Gaming PC reccomendation

[medar]

what would you recommend me to buy for a small budget of $250. list all the parts.

[TheBean]

depends on your use case. for that tiny of a budget you will probably have to get really old used parts or just get a laptop. 

[medar]

1 minute ago, Saksham said:

depends on your use case. for that tiny of a budget you will probably have to get really old used parts or just get a laptop. 

don't need a case just a gaming pc that works and can plug into a monitor

[DakotaWebber]

"and can plug into a monitor"

 

Imagine building a pc that you cant plug anything into??

 

Where are you located and What games you planning on playing? 250usd vs 250aud are quite far apart in terms of pc parts

 

its not hard to build a 250 pc in usd that could somewhat play minecraft but youre not gonna be getting great results for triple A titles

[TheBean]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$126.46 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$72.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2666 CL15 Memory	$39.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$44.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Thermaltake Smart Series 430 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply	$46.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$331.42
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-28 02:09 EDT-0400

 

 

Edit: you probably want to look for used versions of these items to reduce cost. 

[Oswin]

your best option is to hunt deals on used hardware, 250$ aint taking you anywhere with new parts

[koptr]

4 minutes ago, highrusher said:

don't need a case just a gaming pc that works and can plug into a monitor

There is a misunderstanding: He wants you to know what is your purpose to do with this PC. Do you already have a case? Because otherwise you will Need one.

[medar]

1 minute ago, koptr said:

There is a misunderstanding: He wants you to know what is your purpose to do with this PC. Do you already have a case? Because otherwise you will Need one

I do have a case

[medar]

3 minutes ago, koptr said:

There is a misunderstanding: He wants you to know what is your purpose to do with this PC. Do you already have a case? Because otherwise you will Need one.

btw PC's can be used without a case

[Oswin]

2 minutes ago, highrusher said:

btw PC's can be used without a case

yes you can, but why?

[medar]

Just now, Oswin said:

yes you can, but why?

because I live in Bosnia and were pretty much poor for the US standards

[Jumballi]

get a console, and pc at your budget in your region is not gonna play a game

[medar]

1 minute ago, Jumballi said:

get a console, and pc at your budget in your region is not gonna play a game

I don't like consoles, I need the PC for school, actually used parts are pretty low here

 

Edit: school and gaming obviously not just school

[Jumballi]

1 minute ago, highrusher said:

I don't like consoles, I need the PC for school, actually used parts are pretty low here

 

Edit: school and gaming obviously not just school

You can definitely do school on a $250 pc, but not gaming. Adding gaming to your list of things you want this pc is just not possible. The cheapest pc that will start a game, looking at what @Saksham made, is still $100 more than your current budget. And that pc is still leagues behind a console from 2 generations ago.

[medar]

8 minutes ago, Jumballi said:

You can definitely do school on a $250 pc, but not gaming. Adding gaming to your list of things you want this pc is just not possible. The cheapest pc that will start a game, looking at what @Saksham made, is still $100 more than your current budget. And that pc is still leagues behind a console from 2 generations ago.

man hearing all of this makes me want to give up and go to sleep. my old pc died ok bummer

[koptr]

So get a used Optiplex for ~150$ and game in clouds. You'll have still 100$ to buy games. You may already have games but in that case you should sell them or I think if you are using Steam you can transfer your account to a service (Watch Linus video for clearence).

[medar]

2 minutes ago, koptr said:

So get a used Optiplex for ~150$ and game in clouds. You'll have still 100$ to buy games. You may already have games but in that case you should sell them or I think if you are using Steam you can transfer your account to a service (Watch Linus video for clearence).

what am i going to play again? terraria oh cool

 

 

[Jumballi]

5 minutes ago, highrusher said:

man hearing all of this makes me want to give up and go to sleep. my old pc died ok bummer

I do not want you to give up on your aspirations of building a pc, however I do want to set some boundaries and expectations for what you can do right now. My recommendation is to give up on gaming for the moment, and get something with a decent cpu for your school work, and then add a gpu for gaming down the line.

[Stormseeker9]

1 hour ago, highrusher said:

man hearing all of this makes me want to give up and go to sleep. my old pc died ok bummer

Well don’t get upset. What do you expect for $250 ?

[Avocheeseado]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$87.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	ASRock A320M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$64.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Patriot Viper Elite 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2666 CL16 Memory	$38.99 @ Amazon
Storage	TCSunBow X3 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$19.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 11 300 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$47.41 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$259.36
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-28 05:16 EDT-0400

Not recommended but the best you can get new for 250. If you can afford it then this £300 one is slightly better and it actually has an upgrade path.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$87.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$72.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$42.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Kingston A2000 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$44.99 @ Amazon
Case	Deepcool MATREXX 30 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$34.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Cooler Master Elite V3 400 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply	$48.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$332.94
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-28 05:21 EDT-0400