PC, budget gaming PC build.

[QantasAviator]

Hi everyone

 

looking to build a budget gaming PC. I own a macbook, and while its amazing at note taking...      it aint no gaming laptop. I'm looking to do basic photo editing, Minecraft, CSGO and basic games. Are these components compatible?

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AMD Athlon 200GE. (incl. Radeon Vega graphics.

Kingston SSD (240gb) SATA 3.

Thermaltake Versa h17

Evga 500w PSU

ASUS TUFZ370 

Corsair (2x4gb) LPX 8GB, DDR4. 2400MHz 

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Apologies in advance if this is in the incorrect area of the forum. Not looking for recommendations on peripherals. Already have keyboard and mouse. Already have a 2.5 500gb HDD from a broken Macbook Pro, so i have plenty of storage available.

[buffinmuffin]

The Z370 chipset is for intel processors, the ASUS Z370 motherboard is not compatible with that processor. 

[QantasAviator]

I haven't played too much CSGO atm, sort of just getting into it. 

[QantasAviator]

So, have you got any motherboard reccomendations for the AMD Athlon 200GE?

[Beowulff83]

Just now, QantasAviator said:

So, have you got any motherboard reccomendations for the AMD Athlon 200GE?

Depends do you want an upgrade path or the cheapest possible motherboard?  Also you have seen some video's of the 200ge gaming correct?  I only ask this because it will get you by but just barely @ 1080p.

[QantasAviator]

10 minutes ago, Beowulff83 said:

Depends do you want an upgrade path or the cheapest possible motherboard?  Also you have seen some video's of the 200ge gaming correct?  I only ask this because it will get you by but just barely @ 1080p.

Yea, i just looked. Pretty horrible, likely to choose the AMD Ryzen 3 3200G instead. 

[Beowulff83]

2 minutes ago, QantasAviator said:

Yea, i just looked. Pretty horrible, likely to choose the AMD Ryzen 3 3200G instead.

I would take a look at some b450 micro atx motherboards that fit in your budget.  To pair with that 3200g

[xKyric]

Have you considered using pre-owned components? On a low budget, making use of pre-owned hardware can result in a build drastically faster than it's new counterpart. 

To make things better, all these parts can be had from eBay with a return policy. Still, new hardware does have it's charms. The choice is yours. 

 

Take this build for example (all prices are in USD): 

Processor: Intel Xeon X3470, $13

Processor Cooler: Intel Stock Cooler, $7

Motherboard: H55/P55 Motherboard, $40

Memory: 8GBs of DDR3, $20

Graphics Card: GTX 1060 3GB, $100

SDD- 240GB, $30

HDD- 1TB 7200RPM, $19

Power Supply: 450W-500W B-Stock, $25
Case: Any inexpensive case, $30
Total: $285 

 

This is a killer PC for sub $300. 

[hello_there_123]

8 minutes ago, xKyric said:

Graphics Card: GTX 1060 3GB, $100

rx 480 usually around the same price 

 

8 minutes ago, xKyric said:

Power Supply: 450W-500W B-Stock, $25

Corsair cx450