Laptop vs 300$ PC

[Dark Weirdo]

I have a laptop with the following specs:

Core i5 6200U

8GB RAM

1TB SSHD

AMD R7 M360 4GB

Is there a desktop pc that can outperform it for mainstream gaming and tasks that require multi-core proccessing for less than 300$, or is the laptop ok enough?

[Dark Weirdo]

Without hard drives

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - A12-9800 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Newegg) if you're thinking of upgrading in the near future, get the B350 variant instead.
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($77.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Rosewill - RANGER-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($19.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Rosewill - 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $281.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-08 22:20 EDT-0400

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3 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - A12-9800 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($77.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Rosewill - RANGER-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($19.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Rosewill - 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $281.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-08 22:20 EDT-0400

Nice pick, that has a great upgrade path too (Even better if zen2 ends up supporting the same chipset, but that is just speculation, at least we should expect zen+ and raven ridge to support the same chipset.)

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 minutes ago, tjcater said:

Nice pick, that has a great upgrade path too (Even better if zen2 ends up supporting the same chipset, but that is just speculation, at least we should expect zen+ and raven ridge to support the same chipset.)

they should be in the same socket, might have new chipsets but a simple bios update should work fine.

[Dark Weirdo]

5 hours ago, herman mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - A12-9800 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Newegg) if you're thinking of upgrading in the near future, get the B350 variant instead.
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($77.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Rosewill - RANGER-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($19.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Rosewill - 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $281.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-08 22:20 EDT-0400

Is there an alternative for A12 as it doesn't exist in my country's online markets ?

[Herman Mcpootis]

23 hours ago, Dark Weirdo said:

Is there an alternative for A12 as it doesn't exist in my country's online markets ?

not really, get used parts instead for $300.