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Cheap Entertainment PC?

CheeseGod
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Budget (including currency): $ 250-400

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Media (YouTube Mostly) music (streamed to a receiver/stereo)

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 to play at, etc): 60hz, 1080p. No Gaming. 

 

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15 minutes ago, CheeseGod said:

Budget (including currency): $ 250-400

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Media (YouTube Mostly) music (streamed to a receiver/stereo)

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 to play at, etc): 60hz, 1080p. No Gaming. 

 

A Cheap phone + Cables for Quality TV Casting?

Maximums - Asus Z97-K /w i5 4690 Bclk @106.9Mhz * x39 = 4.17Ghz, 8GB of 2600Mhz DDR3,.. Gigabyte GTX970 G1-Gaming @ 1550Mhz

 

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35 minutes ago, SkilledRebuilds said:

A Cheap phone + Cables for Quality TV Casting?

I wanted to use it for things a phone simply cannot do. Its to replace an older pc that's using ddr2. 

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU Intel Pentium Gold G6400 4 GHz Dual-Core Processor $64.00 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus Pro H410M-C/CSM Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard $79.99 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill NT Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 CL15 Memory $39.99 @ Newegg
Storage ADATA Ultimate SU800 128 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $24.99 @ Amazon
Video Card EVGA GeForce GT 1030 2 GB Video Card $88.38 @ Amazon
Case Rosewill SRM-01B MicroATX Mini Tower Case $27.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $59.99 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $385.33
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-08 00:58 EST-0500  

 

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9 hours ago, CheeseGod said:

Budget (including currency): $ 250-400

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Media (YouTube Mostly) music (streamed to a receiver/stereo)

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 to play at, etc): 60hz, 1080p. No Gaming. 

 

For this honestly a 100$ prebuilt refurbished dell or hp tower would work, if performance drops could add a gpu on the cheaper side

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