Friend's PC around $250?

[dave909904]

So, I am building a friend's system and need some help choosing parts. If you can't find a GPU, I can give him a Radeon HD 7350, no OS needed, Quad Core CPU, Intel or AMD, preferably reasonably modern for upgradability reasons. We are hoping to meet the minimum specs for No Man's Sky.

[PRTI]

Used is your best bet

[Stevoisboss]

5 minutes ago, dave909904 said:

So, I am building a friend's system and need some help choosing parts. If you can't find a GPU, I can give him a Radeon HD 7350, no OS needed, Quad Core CPU, Intel or AMD, preferably reasonably modern for upgradability reasons. We are hoping to meet the minimum specs for No Man's Sky.

I3-6100 is prob best cpu unless if you wanna buy used. Skylake is the best for upgradability atm.

[007agentHP]

4 minutes ago, dave909904 said:

So, I am building a friend's system and need some help choosing parts. If you can't find a GPU, I can give him a Radeon HD 7350, no OS needed, Quad Core CPU, Intel or AMD, preferably reasonably modern for upgradability reasons. We are hoping to meet the minimum specs for No Man's Sky.

dont even try with no man's sky

people with 5960X's and sli titan x's are having problems

 

but here if you absolutely need it

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($66.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($46.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill NS Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($33.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($43.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($43.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $284.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-19 17:37 EDT-0400

 

[Alexcalibur]

Best I could do. For that low of a price point I would recommend going used

 

Anyway here is what I could do new, you will have to use that 7350 though.

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/sMWhtJ

[Energycore]

4 minutes ago, 007agentHP said:

dont even try with no man's sky

people with 5960X's and sli titan x's are having problems

 

but here if you absolutely need it

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($66.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($46.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill NS Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($33.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($43.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($43.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $284.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-19 17:37 EDT-0400

 

Consider 500GB / 320GB HDD

 

Consider EVGA 450B

 

Consider Thermaltake Versa H25

[silverjay928]

12 minutes ago, dave909904 said:

So, I am building a friend's system and need some help choosing parts. If you can't find a GPU, I can give him a Radeon HD 7350, no OS needed, Quad Core CPU, Intel or AMD, preferably reasonably modern for upgradability reasons. We are hoping to meet the minimum specs for No Man's Sky.

a 860k and FM2+ motherboard with A88X chipset is near $100-$120. $30 for a cheap case and $50 for 500 gb hardrive so $300 there and maybe $30 for a alright 500W PSU. message me for links if you need recommendation for Motheboard and others

[malon]

For that price i would hunt for older premade dell workstations from around 2008, i bought one with a q9550 4 gigs of ram, 400watt whatever brand dell used in premade systems psu and a 500 gig hdd and it had a fairly good motherboard aswell for 70 euro at an auction site

[PRTI]

5 minutes ago, 007agentHP said:

people with 5960X's and sli titan x's are having problems

pfffff,that's outdated a 6950x Titan XP SLI would do much better...

[manikyath]

7 minutes ago, 007agentHP said:

dont even try with no man's sky

people with 5960X's and sli titan x's are having problems

there's also people with far less that are not having problems.

 

performance in no man's sky seems to be some form of lotery...

[Energycore]

Why not buy a used PS4?

 

It will do better than any $250 all-new computer on no man's sky

 

Not to mention the PC port isn't well optimized.

[dave909904]

He's going to be using it for more than gaming. Especially word processing, which consoles universally suck at.

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

Why not buy a used PS4?

 

It will do better than any $250 all-new computer on no man's sky

 

Not to mention the PC port isn't well optimized.

but...but...keyboard and mice plus steam so cheaper game prices and backward compatibility and PC master race...and everything else...

 

But in fairness that's a good point as better gaming performance will come from the console...

[PRTI]

3 minutes ago, manikyath said:

there's also people with far less that are not having problems.

 

performance in no man's sky seems to be some form of lotery...

Like the silicon lottery was not enough,now we need game lottery great !

[Energycore]

Just now, Mr.Meerkat said:

but...but...keyboard and mice plus steam so cheaper game prices and backward compatibility and PC master race...and everything else...

 

But in fairness that's a good point as better gaming performance will come from the console...

Yes I almost didn't believe I wrote those words with these hands.

 

But I have no allegiance, if a PS4 is the best for someone, I will call that out.

[PRTI]

1 minute ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

but...but...keyboard and mice plus steam so cheaper game prices and backward compatibility and PC master race...and everything else...

 

But in fairness that's a good point as better gaming performance will come from the console...

Plus all that free pr0n

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

Yes I almost didn't believe I wrote those words with these hands.

 

But I have no allegiance, if a PS4 is the best for someone, I will call that out.

True true except they still need a second machine to do their word processing and other shizzle related to PC so...

 

Just now, keNNySOC said:

Plus all that free pr0n

Well if they have a phone/tablet or something then they can still easily access it...

 

edit: You can access them on consoles as well

[PRTI]

Just now, Mr.Meerkat said:

True true except they still need a second machine to do their word processing and other shizzle related to PC so...

 

Well if they have a phone/tablet or something then they can still easily access it...

But...but...the screen is small

[Mr.Meerkat]

Just now, keNNySOC said:

But...but...the screen is small

Look at my edited post  

You can still access it on console so 40 inch glory anyone?  

[malon]

1 minute ago, keNNySOC said:

Like the silicon lottery was not enough,now we need game lottery great !

Nothing like a lot of possible disappointments to keep you awake at night , atleast you can refund on steam if you played less then 2 hours

[PRTI]

Just now, Mr.Meerkat said:

Look at my edited post  

You can still access it on console so 40 inch glory anyone?  

The bigger the better...i mean for the TV....no just no  

[Energycore]

4 minutes ago, dave909904 said:

He's going to be using it for more than gaming. Especially word processing, which consoles universally suck at.

Ah I gotcha.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($66.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($52.38 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Value Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($30.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($35.25 @ Amazon) 
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.90 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($18.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $238.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-19 17:55 EDT-0400

 

Now the bad news is, that 7350 won't hit the minimum spec I don't think.

 

If you like I have a used card I could let go for cheap. PM me if interested.

[PRTI]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

If you like I have a used card I could let go for cheap. PM me if interested.

If its a Titan XP for $30 i'm in homie !  

[Mr.Meerkat]

@Energycore Well US pricing can't be that bad that he can't even get a 460/560 or something for like $20 right? Right? UK used prices actually seems decent...which is a first for prices on products...

[PRTI]

Just now, Mr.Meerkat said:

@Energycore Well US pricing can't be that bad that he can't even get a 460/560 or something for like $20 right? Right? UK used prices actually seems decent...which is a first for prices on products...

I don't think hes looking to NMS at 800x600 medium  

 

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