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$350 budget PC

Rdogg9900
By Rdogg9900
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Budget (including currency): $350 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft, Valorant, Terraria, Raft, 5 Nights at Freddies

Other details: Already have like 4 extra 500gb HDDs and Windows 10 license

CPU   3567a863156c083a7d4c8fcb7e0dbdac.256p.jpg AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor $99.00 Buy
Motherboard   8f8baff091bfd5ef531c7ddb1a602ca4.256p.jpg ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $82.99 Buy
Memory   aace27f895023030d3a7631beb093016.256p.jpg G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory $54.99 Buy
Case   b3fbbb5ceeee04c4458ee8e9d86ee7e9.256p.jpg DIYPC Alnitak ATX Mid Tower Case $39.97 Buy
Power Supply   513Kgl4tnUL.jpg EVGA 500 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply $49.98 Buy
Total: $326.93

 

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50 over but you get way better performance. Go i3 9100f if you don't care about an upgrade path

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (12nm) 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($70.00) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($72.99 @ Best Buy) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory  ($27.99 @ 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: DIYPC Solo-T2-BK Black USB 3.0 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($33.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12III 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $407.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-30 06:06 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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i would suggest buying a optiplex for 150 of ebay and throwing in a gpu and ssd. Its not worth it for $350 tbh.

                                                     

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Actually, I stand corrected - the i3 9100F / H310 motherboard does kinda have an upgrade path. You can upgrade to the 9900T, which isn't much slower than a 3600, albeit it's a 35w chip. 

Not totally sure about the PSU - I think it's a rebranded BR that they're selling as a Best Buy exclusive, but if you want to be safer another $10 wil get you a Seasonic S12iii. Which is also a groupreg but a better one.
 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i3-9100F 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($71.88 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI H310M PRO-VDH PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($56.99 @ Walmart) 
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: DIYPC Solo-T2-BK Black USB 3.0 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($33.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA W3 450 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $381.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-30 08:11 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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You're missing storage.

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor $99.00 @ Amazon
Motherboard Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $72.99 @ Best Buy
Memory G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $54.99 @ Newegg
Storage TCSunBow X3 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $27.99 @ Amazon
Case Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case $40.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply SeaSonic S12III 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $54.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $350.95
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-30 08:32 EDT-0400  

Or if you can stretch your budget to $400:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Processor $149.99 @ B&H
Motherboard Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $72.99 @ Best Buy
Memory G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $54.99 @ Newegg
Storage TCSunBow X3 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $27.99 @ Amazon
Case Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case $40.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply SeaSonic S12III 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $54.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $401.94
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-30 08:33 EDT-0400  

Though I agree with @Ed-petit that with your budget, you might be better off getting a used Optiplex with something like an i7-3770, and then throwing in an SSD and a GTX 1650.

Desktop: Intel Core i9-9900K | ASUS Strix Z390-F | G.Skill Trident Z Neo 2x16GB @ 3200MHz CL14 | EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER XC Ultra | Corsair RM650x | Fractal Design Define R6

Laptop: 2018 Apple MacBook Pro 13"  --  i5-8259U | 8GB LPDDR3 | 512GB NVMe

Peripherals: Leopold FC660C w/ Topre Silent 45g | Logitech MX Master 3 & Razer Basilisk X HyperSpeed | HIFIMAN HE400se & iFi ZEN DAC | Audio-Technica AT2020USB+

Display: Gigabyte G34WQC

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