super cheap lan gaming build

lochie j · June 27, 2015

hi all i am currently making a plan to buy a second hand refurbished pc and stick a graphics card into it. I want to do it cheap and i mean CHEAP, as i will only rarely use the machine as it will be at my second home. At the moment my plan is to get a Dell OPTIPLEX 760 which has 4 gig of ram, a core duo at 3GHZ (model E8400) and inbuilt graphics. i have also seen a Radion HD 6450 cheap so i plan to chuck that in it. so would this be enough to play games like ARK: survival evolved, cs:g, etc. At non HD resolutions?

for those who are interested the budget is a measly $130 AUD and i would only be able to pick up items in the Gawler SA, Australia area.

Thanks for taking the time to read and respond

Syntaxvgm · June 27, 2015

Just gonna chime in, If you already have a gaming PC and this will be for a second home, is this a location you have to fly to? Cause if not, it may be cheaper to convert your current build to itx.

lochie j · June 27, 2015

Just gonna chime in, If you already have a gaming PC and this will be for a second home, is this a location you have to fly to? Cause if not, it may be cheaper to convert your current build to itx.

saddly I don't think this is an option, I have multiple pci cards so finding a cheap itx board with enough slots may be hard especially given I run a LGA1155 socket cpu. Plus the cost of a case would have to be added.