Crazy budget build

[butter07]

Budget (including currency): 500$

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: arcgis, cyberpunk, csgo, elden ring, autocad and some more remote sensing softwares which are CPU oriented.

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 got an old dell OptiPlex workstation for free with lga 1155 mobo

I added a i7 3770k that I got for 80$ ebay

got an gtx 1080 for 150$ ebay

32 gigs of ddr3 

2.5 1tb adata ssd for 65$

I have a 1080p monitor laying around 

Should I try OC on cpu on same motherboard, change the motherboard? change psu ( currently generic dell one)

Still have around 150$ in my budget. also a good cheap wireless mechanical keyboard suggestion.

anything else i can do?

Edited October 19, 2022 by butter07
more explaination

[PDifolco]

A 12100 is around $100 NEW, and a 3770 is just crap now, good luck trying to play Cyberpunk

[butter07]

1 minute ago, PDifolco said:

A 12100 is around $100 NEW, and a 3770 is just crap now, good luck trying to play Cyberpunk

but 12100 is lga 1155?

[PDifolco]

3 minutes ago, butter07 said:

but 12100 is lga 1155?

No it's LGA 1700, but a 12100 + board + RAM costs $300, it's stupid to try to build with 10 generations old parts ..

So dump the Dell opticrap, get a case and PSU for $100, your GPU is fine, then for $550 you have a nice performing rig rather than an old abomination...

[butter07]

5 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

No it's LGA 1700, but a 12100 + board + RAM costs $300, it's stupid to try to build with 10 generations old parts ..

So dump the Dell opticrap, get a case and PSU for $100, your GPU is fine, then for $550 you have a nice performing rig rather than an old abomination...

yeah I start with the mobo and cpu first thanks.

[GeorgeMKane]

2 hours ago, butter07 said:

Budget (including currency): 500$

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: arcgis, cyberpunk, csgo, elden ring, autocad and some more remote sensing softwares which are CPU oriented.

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 got an old dell OptiPlex workstation for free with lga 1155 mobo

I added a i7 3770k that I got for 80$ ebay

got an gtx 1080 for 150$ ebay

32 gigs of ddr3 

2.5 1tb adata ssd for 65$

I have a 1080p monitor laying around 

Should I try OC on cpu on same motherboard, change the motherboard? change psu ( currently generic dell one)

Still have around 150$ in my budget. also a good cheap wireless mechanical keyboard suggestion.

anything else i can do?

Just to follow up on that for reference, this is what the build could look like with much newer parts. Definitely see if you can return that old i7 AND the ddr3 ram. You can get a NZXT H510 Flow from Best Buy and save on shipping costs. You should be able to price match on multiple items too, to save on money there as well.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BZZdfv

[toasty99]

Ugh man. Ugh this pains me to read how much money you wasted.

 

 Also, man at this point you need to go invest in a fire extinguisher before anything else. A stock Dell Optiplex PSU (that you didn’t even list the wattage for) with a GTX 1080? Man, I hope your family is ok and you read this soon enough! 
 

So yeah, you wasted a ton of money on trash already and there’s really no redeeming it. You could’ve took that Optiplex and made an amazing cheap gaming pc, but instead you bought the wrong parts and wasted a ton of money.

 

Now, yeah I don’t know enjoy your fire hazard as long as it keeps working?

 

For anyone wondering how to actually do an lga 1155 Optiplex build (so you don’t make the epic mistakes OP did) the general idea is: 

 

1. Get a cheap locked quad core with hyperthreading cpu ($22 xeon 1230v2 would be enough)

 

2. Get 16gb of ddr3 1600 (make sure it is not ecc, should be $30 or less)

 

3. Buy a 1050ti, 1650, 1060, or Rx 470/480/570/580 ($100 ish depending what you get)

 

4. Going back to 3, make sure your PSU can handle the GPU. If you don’t know get a 1050ti or 1650 or ask first. 

5. Yes get a ssd if you can, if the budget only allows a boot ssd 120gb ones are $15. If you can get more, then get more storage. With an Optiplex the speed of the ssd doesn’t matter too much you’ve got bigger bottlenecks than that lol.

 

6. Enjoy playable 1080p gaming for cheap!

 

[butter07]

On 10/19/2022 at 5:47 PM, toasty99 said:

Ugh man. Ugh this pains me to read how much money you wasted.

 

 Also, man at this point you need to go invest in a fire extinguisher before anything else. A stock Dell Optiplex PSU (that you didn’t even list the wattage for) with a GTX 1080? Man, I hope your family is ok and you read this soon enough! 
 

So yeah, you wasted a ton of money on trash already and there’s really no redeeming it. You could’ve took that Optiplex and made an amazing cheap gaming pc, but instead you bought the wrong parts and wasted a ton of money.

 

Now, yeah I don’t know enjoy your fire hazard as long as it keeps working?

 

For anyone wondering how to actually do an lga 1155 Optiplex build (so you don’t make the epic mistakes OP did) the general idea is: 

 

1. Get a cheap locked quad core with hyperthreading cpu ($22 xeon 1230v2 would be enough)

 

2. Get 16gb of ddr3 1600 (make sure it is not ecc, should be $30 or less)

 

3. Buy a 1050ti, 1650, 1060, or Rx 470/480/570/580 ($100 ish depending what you get)

 

4. Going back to 3, make sure your PSU can handle the GPU. If you don’t know get a 1050ti or 1650 or ask first. 

5. Yes get a ssd if you can, if the budget only allows a boot ssd 120gb ones are $15. If you can get more, then get more storage. With an Optiplex the speed of the ssd doesn’t matter too much you’ve got bigger bottlenecks than that lol.

 

6. Enjoy playable 1080p gaming for cheap!

 

Thanks for the reply I did thrash that idea and got a i3-12100f with same gpu with all together new build.