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Budget (including currency): $200 

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft, Scrap Mechanic, Trailmakers

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): 

I am building a gaming PC for my best friend but he only has $200.  I really don't know what I get for him, if anyone has any ideas please tell me or put a PC part picker list. Also it's not gonna be heavy gaming just stuff like Minecraft and Scrap Mechanic.

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get him a DELL OptiPlex 3020 MT or a smilir pc,

and try to get a rx560 or similar.

should cost him around 200 all in all, and deliver solid performance for full hd gaming

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For $200, try to get your hands on an old Dell Optiplex, you might be able to find one from a local government or school repository with an i7 in it.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

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There is not much you can do new for $200. This is basically the cheapest PC I could throw together and even that is $100 off (+50% off):

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Athlon 3000G 3.5 GHz Dual-Core Processor $91.51 @ Amazon
Motherboard ASRock A320M-DVS R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $63.24 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill Aegis 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2133 CL15 Memory $42.98 @ Newegg
Storage Kingston A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $30.49 @ Amazon
Case Rosewill FBM-X1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case $29.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply EVGA BQ 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $44.99 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $303.20
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-08 17:19 EDT-0400  

Your best bet at $200 is looking on the second hand market for a used Dell/HP/etc. i5/i7 machine.

That can play Minecraft at lower settings and probably Scrap Mechanic too.

 

Those should be around 100-150 USD and a graphics card could be added in the future.

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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10 minutes ago, speedandpower said:

Budget (including currency): $200 

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft, Scrap Mechanic, Trailmakers

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): 

I am building a gaming PC for my best friend but he only has $200.  I really don't know what I get for him, if anyone has any ideas please tell me or put a PC part picker list. Also it's not gonna be heavy gaming just stuff like Minecraft and Scrap Mechanic.

Dell Optiplex with RX 560 or 550 (560 preferred) 

Big nerd. 

 

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