text: where can i get a high performance gaming computer for under 1500$? i'm willing to put a little work on it. www.newegg.com  gaming machines require a decent cpu, a high end video card, and a lot of ram.  you'll want 1gb-2gb ram an amd cpu (amd is better for gaming)(i'm using an amd athlon 64 4000+) a video card with 256mb-512mb video ram(should expect to spend at least 200$ on it for good performance) a motherboard of your choice(make sure all of your components are compatible with this) a hard drive (sata 2 is the fastest type last i checked) a reliable powersupply  i recently built a computer for a friend of mine for 1300$  his specs: amd athlon 64x2 3800 asus a8n5x motherboard 500w psu sapphire radeon x800xl 512mb pci-expressx16 1gb ram 2 300gb sata 150 hard drives 19" lcd widescreen monitor with 8ms response time (very nice monitor)  it cost him a little bit over 1400$ with shipping and handleing cost as well.