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Carlos1010
By Carlos1010
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That budget is way to small for 'light gaming' unless you're talking about Solitaire.
The best suggesting I could think of would be to find an old refurbished business HP desktop that has at least a 2x16. PCIe lane.
He'll have a computer for Google and can pick up like an old, used 550ti when he has the funds for it depending on the deals found.  

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Hi all,

So another friend of mine wants to build a PC for him and his budget is $200. I'm not really good with low end PC prices because I usually build $1000-$2000 builds so I need your guys' help. He just needs it for google and light gaming. I am thinking about a A8 APU but can you fit a GPU in the budget? Thanks in advanced. Pre-built and laptops under $200 are welcomed too. Remember the price is in CAD. Thanks in advanced

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I won't buy a dedicated GPU for him, because low end GPUs aren't the best in price to performance.

I think an A8 APU with fast RAM should be enough.

Main PC: R7 3700X / Gigabyte X570 I Aorus Pro Wifi / Radeon RX 5700 XT / 32GB DDR4-3200 / 250GB & 2TB Crucial MX500 (in HP Prodesk 400 Case)

Laptop: R5 2500U / Radeon Vega 8 / 8GB DDR4-2400 / 500GB SK Hynix BC501 (HP Envy x360 13)

My little Server: i7-7700 / Asrock H110M-ITX / 24GB DDR4-2400 / Samsung 860 Pro 250GB & Seagate Firecuda 2TB / VMware ESXi 6.7

(Don't tell me i should Name them, i don't want to ^^)

 

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That budget is way to small for 'light gaming' unless you're talking about Solitaire.
The best suggesting I could think of would be to find an old refurbished business HP desktop that has at least a 2x16. PCIe lane.
He'll have a computer for Google and can pick up like an old, used 550ti when he has the funds for it depending on the deals found.  

[CPU: 4.7ghz I5 6600k] [MB: Asus Z170 Pro G] [RAM: G.Skill 2400 16GB(2x8)]

[GPU: MSI Twin Frozr GTX 970] [PSU: XFX Pro 850W] [Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo]
[Storage: 500GB WD HDD / 128GB SanDisk SSD ] [Case: DeepCool Tessaract]

[Keyboard: AZIO MGK1] [Mouse: Logitech G303] [Monitor: 2 x Acer 23" 1080p IPS]

 

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