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Budget (including currency): Under 200 

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mainly internet / you tube / emails

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Basically my grandparents have an old pc VERY old, it has an old AMD athlon x2, some old ass mobo, ddr2 ram. They got it in 2006-8 so that should tell you enough. Anyways I was looking making a cheap quad core system for around $200 just to be used for internet emails and youtube more or less. Does anyone have any used parts suggestions?

 

If new I was plannong on

AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor at $127.50

ASRock A320M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard at $69.78 

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory at 122.99

 

we have an existing case and fairly new psu (got it two years ago) So if anyone has any tips please do let me know!

 

 

 

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You could also very easily find like a dell optiplex i5 with 8GB of memory and an SSD fro around $200 on ebay. If it's just a basic web browsing PC something like that would be perfectly fine.

Main Desktop: CPU - i9-14900k | Mobo - Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX | GPU - PNY Gaming OC RTX 5080 16GB RAM - Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 64GB 6400mhz | AIO - Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360mm | PSU - Corsair RM1000X | Case - Hyte Y40 - White | Storage - Samsung 980 Pro 1TB Nvme /  Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 4TB Nvme / Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB Nvme / Samsung 870 EVO 4TB SSD / Samsung 870 QVO 2TB SSD/ Samsung 860 EVO 500GB SSD|

 

TV Streaming PC: Intel Nuc CPU - i7 13th Gen | RAM - 16GB DDR4 3200mhz | Storage - Crucial P3 Plus 1TB Nvme |

 

Phone: Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra - Black 256GB |

 

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Just buy a pre owned oem 

AMD blackout rig

 

cpu: ryzen 5 3600 @4.4ghz @1.35v

gpu: rx5700xt 2200mhz

ram: vengeance lpx c15 3200mhz

mobo: gigabyte b550 auros pro 

psu: cooler master mwe 650w

case: masterbox mbx520

fans:Noctua industrial 3000rpm x6

 

 

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