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I'm thinking of building a PC, and frankly, I have no clue what to get. I want something that will play current and upcoming games well (PORTAL TWO), but isn't massively expensive. I'd really like to be in the $200 or less range. I'm probably going to go with an AMD Phenom II x4 processor, if that makes a difference.

Also: Not quite sure if this is under the right forum.

This the one I have and plays anything out there. That is if you can find it.

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.a ... 6814102826

This is one heck of a card for the money, and it will very easily run all the newest games: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130537
This is a great board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813138140
And, for an AMD quad core, this is the best bang for the buck: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819103871 (and you get a free game!)
RAM, go with G Skill: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820231148 (man, RAM prices have gone crazy!)
You are gonna need a nice CPU cooler, and this one is the best: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835103065
A 500Gb SATA II drive will cost maybe $50. A DVD burner about $25.
This is the case I got, and I love it. It has plenty of room inside and you don't need any tools for the hard drives. Plenty of cooling, too. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811119197
Don't go cheap on a power supply. When it blows up, it will take all the rest of the parts with it. I run these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817171052

You need any more help, just ask us. Now, get back to work so you can pay for all that "stuff"

Wow, okay. Thank you very much.

That's very helpful. What about a sound card, though?
EDIT: nevermind, it's integrated in the motherboard.

Mr. Chris wrote:This is one heck of a card for the money, and it will very easily run all the newest games: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130537

Will this card more than likely still be playing games decently 2 or 3 years from now?

afrocat wrote:Will this card more than likely still be playing games decently 2 or 3 years from now?

It's only a DX10 card so it won't be able to run games that are DX11, but it should be fine for several years.

Awesome! Thank you very much, I will definitely be using this forum in the future.