Is this build good enough for light gaming

[G O D Z I L L A]

I have an old pc with a budget too tight 50 usd (btw living in a 3rd world country ) 

 

Motherboard : asrock g41 s

Ram :4 gb ddr3

GRaphics card : gt 730( 1650s are too expesive to justify)

cpu: core 2 quad q8200

psu: idk its trash

ssd: idk a cheap 2.5 ssd

 

i wanna play light fps games like csgo minecraf valo stuff like dat. 

 

 

[CreedTT]

 another 4gb RAM, good SSD and it may just be enough to play csgo and minecraft on low detail smoothly 

[da na]

Core 2 Quad Q8200 is still a reasonably capable chip, DDR3 RAM is easily expandable to 8GB in the future, and the SSD will be fast enough for boot. Seems like a good system for those games. 

[Skipple]

Honestly, even at 720p, it's not going to be a pleasant experience. 

 

Something like a GTX 970 can be had at a similar price point used and provide a better experience.

 

Target 8gb of RAM minimum. 4gb is barely enough to run windows.

 

 Is there a reason you are targeting the Q8200 specifically? That's a very old CPU.  Take a look at a i5 6600 for not that much more money and on a newer platform with an upgrade path.

 

[thekingofmonks]

Man, don't expect cs or val to get more than 100 fps on a core 2 quad. Not even with a better gpu.

[da na]

5 minutes ago, thekingofmonks said:

Man, don't expect cs or val to get more than 100 fps on a core 2 quad. Not even with a better gpu.

I will say, though, higher end Core 2 Quads can still run games decently. Especially with CS:Go being a bit old

[YoungBlade]

If you're okay with 60fps lowest settings in those games, you should be alright.

 

Funnily enough, I'd be more worried about the GT 730 than the Q8200. That card has dozens of variations, some of which are absolutely terrible - worse than some GT 710 models - so it really matters which GT 730 you've got.

[DeerDK]

58 minutes ago, G O D Z I L L A said:

I have an old pc with a budget too tight 50 usd (btw living in a 3rd world country ) 

 

Motherboard : asrock g41 s

Ram :4 gb ddr3

GRaphics card : gt 730( 1650s are too expesive to justify)

cpu: core 2 quad q8200

psu: idk its trash

ssd: idk a cheap 2.5 ssd

 

i wanna play light fps games like csgo minecraf valo stuff like dat. 

 

 

that gt 730 has really poor reputation. Can't say whether it will suffice though. No possibility for a stronger used gpu?

[bezza...]

try and get a better gpu maybe a 750ti? and your set

[G O D Z I L L A]

54 minutes ago, Skipple said:

Honestly, even at 720p, it's not going to be a pleasant experience. 

 

Something like a GTX 970 can be had at a similar price point used and provide a better experience.

 

Target 8gb of RAM minimum. 4gb is barely enough to run windows.

 

 Is there a reason you are targeting the Q8200 specifically? That's a very old CPU.  Take a look at a i5 6600 for not that much more money and on a newer platform with an upgrade path.

 

I have an old motherboard lga 775 socket i cant spend money on a newer motherboard cause in a year im getting a newer pc anyways so this is just for this year dont wanna sped too much

[G O D Z I L L A]

18 minutes ago, thekingofmonks said:

Man, don't expect cs or val to get more than 100 fps on a core 2 quad. Not even with a better gpu.

Its ok im happy with even 50 

[G O D Z I L L A]

7 minutes ago, DeerDK said:

that gt 730 has really poor reputation. Can't say whether it will suffice though. No p

57 minutes ago, Skipple said:

Honestly, even at 720p, it's not going to be a pleasant experience. 

 

Something like a GTX 970 can be had at a similar price point used and provide a better experience.

 

Target 8gb of RAM minimum. 4gb is barely enough to run windows.

 

 Is there a reason you are targeting the Q8200 specifically? That's a very old CPU.  Take a look at a i5 6600 for not that much more money and on a newer platform with an upgrade path.

 

As long as its 60 or 50 without horrendeoys stuttering fps drops i dont care if i play on 720p or 10 pixels as lo'g as i get to enjoy the game

 

[G O D Z I L L A]

7 minutes ago, Tomberry said:

try and get a better gpu maybe a 750ti? and your set

Is a gtx 660 good ?

[bezza...]

1 minute ago, G O D Z I L L A said:

Is a gtx 660 good ?

better then the 730 yes. although if they are not to much the 750ti is good as it is stillgetting driver updates

[G O D Z I L L A]

1 minute ago, Tomberry said:

better then the 730 yes. although if they are not to much the 750ti is good as it is stillgetting driver updates

200tnd is the used price. Thx for the advice ill try to get one in the summer

[bezza...]

2 minutes ago, G O D Z I L L A said:

200tnd is the used price. Thx for the advice ill try to get one in the summer

good luck

[DeerDK]

10 minutes ago, G O D Z I L L A said:

Is a gtx 660 good ?

it was a very decent card back in the days. used one up to 2015. Its not supported anymore though.

I agree with Tomberry that you should try to get a 750ti if possible.

Otherwise, are the 900 series too expensive?

[filpo]

1 hour ago, G O D Z I L L A said:

I have an old pc with a budget too tight 50 usd (btw living in a 3rd world country ) 

 

Motherboard : asrock g41 s

Ram :4 gb ddr3

GRaphics card : gt 730( 1650s are too expesive to justify)

cpu: core 2 quad q8200

psu: idk its trash

ssd: idk a cheap 2.5 ssd

 

i wanna play light fps games like csgo minecraf valo stuff like dat. 

 

 

I would just get something like this cheap optiplex and slap in a used gpu https://www.ebay.com/itm/334701992650?hash=item4dedcb1aca%3Ag%3ASn0AAOSwK9di6AQj&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAsL7EgeRWYsHBPzley5KjZhQy9bgAJT36w88YLDii0RKyhuG8Z0T%2F0UVeAkqDarnweDXtJLGhqdVL6x2ZYURg4%2F7F4QIiFqJs5zKum2FEFey5w4%2FE7%2B0%2BZv%2F1WQjTtBpk77EZqrNlHomvAyEQDAhnJdesdgh%2BnDwek4GPSwqYqWuqHLiMIZ0cZbJA7ccYwN05jfNh8YeJlPrtNBHBPELjqGo58ymiNMJBVvktSMJcm8tq|tkp%3ABk9SR8ihs_uDYg&LH_BIN=1

[DeerDK]

8 minutes ago, filpo said:

I would just get something like this cheap optiplex and slap in a used gpu https://www.ebay.com/itm/334701992650?hash=item4dedcb1aca%3Ag%3ASn0AAOSwK9di6AQj&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAsL7EgeRWYsHBPzley5KjZhQy9bgAJT36w88YLDii0RKyhuG8Z0T%2F0UVeAkqDarnweDXtJLGhqdVL6x2ZYURg4%2F7F4QIiFqJs5zKum2FEFey5w4%2FE7%2B0%2BZv%2F1WQjTtBpk77EZqrNlHomvAyEQDAhnJdesdgh%2BnDwek4GPSwqYqWuqHLiMIZ0cZbJA7ccYwN05jfNh8YeJlPrtNBHBPELjqGo58ymiNMJBVvktSMJcm8tq|tkp%3ABk9SR8ihs_uDYg&LH_BIN=1

Be aware that this one cannot hold a full size gpu. Unless I've misunderstood something, it does look like half height pcie slots.

Can still take something like a rx 6400

[filpo]

1 minute ago, DeerDK said:

Be aware that this one cannot hold a full size gpu. Unless I've misunderstood something, it does look like half height pcie slots.

Can still take something like a rx 6400

Yes not a full height gpu, length won't be too much of a concern tho, it seems to be alr. Maybe something like a cheap low profile gtx 1050 ti since those have some half height variants

[G O D Z I L L A]

1 hour ago, filpo said:

I would just get something like this cheap optiplex and slap in a used gpu https://www.ebay.com/itm/334701992650?hash=item4dedcb1aca%3Ag%3ASn0AAOSwK9di6AQj&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAsL7EgeRWYsHBPzley5KjZhQy9bgAJT36w88YLDii0RKyhuG8Z0T%2F0UVeAkqDarnweDXtJLGhqdVL6x2ZYURg4%2F7F4QIiFqJs5zKum2FEFey5w4%2FE7%2B0%2BZv%2F1WQjTtBpk77EZqrNlHomvAyEQDAhnJdesdgh%2BnDwek4GPSwqYqWuqHLiMIZ0cZbJA7ccYwN05jfNh8YeJlPrtNBHBPELjqGo58ymiNMJBVvktSMJcm8tq|tkp%3ABk9SR8ihs_uDYg&LH_BIN=

We dont have ebay in my country plus i dont think i can go out and buy a pc now

[CaptainQuirk26]

Just so you know, CS:GO will not run on that build. Hell, CS:GO doesn't run well on most good computers for some reason. CS:S on the other hand, runs fine on crappy hardware.

I used to use a laptop that didn't even have a built-in graphics card, and it handled CS:S relatively well, Minecraft it grudgingly handled, although it would lag for a few minutes when a world is first started (pretty sure that was more a CPU issue though). TF2 ran depressingly horribly, and... well... Black Mesa's performance... Have a look at this screenshot:

I don't think it needs specification that this was running at minimum graphics too.

 

But it wasn't all bad. I could pretty highly recommend the early Half-Life titles, those will run on anything. Half-Life 2: Episode 2 ran okay on that laptop, although not as well as one would hope. Thankfully, you should be fine on account of actually having a GPU. HALO 1, although I haven't played it so I'm not speaking from experience, should run well enough as long as you use the original assets (or at least really low-quality ones). Minecraft, as I said, runs okay, although you will undoubtedly have lag spikes for a few minutes when it's loading new chunks. Actually, TBH, I'm not sure what it would do in Bedrock, I only have experience with Java.

 

There is hope for your computer yet, as long as you have an external storage drive.