Desperate for a Gaming PC for under £100. Is it possible?

[ExistenceMusic]

I am currently on a very low budget to be spending on a PC - only £100. ($187 Canadian, $141 USD)

I am interested in both pre-built and custom-built PCs, but a custom-built would be preferred because it could be cheaper.

I would expect reasonable performance from the rig, with ability to play games such as GTA V on medium settings.

 

I may be milking it a bit here with a budget of only £100, but someone must have a solution!!

 

Thanks in advance-

Jack (stonejack2001@gmail.com).

[chiwas]

Buy a gun for £100 and go to PC store. I dont see other solution.

[ejohnny33]

I probably couldn't pick parts, but I would recommend buying used locally. If you haven't already seen scrapyard wars, watch it because Linus and Luke give good tips on buying used. They also have a couple other videos on buying used parts too, but if you can, save up for a few months to get a PC that will be upgrade able, rather than on that whose motherboard you can't find parts for anymore.

[ExistenceMusic]

2 minutes ago, chiwas said:

Buy a gun for £100 and go to PC store. I dont see other solution.

Haha ok

Nice idea! I might wait a bit for some other replies, if there's no other solution, then I might just do what you suggest!

[ExistenceMusic]

1 minute ago, ejohnny33 said:

I probably couldn't pick parts, but I would recommend buying used locally. If you haven't already seen scrapyard wars, watch it because Linus and Luke give good tips on buying used. They also have a couple other videos on buying used parts too, but if you can, save up for a few months to get a PC that will be upgrade able, rather than on that whose motherboard you can't find parts for anymore.

ok, I have seen scrapyard wars, and nice idea. I might just save up for something upgradeable.

Thanks bro!

[Clanscorpia]

Try entering contests or just wait. I could buy a $900 PC now but I am going to wait and get an $1800 one

[ExistenceMusic]

Just now, Clanscorpia said:

Try entering contests or just wait. I could buy a $900 PC now but I am going to wait and get an $1800 one

Contests are a good shout. Do you know of any that are going on now?

[ThinkWithPortals]

8 minutes ago, ExistenceMusic said:

 

I reckon for such a low budget you should be looking at used parts. You should be able to get a decent used system if you shop smart.

[Clanscorpia]

I don't know any in the UK but another good idea would be to maybe set up a steam account on twitch and watch the MLG tournaments for CSGO next week and sell the packages. A cobblestone on is roughly $70 CAD so if you win 2-3 you could make maybe 100-200 pounds.

[ExistenceMusic]

1 minute ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

I reckon for such a low budget you should be looking at used parts. You should be able to get a decent used system if you shop smart.

ok, thanks for the suggestion. what sites/shops would you recommend for this?

[Buizel10]

4 minutes ago, ExistenceMusic said:

ok, thanks for the suggestion. what sites/shops would you recommend for this?

I would recommend ebay.

 

Intel Core Duo systems

[Mr.Meerkat]

Just now, Buizel10 said:

I would recommend ebay.

 

Intel Core Duo systems

*quad cause they are like 10 pounds on ebay anyway  

[Buizel10]

Just now, Mr.Meerkat said:

*quad cause they are like 10 pounds on ebay anyway  

Wow your pound is high.

 

Yeah Core 2 Quad FTW.

For $200+$50 Shipping you can get a Core Duo machine here

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

Save some more dude, don't rush it. 

[Citadelen]

Expecting GTA V on medium for £100 is nigh impossible.

[LordLeewee]

I've seen some dell inspirons with core 2 duos going on eBay for around £50, could get one of those, stick a quad cpu in it and save for a gpu, 750ti second hand for around £65? You'll end up a touch over budget but I've got a q6600 you could have for a tenner

[Coaxialgamer]

well first of all , for £100 , you aren't egtting anything new, considering the gtx 950 which would handle gta 5 already cost about that amount...

 

Your best bet would be to try to find something used.

[Sauron]

Impossible unless you buy used.

[Liam000000]

If you are looking for prebuild i don't think you'll find a good solution but if you can build a good idea would be to buy some hp/office oc or what ever from ebay for about £30-60 make sure it's atx and quad core then look at cex for a gpu i have found there pricing good. My mate has a q6600 overclocked and a hd7870 and plays gta v med-high settings at 30fps its not the best but at the budget you can't expect much anyway 

[ExistenceMusic]

14 hours ago, Clanscorpia said:

I don't know any in the UK but another good idea would be to maybe set up a steam account on twitch and watch the MLG tournaments for CSGO next week and sell the packages. A cobblestone on is roughly $70 CAD so if you win 2-3 you could make maybe 100-200 pounds.

Thanks for the help, I have shopped at CEX before for games and movies, but the one where I live rarely gets any decent computer hardware come through. I'll check there today, and I really like the idea of getting a cheap office PC and upgrading it. Thanks