NVIDIA offers a build-it-yourself, GeForce PC-in-a-box kit

Two common misconceptions about PC gaming is that it costs a lot of money to build a gaming computer, and that building a computer is a really difficult thing to do. NVIDIA is out to set these folks wrong with a new product they are now offering: basically, it is a box of parts, that you can use to build your own NVIDIA-branded gaming computer.

To help first-time builders, there is also documentation, and a step-by-step video showing how you can put together all the little bits in the box into a gaming machine. As can be expected, your computer will be look very 'NVIDIA-ish' once it is done, with the standard green and black of NVIDIA's corporate logo. 

For the price tag of $500 USD, the computer system would have no troubles playing the most of the latest games smoothly, powered by the aging, yet still capable, 9800 GT. 

You should be able to save yourself even more money by shopping around yourself, but really, for $500 this isn't that terrible of a deal. Especially if you would not really know how to go about shopping for the parts for a new computer. Here are the parts included:

These days, if you really do things on the cheap, you can get a gaming-capable computer for about the price of an Xbox Elite. So please, next time you hear you have to spend $2000 to get a decent gaming PC, don't believe it!

This NVIDIA offering might not be the best bang for buck you are likely to find, but it probably will appeal to those looking for an easy time for their first build.