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Budget (including currency): 600 euros

Country: Belguim

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: minecraft, csgo, valorant, photo editing

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want) 

This is for my friend, hes gaming on an old laptop and wants to buy a new pc with a really low budget. He doesnt have a monitor yet but you dont need to include in the budget. I guess its kind off a challenge to get a good pc for this budget.

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22 minutes ago, Denkiani said:

Budget (including currency): 600 euros

Country: Belguim

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: minecraft, csgo, valorant, photo editing

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want) 

This is for my friend, hes gaming on an old laptop and wants to buy a new pc with a really low budget. He doesnt have a monitor yet but you dont need to include in the budget. I guess its kind off a challenge to get a good pc for this budget.

Definition of good is very malable.  One problem with this is photoshop requires absolutely opposite things from Minecraft.  Minecraft likes fast single thread and doesn’t an care about thread count while photoshop likes thread count and doesn’t care about fast single thread.  You can have both of course but that is expensive. 

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

Life is like a bowl of chocolates: there are all these little crinkly paper cups everywhere.

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1 minute ago, Bombastinator said:

Definition of good is very malable.  One problem with this is photoshop requires absolutely opposite things from Minecraft.  Minecraft likes fast single thread and doesn’t an care about thread count while photoshop likes thread count and doesn’t care about fast single thread.  You can have both of course but that is expensive. 

yeah true but the budget is really low. Hes running games on abt 30fps right now. is there a possible build for this budget that can run photoshop and games at the same time?

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The only thing to be careful with is the PSU.  It’s the only dangerous bit.  With PSUs the most important bit is safety.  They age and they’ve got really really big capacitors in them.  If they blow they can fry every other component in the computer.  Most of the cost of a decent PSU is security features.  Either that keep it from blowing or that protect downstream components of it does blow.

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

Life is like a bowl of chocolates: there are all these little crinkly paper cups everywhere.

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8 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

The only thing to be careful with is the PSU.  It’s the only dangerous bit.  With PSUs the most important bit is safety.  They age and they’ve got really really big capacitors in them.  If they blow they can fry every other component in the computer.  Most of the cost of a decent PSU is security features.  Either that keep it from blowing or that protect downstream components of it does blow.

Wich psu would u recommend

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4 minutes ago, Denkiani said:

Wich psu would u recommend

I don’t go near that one myself but there’s a tierlist in the PSU section that is supposed to have been gone over by experts.

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

Life is like a bowl of chocolates: there are all these little crinkly paper cups everywhere.

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4 hours ago, Smoox said:

Hello, im not an expert but i recommend something like this.

I made this in an Portuguese store, so the prices can be higher or lower in your country.

The total was 601,70 €

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I'd suggest getting Thermaltake Versa H18 over the Q300L because it has better airflow.

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