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Hello LTT forums I have been asked to build a super low budget pc that could out due some crummy laptop, I have a budget of around 200-250$ usd. My plans are to buy a old ish prebuilt off of ebay and do some miner upgraded to it so it can play games like cs:go,Minecraft, and other easy to run games.

 

I was thinking about buying a pc like this and adding something like a Radeon 7770

 

If this is a good idea and I should go thru with it please tell me, If you have any suggestions tell me. 

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just buy used parts and you can make something waaay better

 

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That might work, though I'd guess you would only get an FPS of 30-50 with the vanilla texture pack in minecraft, no clue for CS:GO.

 

I'd suggest getting parts cheap off craigslist (be careful with this one), or ebay, then build a PC with those parts, just make sure all the parts you get are compatible.

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buy individual parts off eBay, get them second hand and cheep

 

 

like these

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SuperMicro-X8STE-Motherboard-with-Intel-Core-i7-920-2-66GHz-CPU-1GB-RAM-/251869299404?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3aa49482cc

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HTPC-COMBO-Intel-G1610-DUAL-CORE-CPU-4GB-DDR3-RAM-ECS-HDMI-LGA1155-Motherboard-/111534231423?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19f7f54f7f

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-M4A88TD-V-EVO-AM3-ATX-Motherboard-Athlon-II-X2-CPU-4GB-DDR3-RAM-/121584894319?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c4f06416f

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GAMING-COMBO-AMD-3850-QUAD-CORE-CPU-8GB-DDR3-RAM-ASUS-AM1M-A-HDMI-Motherboard-/121583725017?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c4ef469d9

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That might work, though I'd guess you would only get an FPS of 30-50 with the vanilla texture pack in minecraft, no clue for CS:GO.

 

I'd suggest getting parts cheap off craigslist (be careful with this one), or ebay, then build a PC with those parts, just make sure all the parts you get are compatible.

Sure I will look into used parts, Thanks.

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/GAMING-COMBO-AMD-3850-QUAD-CORE-CPU-8GB-DDR3-RAM-ASUS-AM1M-A-HDMI-Motherboard-/121583725017?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c4ef469d9

 

+

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-AMD-Radeon-R9-270X-Twin-Frozr-Gaming-Graphics-Card-2GB-Overclocked-Edition-/231495319691?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35e632408b

 

+

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Seagate-Barracuda-7200-7-120GB-hard-drive-/231493298668?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35e61369ec

 

+

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Linkworld-Black-Steel-Body-Light-With-430w-PS-Micro-ATX-mini-Tower-PC-Case-/310997099749?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4868df24e5

 

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cheep and high powered

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Thank you so mutch for doing this!

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Those aren't good deals.  You can grab a R9 270 for under $150 brand new, in USD. 

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Thank you so mutch for doing this!

all good, it took me 5 min, if u spent a bit more time dealhunting, u could probarbly get it a bit cheeper

 

if u want i can have a look 4 u

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Those aren't good deals.  You can grab a R9 270 for under $150 brand new, in USD. 

it was an example

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