best $200 gaming pc?!?!?

[Crunchynmilk]

Just saw a guy on the forums asking about his computer and i f it was ok, when asked about his budget it was stated that he has $206 dollars and, %95 of it was his cpu. I know this wont be a true gaming pc, but lets try and make the best gaming pc for this $206 price NOT A PENNY MORE.

[Crunchynmilk]

so far I've come up with this.

[Knaj]

Buy used. That's literally all you can do.

[GreezyJeezy]

2 minutes ago, Crunchynmilk said:

so far I've come up with this.

Base Total:$226.70 thats over,

 

with mail in rebates its $205 but you still have to pay the $226 upfront so thats over. better to just get a used ps3 

[OuchMyFaceyHole]

If you are trying game on 200 buying new is not the way to go at all.

[Mira Yurizaki]

Probably a Craigslist special will beat anything new. Or anything you can find at the local office that decided to dump their "obsolete" computers.

[Crunchynmilk]

1 minute ago, Hunter259 said:

If you are trying game on 200 buying new is not the way to go at all.

I guess, but lets try it. I'm not actually buying this, this is a theoretical build.

[Mira Yurizaki]

You should rename this topic "Best cheapest new PC" or something then.

[AnTicXz]

36 minutes ago, Crunchynmilk said:

Just saw a guy on the forums asking about his computer and i f it was ok, when asked about his budget it was stated that he has $206 dollars and, %95 of it was his cpu. I know this wont be a true gaming pc, but lets try and make the best gaming pc for this $206 price NOT A PENNY MORE.

Please PLEASE don't make the same mistake I did. I did this a while ago and regretted so much. 200$ is NOT enough for a gaming PC 

not ever 300$ or 400$m,,, $500 would be the lowest I would go 

[AnTicXz]

Ok ill try to help you

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Z400-Workstation-PC-Intel-Xeon-2-67GHz-W3520-12GB-RAM-250HDD-/351714574132?hash=item51e3d27f34:g:a~gAAOSwubRXIPp6

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/9Fw323/asus-video-card-strixgtx750tioc2gd5

 

Get that pc and throw that gpu in it

 

If you can find a computer on eBay with 4 cores are at least 4 gigs of ram that would be your best bet ~100$

 

The GTX 750Ti Is a good gpu and is extremely power efficient so if will work will rebuild crap power supplies

[maremp]

What do you intend to play on this machine, the trailer for GTA 5?

I was running a win10 virtual machine w/ 2GB ram the other day, and it barely had enough to run the OS and visual studio. Can't imagine how that would work when using it as actual daily driver. 

For this cpu + gpu, it would probably be better just to get a cpu with better igpu.

 

But at this budget, it's a terrible idea to buy new. Get used deals or save some money to get a proper build, this is a waste of money and time. 

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD 5350 2.05Ghz Quad-Core Processor  ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock AM1B-M Micro ATX AM1 Motherboard  ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($12.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($37.00 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 250 2GB Video Card  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $199.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-12 00:25 EDT-0400

yeah, don't expect this to run much at 1080p, maybe 720p 

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5 hours ago, Crunchynmilk said:

so far I've come up with this.

You can't really call it a gaming PC with only 2GB of RAM.

[Prysin]

10 hours ago, Crunchynmilk said:

so far I've come up with this.

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/2d3mGf

 

this is better

[Crunchynmilk]

On 6/12/2016 at 5:08 AM, Prysin said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/2d3mGf

 

this is better

You need a PSU

and its over 206

[Herman Mcpootis]

15 minutes ago, Crunchynmilk said:

You need a PSU

and its over 206

its included in the case.

[aron304]

Ive actually built this one (not because of the guide, but i got the parts real cheap. i got the cpu,gpu (xfx 2gb), 8gb of ram, and motherboard (though it is an asus one so it can overclock which i got up to 2.5681) for 100 dollars so i decided to get a case, power supply, hard drive (1tb) and a 120gb ssd) im waiting on a wifi card for it, in the mean time i have a usb one hooked up to it.  r7 250 is at 1100 on the clock and 1040 on the memory. 

so i roughly have 220 dollars into that system. the storage could easily be cut back (or the wifi card) and you would hit your 200 dollar mark.

Now i wouldn't recomend it at this point in time, first off if someone is getting an am1 platform the 5370 would be better at 2.2 ghz and a higher overclock potential. next its a dead platform the 5370 is the most powerful processor for it and its not powerful enough as is. I mainly play league of legends and although my frame rate is usually around 90 at 1920x1080 with highest settings, i will get dips into the high 50's. Not a deal braker, but for games such as Elder Scrolls skyrim im playing at 720p at High settings usually averaging 45 ish with dips to the high 20s (lowest i saw was 28). I mean you can game on it quite nicely, but considering the new am4 platform coming out and the new graphics cards coming out (i mean the 80 dollar gpu is supposed to perform as well as a 960) i wouldn't build at this point. older cpus are fine such as a core i3-2100 (which btw sell for around 40 bucks on ebay). and then pop in the r9 460 when it comes out for some really solid gaming).