anyone got any idea on a $300 AUD gaming pc

[zacbarker]

i have an ok pc now but somewhere in the near future i will need a better one and my price range is about $300 and i live in Australia so if anyone has any ideas that would be great.

[ShadowCaptain]

4 minutes ago, zacbarker said:

i have an ok pc now but somewhere in the near future i will need a better one and my price range is about $300 and i live in Australia so if anyone has any ideas that would be great.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($332.00 @ Centre Com) 
Total: $332.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-14 18:17 AEST+1000

 

kind of ran out of money....

 

 

best to look into the used market I think, 300 AUD is just not enough money at all, heck even a super basic pentium processor is $100 AUD

 

[Shadow5679]

I got up to $300 and then had a realisation... You don't really need a power supply or case, do you?

And thus was created my ultimate system, which has a $30 graphics card.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/Rv8yXH
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/Rv8yXH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($109.00 @ Storm Computers) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($69.00 @ CPL Online) 
Memory: G.Skill NS Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.50 @ Newegg Australia) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.00 @ CPL Online) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 5450 1GB Video Card  ($30.00 @ Umart) 
Total: $303.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-14 18:23 AEST+1000

[Clonzoo]

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/kBgKBP
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/kBgKBP/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3260 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($75.00 @ CPL Online) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($69.00 @ CPL Online) 
Memory: Kingston 2GB (1 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($19.00 @ Umart) 
Storage: Transcend 32GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.00 @ CPL Online) 
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.00 @ Storm Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair VS 350W ATX Power Supply  ($48.00 @ IJK) 
Total: $294.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-14 18:32 AEST+1000

 

I DID IT! Maybe you can play Minesweeper! It even has an SSD... LIKE BRAAH...

[Droidbot]

The used route may be better:

- Q6600, sketchy board, 3GB RAM (DDR2 is cheap as hell now), Superflower PSU, R9 270x - $350 - pickup VIC

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Custom-Desktop-Gaming-PC-Q6600-Quad-Core-AMD-Radeon-270X-Superflower-500W-/112048086794?hash=item1a16961f0a:g:NWYAAOSw-KFXe3na

- $100 over, but a fairly new machine and fairly small too - Alienware Alpha i3/4GB RAM model, built in 2GB Nvidia Mobile graphics

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Alienware-Alpha-Gaming-PC-Steam-Box-i3-4gb-Dell-/322191675106?hash=item4b041ecee2:g:ZFgAAOSwAPlXhv3Z

- Q9400, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Radeon 4850 - $190

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Custom-Gaming-PC-Core-2-Quad-Q9400-2-66-GHz-4GB-500-GB-1G-Graphic-Card-Wifi-Win7-/222186277797?hash=item33bb558ba5:g:aiUAAOSw3mpXED-4

- i5 2400, 4gb ram, 500gb hdd, shitty 5450 - $280

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gaming-PC-Intel-i5-2400-3-1-GHz-RAM-4-GB-HDD-500-GB-1G-Graphic-Card-Win10-COA-/222175969260?hash=item33bab83fec:g:QTwAAOSwbYZXeb7E

 

i'd suggest getting the third or 4th one and buying a gpu seperately.