LGA L-IQ965U 775 MOTHERBOARD 

[flibberdipper]

If you're wanting to just place CS 1.6 and not CS:GO, then seriously take a look at old Socket 478 parts. I had a 2.4GHz P4 with Hyperthreading (130nm and not 90nm because it actually performed a smidge better and ran way cooler)  paired with a Radeon X1650Pro 256MB and it was a really good pair. Ran SA and NFS: Carbon flawlessly.

[BaalRunz]

Find an old Optiplex 990 mobo from the "e-word" site for around 20$. Then, get a cheap i5 2500 (40$), or i7 2600 ($90), badda bing botta boom. This is if you really want a budget and only 10-30% performance loss from mainstream chip PC though, which will be fine for now