Super budget PC advice

[owen_pi]

My brother is making a budget PC, I came up with this list:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Athlon 200GE 3.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor	$50.79 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory	G.Skill - Aegis 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$52.89 @ OutletPC
Storage	Kingston - A400 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$25.99 @ Amazon
Case	Rosewill - SRM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$19.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair - VS 450 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply	$23.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$188.64
	Mail-in rebates	-$15.00
	Total	$173.64
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-08 15:48 EST-0500

Do you think we should get the 200GE? Or get a 2200g?

IF we get the 200ge then I can get an rx 470 used from ebay. Do you think we should do that? Or go with the 2200g?

 

Also do you see any issues with the list? (other then the crappy case and SSD)

[3 Lions]

Go with the 2200G

[owen_pi]

You sure? I would get better performance out of the 200ge + rx 470

[3 Lions]

2 minutes ago, owen_pi said:

You sure? I would get better performance out of the 200ge + rx 470

Obviously the iGPU of the 2200G isn't going to be amazing by any stretch of the imagination but in terms of raw CPU power, the 2200G is about 50% faster.  

[glenalz81]

Get an MSI motherboard instead, find out which bios update unlocks the CPU and overclock it to 3.9, grab your 470 and away you go. Budget beast.

[owen_pi]

He really wants to play Forza, I forgot what the numbers were for the vega 8, I will go check.

[Fasauceome]

A320 board is no good, avoid at all costs.

[owen_pi]

Is that what GN did to overclock it?

[owen_pi]

That is a placeholder, I was thinking of https://pcpartpicker.com/product/gmyxFT/msi-b350m-pro-vd-plus-micro-atx-am4-motherboard-b350m-pro-vd-plus

MSI - B350M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard

[NunoLava1998]

What's his maximum budget?

[owen_pi]

Right now? He only has 175 dollars saved up currently. But he's playing on a i5 4200u with an intel HD 4400. ooof

[NunoLava1998]

5 minutes ago, owen_pi said:

Right now? He only has 175 dollars saved up currently. But he's playing on a i5 4200u with an intel HD 4400. ooof

That is way too low for a PC with new parts lol

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Athlon 200GE 3.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($50.79 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($61.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($36.00 @ Walmart) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 570 4 GB Gaming 4G  Video Card  ($149.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($32.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $436.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-08 16:16 EST-0500

 

435$ with RX 570, Athlon 200GE, B450 motherboard, a good power supply and case and a 240GB SSD instead of a 120GB one.

 

Need to cheap out on some parts? Get used RAM and GPU. Should be under 400$.

[SolarNova]

Consider picking up an old used Dell Optiplex and adding a used GPU like a GTX 750 or some such.

 

For the budget u have, thats probably your best option.

 

 

[LukeSavenije]

two options:

get a 2200g, b450 pro4, 8 gigs dual channel, a fair ssd, no gpu, a okay case and a better psu for around 300 bucks after rebates

or look second hand for a good enough tower, upgrade it and get more value for your money, but lose warrenty

 

the choise is yours/his...

[NunoLava1998]

Just now, SolarNova said:

Consider picking up an old used Dell Optiplex and adding a used GPU like a GTX 750 or some such.

 

For the budget u have, thats probably your best option.

 

 

The 350-400$ build I did is also actually pretty good because the AM4 platform is easy to do upgrades for and a RX 570 is much better than a GTX 750.

[emosun]

4 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

That is way too low for a PC with new parts

yeah....

you'd be better off buying a used workstation from a few years ago and adding to it than this machine

 

your platform uses ddr4 which costs more and isn't going to benefit from the ddr4 becuase the cpu is slower than an old school i7 930