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I would just try to find an office getting rid of older Intel PCs. It's not super hard to find something for 50 bucks or less with a duo/quad core.

Spend the rest on a decent GPU and a PSU that won't murder you in your sleep.

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Hello LTT,

 

My friend has approached me and asked me to help him get a pc for CS:GO with a budget of €250.


We are based in Ireland and are willing to buy used.

 

Him, with no prior PC knowledge, had found a Core 2 Duo and GT 710 for €200, which I immediately told him to forget abut. 

 

I was thinking of doing a Ryzen 3 1200 with a used RX 570.

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

Thanks. 

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3 minutes ago, gloop said:

Hello LTT,

 

My friend has approached me and asked me to help him get a pc for CS:GO with a budget of €250.


We are based in Ireland and are willing to buy used.

 

Him, with no prior PC knowledge, had found a Core 2 Duo and GT 710 for €200, which I immediately told him to forget abut. 

 

I was thinking of doing a Ryzen 3 1200 with a used RX 570.

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

Thanks. 

No monitor needed, just a cheap kb and mouse that I'll probably get him for Christmas and will use free W10.

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4 minutes ago, gloop said:

We are based in Ireland

If you need specifics, County Cork.

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r3 new or a used i5/i7 maybe a r5?. 3-6th gen should be posible mattering on the used market

Unfortunately you aren't in the US so you can't use some of the good E-recycling places.

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I'd just build around the 2400G and add a GPU when your needs more horsepower. This way you don't buy into a dead platform bu you'll have plenty of upgrade options later on. The 2400G should be fine for CSGO medium settings.

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I would just try to find an office getting rid of older Intel PCs. It's not super hard to find something for 50 bucks or less with a duo/quad core.

Spend the rest on a decent GPU and a PSU that won't murder you in your sleep.

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49 minutes ago, trevb0t said:

I would just try to find an office getting rid of older Intel PCs. It's not super hard to find something for 50 bucks or less with a duo/quad core.

Spend the rest on a decent GPU and a PSU that won't murder you in your sleep.

Have found a good office PC and will upgrade GPU and PSU. Thanks!

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56 minutes ago, gloop said:

Have found a good office PC and will upgrade GPU and PSU. Thanks!

Sure thing! Through local trade markets or on ebay (or Irish equivalent) I would look for a used RX 580 8GB.

 

PCPartpicker doesn't have a lot of data for Ireland, but based only on their data, I'd do like:

https://ie.pcpartpicker.com/product/b37v6h/be-quiet-system-power-9-500-w-80-bronze-certified-atx-power-supply-bn246

(See if you can get that for a little less through available retailers.)

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