Need helping build a (very) low budget computer

[Naimdor]

Hi guys,

My girlfriend want to buy her littler brother a new pc.

His old computer (ddr2 old) is not working for couple of years.

We need the cheapest computer mainly for study and just browsing the web but the kid want to play a bit.

I think that as long as he'll be able to run games (not even at 1080p) it'll be ok.

I know he want to play CS GO mainly.

 

what do you guys think? what can we do for him?

I bought my Pc (4670K r9 290) more than a year ago so i really dont know what is going on these days, with the new gpu generation and cpu generations.

 

Thank You!!

 

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he got http://www.aerocool.us/case/m40/m40-spec.htm this as the old case which we can use.

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[Sportiva]

Hi guys,

My girlfriend want to buy her littler brother a new pc.

His old computer (ddr2 old) is not working for couple of years.

We need the cheapest computer mainly for study and just browsing the web but the kid want to play a bit.

I think that as long as he'll be able to run games (not even at 1080p) it'll be ok.

I know he want to play CS GO mainly.

 

what do you guys think? what can we do for him?

I bought my Pc (4670K r9 290) more than a year ago so i really dont know what is going on these days, with the new gpu generation and cpu generations.

 

Thank You!!

Budget and Currency? 

[Morgan MLGman]

What is the exact budget? Or are you just trying to do as cheap as possible? What's the location? I mean, US/UK/AU etc?

[don_svetlio]

budget?

[Patrick Bateman]

budget?

follow thread @Naimdor

[beach_boy98]

I would look at used parts. A budget would be nice.

[Morgan MLGman]

If we're talking new, for 300$ you can get a build that's capable of running games like Battlefield 4/GTA V at playable framerates:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($112.43 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $303.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-29 10:29 EST-0500

[Naimdor]

I'm from israel so currency is not gonna help.

Lets say around 500US which means 2000 in my currency.

if a specfic part will cost more here then in the us so i will tell you and i hope we will find something to replace.

 

 

I foegot to tell you we dont need a case!!

[Naimdor]

If we're talking new, for 300$ you can get a build that's capable of running games like Battlefield 4/GTA V at playable framerates:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($112.43 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC)

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $303.37

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-29 10:29 EST-0500

Thanks!

no gpu at all? will the onboard be enogh?

[Morgan MLGman]

Thanks!

no gpu at all? will the onboard be enogh?

Yes, the iGPU in these little APUs is amazing in what it can do.

Watch this:

 

It's the lowest-end build you should get, will run CS:GO great.

[HKZeroFive]

I'm from israel so currency is not gonna help.

Lets say around 500US which means 2000 in my currency.

if a specfic part will cost more here then in the us so i will tell you and i hope we will find something to replace.

 

I foegot to tell you we dont need a case!!

 

Not sure how well it'll translate to Israeli currency but here's a good build for $500 USD:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($107.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($32.00 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($193.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $501.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-29 10:34 EST-0500

 

Alternatively, going with @Morgan MLGman's build is what I'd recommend personally. It's a lot cheaper and should definitely be within your budget regardless of currency, and will run CS:GO fine.