cheap pc

[ollie.brooker]

Hey guys,

i am new to making pcs and i have a very limited budget at the moment but am pushing for competitive play. I was wondering at what price i could build a pc that could run counter strike and Fortnite at a constant 100 Fps ( im in the UK)

Thanks, Ollie

 

[Oshane D]

It might be best to state your budget just to help in having the parts chosen with price to performance in mind instead of just price OR performance

[SpookyCitrus]

Budget?

Desired Resolution?

[ollie.brooker]

3 minutes ago, Genwyn said:

What's the budget?

If you're going super cheap, get an old optiplex and stick a low power, potentially low profile gpu in it.

 

An optiplex 790 with an i5 2400 or i7 2600 and 8gb of ram should be very cheap to find. Put a 1050, 1050ti or RX 560 in it and you're all good. Try to find a fat one first because they can take atx power supplies if you want to upgrade to a more power hungry gpu, and they take full height GPUs.

The slim ones are a pain to upgrade and you need a low profile gpu.

about £500 would be great but a little more may be possible

 

[ollie.brooker]

7 minutes ago, Oshane D said:

It might be best to state your budget just to help in having the parts chosen with price to performance in mind instead of just price OR performance

£500 would be great but a little more is fine

 

[Stormseeker9]

Nvm. Forgot to add case

[FlpDaMattress]

How does this look? I went a bit over but it DOES have an SSD.

If the price is too high, you can drop the AIO for an air cooler. It's pretty much unnecessary but it's pretty silent and looks cool ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$79.89 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$58.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 AORUS M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$84.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport AT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$64.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Kingston A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$29.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$44.12 @ OutletPC
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1650 4 GB GAMING X Video Card	$109.99 @ Newegg
Case	Cooler Master MB600L ODD ATX Mid Tower Case	$40.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	EVGA 500 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply	$44.89 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$623.73
	Mail-in rebates	-$65.00
	Total	$558.73
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-28 18:19 EDT-0400

 

I left out a Windows license because it doesn't necessarily *need* to be activated when you're building it

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£115.34 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock X370M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£60.72 @ SmartTeck.co.uk) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£66.49 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba OCZ TR200 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£45.83 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 570 8 GB ARMOR OC Video Card  (£134.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: CiT F3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£26.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 9 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£48.03 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £498.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-29 02:48 BST+0100