*BUDGET* build

[Hellowpplz]

Budget (including currency): 250$ USD

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fortnite, spiderman remastered, CS 2

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): 900-1080p @ 60hz

 

[Hinjima]

4 minutes ago, Hellowpplz said:

Budget (including currency): 250$ USD

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fortnite, spiderman remastered, CS 2

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): 900-1080p @ 60hz

 

You want to buy a gaming PC for 250 USD?

Get a cheapo workstation and slap a GTX 1050 in it or something.

[MiszS]

you definitely won't play those games at this budget, but it's best to just look for used pcs somewhere like facebook marketplace or craigslist, because you also aren't building anything with that budget

[Why_Me]

$250 will get you a Chromebook in the US.

[MiszS]

Just now, Why_Me said:

$250 will get you a Chromebook in the US.

not rlly, you can find a decent used pc for that price, but definitely won't play modern games, chromebooks are pretty trash value

[jaslion]

Like even used 250 is too little to do what you want. At least to not get a shitty pc that needs to be upgrade in a year.

 

350 is possible for something that will last a while.

[aisle9]

4 minutes ago, Hellowpplz said:

Budget (including currency): 250$ USD

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fortnite, spiderman remastered, CS 2

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): 900-1080p @ 60hz

 

Buy a Dell Optiplex 5050 online. Make sure it's the tower version with at least an i5-7600, 16GB of RAM and an M.2 drive big enough for your OS and a few games. Buy a used GTX 1650 or Radeon RX 6400, whichever, just make sure it doesn't need a PCI-E power connector. Connect that up, and congratulations, you have a gaming PC within your budget.

[podkall]

used market:

 

easiest bet is finding a 5600G system within your budget

 

Just now, aisle9 said:

Buy a Dell Optiplex 5050 online. Make sure it's the tower version with at least an i5-7600, 16GB of RAM and an M.2 drive big enough for your OS and a few games. Buy a used GTX 1650 or Radeon RX 6400, whichever, just make sure it doesn't need a PCI-E power connector. Connect that up, and congratulations, you have a gaming PC within your budget.

or this kind of shenanigans

[filpo]

33 minutes ago, Hellowpplz said:

Budget (including currency): 250$ USD

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fortnite, spiderman remastered, CS 2

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): 900-1080p @ 60hz

 

it is possible, though I wouldn't buy this system, I'd do like others have said

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor  ($65.51 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120 Refined SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($17.89 @ Amazon) 
Memory: *Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($33.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: MSI SPATIUM M371 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($47.77 @ Amazon) 
Custom: Used ATX Case ($20.00)
Custom: Used B450M Pro VDH ($50.00)
Custom: used Apevia Prestige 600W ($35.00)
Total: $270.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-11 14:34 EST-0500

Edited January 11, 2024 by filpo

[jaslion]

12 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Buy a Dell Optiplex 5050 online. Make sure it's the tower version with at least an i5-7600, 16GB of RAM and an M.2 drive big enough for your OS and a few games. Buy a used GTX 1650 or Radeon RX 6400, whichever, just make sure it doesn't need a PCI-E power connector. Connect that up, and congratulations, you have a gaming PC within your budget.

A pure 4 core i5 stutters like mad in all games they expect 6threads +

 

A rx6400 or pcie 3.0 has cruddy performance with stutters too

 

Its gonna be a crappy pc if op goes this route but also not too much better is available except finding an older i7 and jamming some form of gpu in it