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Back when I posted here more, I usually maintained that a $300 PC with new parts could still be a good value proposition, back then it was the Pentium G3258 + 750 ti... What's the absolute best-performing $300 build today? 

I'm not looking to actually build this yet, just curious. Location - USA.

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I think for $300 you're honestly better looking at used.

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CPU: Ryzen 7 3800x   |  GPU: Asus ROG STRIX 2080 SUPER Advanced (2115Mhz Core | 9251Mhz Memory) |  Motherboard: Asus X570 TUF GAMING-PLUS  |  RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws DDR4 3600MHz 16GB  |  PSU: Corsair RM850x  |  Storage: 1TB ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro, 250GB Samsung 840 Evo, 500GB Samsung 840 Evo  |  Cooler: Corsair H115i Pro XT  |  Case: Lian Li PC-O11

 

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1 minute ago, Statik said:

I think for $300 you're honestly better looking at used.

 

6 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

Back when I posted here more, I usually maintained that a $300 PC with new parts could still be a good value proposition, back then it was the Pentium G3258 + 750 ti... What's the absolute best-performing $300 build today? 

I'm not looking to actually build this yet, just curious. Location - USA.

New parts only, I wanna see what's possible. Pentium G3258 + 750 Ti, and Pentium Gold (hyperthreaded) + 1050 ti were great combos for around $300-325

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If you’re looking at new, then an amd apu is probably the best you could get for a $300 budget.

 

or are you talking just cpu and gpu?

I am far from an expert in this so please correct me if I’m wrong.

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mayby something like this:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor $89.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $72.99 @ Best Buy
Memory Patriot Viper 4 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $44.99 @ Newegg
Storage Toshiba 320 GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive $17.50 @ Amazon
Case Antec VSK3000E-U3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case $37.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair CV 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $53.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $317.45
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-25 11:32 EDT-0400  

 

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The Athlon 3000G has an okay enough igpu

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/My2JDx

CPU: AMD Athlon 3000G 3.5 GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Team L5 LITE 3D 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Antec VSK3000E-U3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 400 W ATX Power Supply  ($39.91 @ Walmart)
Total: $302.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-25 11:31 EDT-0400

Specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen R7 3700X @4.4Ghz, GPU: Gigabyte RX 5700 XT, RAM: 32 GB (2x 8GB Trident Z Royal + 2x 8GB TForce Vulkan Z) @3000Mhz, Motherboard: ASRock B550m Steel Legend, Storage: 1x WD Black 1Tb NVMe (boot) + 1x Samsung 860 QVO 1Tb SSD (storage), Case: Thermaltake Core V21, Cooler: Noctua NH-D15

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How about $350. This is what I could come up with, hopefully not a fire hazard. Power supply is incredibly sketchy.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Athlon 3000G 3.5 GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: MSI A320M-A PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Patriot Signature Line 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($18.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: TCSunBow X3 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($20.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX 570 4 GB Phantom Gaming D Video Card  ($123.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Antec VSK3000E-U3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 400 W ATX Power Supply  ($39.91 @ Walmart) 
Total: $356.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-25 11:44 EDT-0400

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This is as low as i could recommend for a base system with room to grow.

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor $89.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $72.99 @ Best Buy
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $44.99 @ Newegg
Storage Kingston A2000 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $44.99 @ Amazon
Case DIYPC F2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case $47.96 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair CV 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $53.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $354.91
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-25 11:58 EDT-0400  

U got room for more RAM, can add Mass storage later, can add a GPU, and the MB can take much higher end CPU at a later date as well.

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VDU: Panasonic 42" Plasma | GPU: Gigabyte 1080ti Gaming OC & Barrow Block (RIP)...GTX 980ti | Sound: Asus Xonar D2X - Z5500 -FiiO X3K DAP/DAC - ATH-M50S | Case: Phantek Enthoo Primo White |

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3 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

How about $350. This is what I could come up with, hopefully not a fire hazard. Power supply is incredibly sketchy.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Athlon 3000G 3.5 GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: MSI A320M-A PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Patriot Signature Line 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($18.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: TCSunBow X3 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($20.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX 570 4 GB Phantom Gaming D Video Card  ($123.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Antec VSK3000E-U3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 400 W ATX Power Supply  ($39.91 @ Walmart) 
Total: $356.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-25 11:44 EDT-0400

I would go with a igpu so you won’t have to cut down as much on other parts and integrated graphics have come a long way.

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T-Force Delta RGB 250GB SSD, 4TB Seagate Barracuda HDD PSU: 750 Watt EVGA SuperNova G3 MONITER: Dell S2716DGR 1440p 144hz G-Sync, BenQ PD2700U 4K 60hz CPU COOLER: Corsair H115i RGB Platinum OS: Windows 10

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for 300 you're better off getting a used optiplex for like 100 bucks and putting a 570 in it and a psu if you're lucky to be able to afford it at that point an ssd

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D 3 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($199.99) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock Slim 2 CPU Cooler  ($20.00) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($70.00) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($80.00) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($80.00) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($90.00) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 6 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($110.00) 
Video Card: PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 6600 XT 8 GB Video Card  ($400.00) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 (2024) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($88.99) 


Total: $1238.97

 

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1 hour ago, Aereldor said:

How about $350. This is what I could come up with, hopefully not a fire hazard. Power supply is incredibly sketchy.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Athlon 3000G 3.5 GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: MSI A320M-A PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Patriot Signature Line 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($18.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: TCSunBow X3 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($20.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX 570 4 GB Phantom Gaming D Video Card  ($123.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Antec VSK3000E-U3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 400 W ATX Power Supply  ($39.91 @ Walmart) 
Total: $356.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-25 11:44 EDT-0400

I mean, just why? Nothing makes sense here. No upgrade path??

Here is an alternative list. Because of the ongoing crisis, the prices of tech parts is all over the place.

 

I would do the following changes

  1. Swap the CPU with r5 1200. It is available for around $50-60 these days.
  2. Get at least a b450 board.
  3. Ryzen loves fast dual channel memory. Get at least 2*4gb sticks of 3000mhz ram.
  4. That storage drive is fine fr it's price. Glad u went with an SSD.
  5. A used rx570 is seriously a great price to performance card. Picked up 2 rx570 4gb pulse models for $100 ($50 a pop).

 

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CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X

Mobo - ASRock X470 Taichi

Memory - G.Skill Trident Z RGB (8x2 3200MHz) 

Storage - Sabrent Rocket 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 2TB - WD Black 1TB

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti LIGHTNING

Case - Fractal Design Meshify C

PSU - Super Flower Leadex II Gold 650W

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On 5/25/2020 at 6:31 PM, VEXICUS said:

I mean, just why? Nothing makes sense here. No upgrade path??

Here is an alternative list. Because of the ongoing crisis, the prices of tech parts is all over the place.

 

 

Old post I know but how is there no upgrade path? Same old am4 socket just if you want an oc a320 can't

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The best I have managed is 370usd have a build in my signature, might be able to make it even cheaper?

 

AMD 3200G APU (400$) build: pcpartpicker.com/list/49vBMc

 

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Mediatek MT2601 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - TicWatch E
Mediatek MT6580 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - TECNO Spark 2 (1GB RAM)
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Mediatek MT6592M (T.S.M.C 28nm) - my|phone my32 (yellow)
Mediatek MT6735 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - HMD Nokia 3 Dual SIM
Mediatek MT6737 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - Cherry Mobile Flare S6
Mediatek MT6739 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - my|phone myX8 (blue)
Mediatek MT6739 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - my|phone myX8 (gold)
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Mediatek MT6765 (T.S.M.C 12nm) - TECNO Pouvoir 3 Plus
Mediatek MT6797D (T.S.M.C 20nm) - my|phone Brown Tab 1
Qualcomm MSM8926 (T.S.M.C. 28nm) - Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE
Qualcomm MSM8974AA (T.S.M.C. 28nm) - Blackberry Passport
Qualcomm SDM710 (Samsung 10nm) - Oppo Realme 3 Pro

 

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i3-9100F 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor $71.88 @ Newegg
Motherboard ASRock H310CM-DVS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $53.98 @ Newegg
Memory G.Skill Value 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 CL19 Memory $25.99 @ Newegg
Storage TCSunBow X3 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $17.98 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 320 GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $18.48 @ Amazon
Video Card Asus GeForce GT 1030 2 GB Video Card $79.99 @ B&H
Case CiT F3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case $32.27 @ Amazon
Power Supply EVGA W3 450 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply $44.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $345.56
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-16 19:22 EDT-0400  

 

 

For the 350, I tried to get a ssd with dram and a 7200rpm hdd

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Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i3-9100F 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor $71.88 @ Newegg
Motherboard ASRock H310CM-DVS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $53.98 @ Newegg
Memory G.Skill Value 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 CL19 Memory $25.99 @ Newegg
Storage TCSunBow X3 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $17.98 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 320 GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $18.48 @ Amazon
Video Card Asus GeForce GT 1030 2 GB Video Card $79.99 @ B&H
Case CiT F3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case $32.27 @ Amazon
Power Supply EVGA W3 450 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply $44.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $345.56
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-16 19:22 EDT-0400  

 

 

For the 350, I tried to get a ssd with dram and a 7200rpm hdd

Ugh that 1030... 

I usually stick with $400, cause you can fit in a 9100F, 570, decent PSU, and 256gb ssd. $300 is definitely APU territory IMO, the 3200G beats the 1030 anyway. $375 will get you this - but I think the $25 more for a good PSU and twice the SSD capacity is worth it.

 

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CPU: Intel Core i3-9100F 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($71.88 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock H310CM-DVS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($53.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Value 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 CL19 Memory  ($25.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: TCSunBow X3 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($17.98 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX 570 4 GB Phantom Gaming D Video Card  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: CiT F3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($32.27 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA W3 450 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $377.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-17 04:46 EDT-0400

i5 12600KF | Zotac RTX 4080 Gaming trinity | Team Vulcan 2x16GB DDR4 3600 | ASRock Z690M-ITX/ac | WD Black SN850x 2TB

Cooler Master NR200P v2 | ID Cooling Zoomflow 280 XT | SeaSonic Focus SGX-750 | Thermalright 2x140mm + 2x120mm aRGB

LG C2 OLED 48" 120hz | Epomaker TH80 (Gateron Yellow) | Logitech MX Master 3 | Koss Porta Pro Comm

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$300 I'd get something like this, upgrade priority - one more stick of the same RAM, and whatever the best GPU you can afford eventually, and then a Ryzen 4000 CPU.

 

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($72.98 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: PNY CS900 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($26.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: CiT F3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($32.27 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA W3 450 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $302.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-17 04:51 EDT-0400

i5 12600KF | Zotac RTX 4080 Gaming trinity | Team Vulcan 2x16GB DDR4 3600 | ASRock Z690M-ITX/ac | WD Black SN850x 2TB

Cooler Master NR200P v2 | ID Cooling Zoomflow 280 XT | SeaSonic Focus SGX-750 | Thermalright 2x140mm + 2x120mm aRGB

LG C2 OLED 48" 120hz | Epomaker TH80 (Gateron Yellow) | Logitech MX Master 3 | Koss Porta Pro Comm

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