answer:Finding a good “out of the box” gaming rig at any price is a bit tricky, but if you are willing to do a tiny pit of work, then it’s easily possible to take a modest regular PC and turn it into a competent gaming rig for cheap. Personally, I use an old Gateway that I picked up for $500 4–5 years ago, swapped ou the power supply for something more robust and reliable, and added a video card. Sure, it has a quaint CPU that was bottom-rung even then, but the video card is as good as any $100 mid-grade gaming card currently sold and 6GB RAM, so it’s still adequate. Generally, the pre-built gaming rigs come with a worse video card than they should and up the CPU more than they need to, which is why I do it the way I do. There are places like Cyberpower that do do custom prebuilds though, so if you know exactly what you want then they will bolt it all together for you… usually. They don’t always offer the options I want, so I don’t use them, but they do offer enough options to make people less fussy than me happy. Regardless of which way you customize your rig, for a “budget build” your best bet is probably an Intel Core i5-series CPU hooked to an R9 270X video card and no less than 6GB RAM. Maybe even an SSD for your OS and applications if you are truly serious, that is optional, but has a dramatic effect on how quickly the system boot and starts applications as well as load levels, and is an option if your budget is over $700.