My first build

StarFireDG · October 11, 2021

Budget (including currency): 500-600 usd

Country: United states

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: I am using this build for Minecraft and basic games nothing too big.

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 have nothing else nor experience in this.I want minecraft to be able to run 100-200 fps. Thank you to who ever helps me.

bmx6454 · October 12, 2021

for that price, might be best to get something like a used dell optiplex tower, and try and fit the best used/new gpu you can with whats left over.

9020 MT 250$+tax: https://www.ebay.com/itm/274913851081?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item40022476c9:g:AhcAAOSw6hZgV4TJ&amdata=enc%3AAQAGAAACkPYe5NmHp%2B2JMhMi7yxGiTJkPrKr5t53CooMSQt2orsSlHY%2FYTip4QFVjNQrCEJt6oxmdFIgVdDx92DFVZp7df91cSOywRSVF%2BqcbYiQCtGaXe%2BoYtR3ZWDzpkIrE1c%2BcYBCld1zMM996TkHcv90ZwFGK26sdfzbqnpyUUuQSGh2LFHUZIKCqzWgflvhUOBNgbV9xUvy3z3BqkpqROYZi%2BL2JOrqxOmN4kZrtld01yOIrFrYmbqhKcrJTHift9HD6B1bgiZ06WQ9VG%2F0hjIsV9T5l1QslsXFLt8rK83du6PAV161Q9MGdgXB3XM6glX%2BlDK8Jc3fWlrnRdmb1vkznlZI4RANn0qVMHgcWQbe2zj6vr340F9rGtLgjtt%2BZqLld4ngVF9Rrv0tqexH%2FQE1lvLbiJrLulJjJSiEuew9aHHnU3Fz4DCKg3Zk3acy6gf9nXnawLBm8VUerdKkHuehvMP%2F3j2dke6JCBxCKO2eHuwX3eGu0sjd5xsHz%2BrgmfrK2XdkZe00WxV8Xn8mqPBf8fu5LlvRRQyLQhRIb11%2BAWMxVCzdeeJRa63E7R0vDeJ2VDdD2qjsD8KLR9Pt6e3NiLe3kyrPvXo8kfJrudaiU2QW7FzyiClXCuVDq5l9fOn1JEWPBc8SN249nFGB8sAO9OE9iuwuzzQGRNbuAZjIF0ah8BXTxIerO0jwjndE3%2FFDT4B4XurvgJHikAwksBamx%2BEy0QEUSkmrRnOvvdK%2BV7U3LGGYe7NHVQkl6zL3LYCWBWYwcyCefvz4kHH1XTSN7om5ysPziFoxR0LyliCyP2slSlIGq7Vjn9fkkATE6XcHKb0Fz34R2t0XDHdyv4RthXTjyW7x6YDMl6LickKZsjQk|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2334524

wd blue 500gb ssd: 55$+tax(might be better/cheaper options) : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073SBZ8YH?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

that would leave about 175-275$ for a gpu, could find a 1050ti, or a 970, or a 1070 within that budget on the used market.

there are plenty of combination of storage, tower, and gpu you could play with to get the build where you want, but it should do what you need. just keep in mind that the stock psu might not run all of those gpu options, so i would keep that in mind in case you need to fit a new psu into the budget. building a pc from scratch with that budget can be done, but you will get more bang for your buck building off of a dell prebuilt imo.