anyone know a good budget desktop or parts i could build one?

[Endruce]

hello i have started to think about getting a knew pc since mine is trash! thanks!

[wenken [ITA]]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Monk:

Start looking carefully at second hand I guess you may find a bargain, failing that, it's either save a bit more or look to console's really.

The very cheapest build you could try would be https://pcpartpicker.com/list/R2tgzY it's not going to hit more than medium settings, but should play most games at lower settings and be fine for e-sport.

That PSu will lit the PC on fire at the first boot.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/g7HBTB

[Monk]

people really do worry anpout psu's to much and the new intergrated grap[hics on the 2200/2400G are fine for playing any modern game at lower settings, ideally swap the 2200G for a 2400G but, that wasnt showing up as an option for some reason.

either way, its a pc capable of playing games on for $300, its going to have compromises, the psu, while not great is from evga so will be covered by warranty, so whiule not the best, well, they dont sell dangerous power supplys branded with their name, thats not good business.

[bear_1]

Get something like a cheap Ryzen 3 and a 1050 or 1050 Ti, you'll be able to play pretty much everything very smoothly. If you want to go cheaper still you can get the new hyper-threaded Pentium or even a Core 2 Quad (Great CPU but hard to find as it's old) and a 1030.

[Monk]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Pastor Maldonado:

Get something like a cheap Ryzen 3 and a 1050 or 1050 Ti, you'll be able to play pretty much everything very smoothly. If you want to go cheaper still you can get the new hyper-threaded Pentium or even a Core 2 Quad (Great CPU but hard to find as it's old) and a 1030.

any GPU will soar well over the OPs budget.

[bear_1]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Monk:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Pastor Maldonado:

Get something like a cheap Ryzen 3 and a 1050 or 1050 Ti, you'll be able to play pretty much everything very smoothly. If you want to go cheaper still you can get the new hyper-threaded Pentium or even a Core 2 Quad (Great CPU but hard to find as it's old) and a 1030.

any GPU will soar well over the OPs budget.

Then he should get a Ryzen with intergrated graphics, that's what a friend of mine is doing right now.

What budget are we talking about?

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Pastor Maldonado:

Get something like a cheap Ryzen 3 and a 1050 or 1050 Ti, you'll be able to play pretty much everything very smoothly. If you want to go cheaper still you can get the new hyper-threaded Pentium or even a Core 2 Quad (Great CPU but hard to find as it's old) and a 1030.

What's the point in that, Ryzen 3 2200G has same performance as GT 1030 and better CPU performance then old Core 2 Quad.
GTX 1050 would add around $140 to the budget.

[bear_1]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Rumpelcrutchskin:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Pastor Maldonado:

Get something like a cheap Ryzen 3 and a 1050 or 1050 Ti, you'll be able to play pretty much everything very smoothly. If you want to go cheaper still you can get the new hyper-threaded Pentium or even a Core 2 Quad (Great CPU but hard to find as it's old) and a 1030.

What's the point in that, Ryzen 3 2200G has same performance as GT 1030 and better CPU performance then old Core 2 Quad.
GTX 1050 would add around $140 to the budget.

Check my post below that

[Monk]

read the whole thread, he has under $300, and both of our builds use the 2200G to get around the gpu issue for a reason.

[InfinityJosh]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/CL8Mw6

Use the INTEL iGPU.

You will be able to play now at 1280x720p low settings most games.

When you will have 200/300 bucks you could add a discrete GPU and play 1920x1080p high/ultra settings.

It's a powerful futureproof gaming PC and low end gaming PC now.

[wenken [ITA]]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Infinity Josh:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/CL8Mw6

Use the INTEL iGPU.

You will be able to play now at 1280x720p low settings most games.

When you will have 200/300 bucks you could add a discrete GPU and play 1920x1080p high/ultra settings.

It's a powerful futureproof gaming PC and low end gaming PC now.

He could use a Ryzen 3 2200G instead, and play now at 720p@60 or 1080p@30-45.

[InfinityJosh]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από angeC:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Infinity Josh:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/CL8Mw6

Use the INTEL iGPU.

You will be able to play now at 1280x720p low settings most games.

When you will have 200/300 bucks you could add a discrete GPU and play 1920x1080p high/ultra settings.

It's a powerful futureproof gaming PC and low end gaming PC now.

He could use a Ryzen 3 2200G instead, and play now at 720p@60 or 1080p@30-45.

Indeed but he may need to flash bios.
Anyway he could build a gaming PC with 300 bucks, he already has a HDD and case and he also could sell actual CPU+MB+RAM+PSU for 50 bucks.

300+50=350$

Intel HD vs G2200 AMD

He would be able to play in High Definition every game.

[Sapph]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Infinity Josh:

Indeed but he may need to flash bios.
Anyway he could build a gaming PC with 300 bucks, he already has a HDD and case.

The problem is that the case might not be standard sized and the HDD might be IDE instead of SATA. Or if it's SATA, it's old and slow which will be hitting 100% usage constantly. And I can tell you, it's not a nice user experience.

[InfinityJosh]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Sapph:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Infinity Josh:

Indeed but he may need to flash bios.
Anyway he could build a gaming PC with 300 bucks, he already has a HDD and case.

The problem is that the case might not be standard sized and the HDD might be IDE instead of SATA. Or if it's SATA, it's old and slow.

I suggested him a micro ATX PC so that won't be a problem.

You can't expect miracles for 300$ and HDD is easily replaceable.

Another option would be selling his whole PC for 80/100 bucks and with 380/400$ build a:

2200G or 8100
+240GB SSD+CASE

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Xzb8jy

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Jbn7vn

Those 2 are the best budget gaming PCs he can afford.

[wenken [ITA]]

The best thing OP can do is to make some more money and to buy the parts during Blacj Friday.