Portable Gaming PC For $600
May 27, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Desktops, Gaming
I recently had to lug my desktop to a LAN party, and while I had lots of fun blasting zombies away with a couple of friends, it was honestly quite a hassle to move my relatively big box around—and I wasn’t even bringing around a display.
$600 Gaming PC, Courtesy Tom's Hardware
So props to Tom’s Hardware for their May System Builder’s Marathon. The highlight: a $600 microATX gaming PC that can fit in a gym bag, along with other peripherals like the mouse and keyboard. The specs:
| Component | Model | Price (U.S Dollar) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Pentium E5200 2.5GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor |
$70 |
| CPU Cooler | Intel Boxed Heatsink/Fan | $0 |
| Motherboard | ASRock G41M-LE Micro ATX Intel Motherboard |
$62 |
| Ram | G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory |
$41 |
| Graphics | XFX GeForce GTX 260 GX260XADJF Video Card |
$170 |
| Hard Drives | Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB 3.5″ SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive |
$60 |
| Sound | Integrated | $0 |
| Network | Integrated | $0 |
| Case | SILVERSTONE Sugo SG01-BF Black Computer Case |
$70 |
| Power | OCZ Fatal1ty OCZ550FTY 550W Power Supply |
$75 |
| Optical | LITE-ON 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model iHAP222-06 |
$25 |
| Total Price | $593 |
Surprisingly, if Tom’s is correct, the performance of this rig is comparable to my $1200 homebuilt FragBox.
