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Extreme Low Budget Gaming build

tezza192
By tezza192
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I am on an absolute shoe string budget as I have very little spare cash, I maxed my budget and scrimped whatever I could together -  I either bought cheap or used. For those asking why I didn't get the G3258 I literally didnt have the money, will potentially upgrade in the future.  Everything was the cheapest I could get, I think this is a good demonstration of what can be done for very little money.

 

*Case - Some POS MATX case  from the local PC shop - ex display -  £15

*MB- Cheapest Intel 1150 board on amazon - Asrock H81 - £30

*Intel G3220 CPU - £39

*Video Card - used reference 7870  from Gumtree (UKs craigslist) - £55

*RAM - 4gb Hyper X 1600mhz - £24 (will eventually get 8gb)

*80mm Fan - £3

*HDD - 500gb 7200rpm drive salvaged from broken laptop  £20 from local PC shop

*OCZ 550 watt 80+bronze PSU - £28 ebay

*Windows 8.1 Genuine Licence from Reddit Microsoft Software Swap - £15

CD/DVD writer - I actually had this in a drawer from a previous build. - £0

Total Cost - £229

 

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CPU + Ram install

 

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Heatsink on and wired up

 

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PSU installed

 

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IO shield and motherboard in 

 

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HDD installed  - Screws in from the bottom

 

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80mm fan installed

 

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Front IO / Audio / USB headers installed

 

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Video Card installed 

Some cables managed - This case has zero cable management features  so did the best I could. 

 

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Sata cables connected


 

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Finished

 

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Tomb Raider

1080p / High Preset / FXAA

 

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Batman Arkham City

1080p High Preset / FXAA

 

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Grid Autosport

1080p High Preset / 4X MSAA

 

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3Dmark Firestrike

 

Pretty happy overall and it runs like a dream!



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Damn son. For that little that's a hella nice build.

Someone told Luke and Linus at CES 2017 to "Unban the legend known as Jerakl" and that's about all I've got going for me. (It didn't work)

 

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Alright, sweet little build!

The awkward moment when people have a better gaming build than you, while they say it an "extreme low budget" build  :(

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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I'm impressed

Don't ask to ask, just ask... please 🤨

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Nice effort mate, good to see some people using the little money they have to the best ability!

 

Kudos to you

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This is really nice to see, goes to show you dont need to spend mega bucks to get great looking games. 

Cpu : AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (3.8Ghz), Motherboard : Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3 - RAM : 8GB DDR4 2933 Team (Vulkan) memory, GPU : MSI GTX 980 4GB Case : Antec P50, Storage : 120GB Samsung SSD, 3TB WD Blue, PSU : 530w Thermaltake SPS-530MPC, Cooling : Artic freezer Pro 7, OS : Windows 10. 

 

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Awesome build and really nice performance for what you paid! :D

 

Also, great job with the cable management. ;)

My Systems:

Main - Work + Gaming:

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Woodland Raven: Ryzen 2700X // AMD Wraith RGB // Asus Prime X570-P // G.Skill 2x 8GB 3600MHz DDR4 // Radeon RX Vega 56 // Crucial P1 NVMe 1TB M.2 SSD // Deepcool DQ650-M // chassis build in progress // Windows 10 // Thrustmaster TMX + G27 pedals & shifter

F@H Rig:

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FX-8350 // Deepcool Neptwin // MSI 970 Gaming // AData 2x 4GB 1600 DDR3 // 2x Gigabyte RX-570 4G's // Samsung 840 120GB SSD // Cooler Master V650 // Windows 10

 

HTPC:

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SNES PC (HTPC): i3-4150 @3.5 // Gigabyte GA-H87N-Wifi // G.Skill 2x 4GB DDR3 1600 // Asus Dual GTX 1050Ti 4GB OC // AData SP600 128GB SSD // Pico 160XT PSU // Custom SNES Enclosure // 55" LG LED 1080p TV  // Logitech wireless touchpad-keyboard // Windows 10 // Build Log

Laptops:

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MY DAILY: Lenovo ThinkPad T410 // 14" 1440x900 // i5-540M 2.5GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD iGPU + Quadro NVS 3100M 512MB dGPU // 2x4GB DDR3L 1066 // Mushkin Triactor 480GB SSD // Windows 10

 

WIFE'S: Dell Latitude E5450 // 14" 1366x768 // i5-5300U 2.3GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD5500 // 2x4GB RAM DDR3L 1600 // 500GB 7200 HDD // Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon

 

EXPERIMENTAL: Pinebook // 11.6" 1080p // Manjaro KDE (ARM)

NAS:

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Home NAS: Pentium G4400 @3.3 // Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 // 2x 4GB DDR4 2400 // Intel HD Graphics // Kingston A400 120GB SSD // 3x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200 HDDs in RAID-Z // Cooler Master Silent Pro M 1000w PSU // Antec Performance Plus 1080AMG // FreeNAS OS

 

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