Building budget PC (around 300$)

[seabiscuit24]

Hey guys, I wanna build a PC for everyday use, something that can withstand playing videos. My budget is around 300$ (excluding monitor, keyboard and mouse). I need something fairly powerful and that can run smoothly. Can anyone help out with the best build they can think of with all the parts? Thanks!

[Aereldor]

If you want to play games, build the $350 gaming PC in my signature. If you don't want to game, take out the GPU and add an SSD and 1TB HDD.

[Sprawlie]

if $300 is your pricepoint, and performance isn't really an issue (like you're not running high end stuff), and you're not gaming...

 

Have you ever considered a ChromeBook?

[OliverKunnington]

Tower	Cooler Master K350 Black - Midnight Black - PSU Msystems 500W
Motherboard	Asus H110M-A/M.2
CPU	Intel Core i3-7100 (3.90GHz, Intel Smart Cache 3MB, 8 GT/s DMI3, 7th Gen Kaby Lake)
RAM	8192MB (1x8192MB) Kingston DDR4 2133MHz CL14, up to 32GB maximum memory
VGA	Gigabyte Radeon R7 360 OC 2GB,  1x Dual-link DVI-I, 1x DVI-D, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDD	Toshiba 1TB 3.5¨ SATA III 7200rpm 32MB

 

 

the best things that i can think of budget are these, take what you like.

[Unrealcpu]

Check linus tech tips building pc challenge.  i think they have a competition who can build the fastest system for under 300 .00

[XXXLovelyXXX]

6 minutes ago, Sprawlie said:

if $300 is your pricepoint, and performance isn't really an issue (like you're not running high end stuff), and you're not gaming...

 

Have you ever considered a ChromeBook?

Dont get a chromebook, you might as well build your own PC for $300. You can build a fast computer with that budget as long as your not gaming or editing. Also, building a PC would give you a pathway for an upgrade in the future. I suggest getting a Pentium, i3 or and Athlon CPU with at least 8GB of RAM and 1TB of HDD (If you need it)  along with a 120GB SSD, a cheap motherboard and with a reliable powersupply. BOOM! YOU HAVE A BEAST OF AN EVERYDAY PC!! No need for a graphics card and you can buy Windows cheap from Amazon or Kingwin or you can just install linux on it for free.

[seabiscuit24]

30 minutes ago, Sprawlie said:

if $300 is your pricepoint, and performance isn't really an issue (like you're not running high end stuff), and you're not gaming...

 

Have you ever considered a ChromeBook?

I already own a laptop, i need a desktop. But thanks for the suggestion

[seabiscuit24]

18 minutes ago, XXXLovelyXXX said:

Dont get a chromebook, you might as well build your own PC for $300. You can build a fast computer with that budget as long as your not gaming or editing. Also, building a PC would give you a pathway for an upgrade in the future. I suggest getting a Pentium, i3 or and Athlon CPU with at least 8GB of RAM and 1TB of HDD (If you need it)  along with a 120GB SSD, a cheap motherboard and with a reliable powersupply. BOOM! YOU HAVE A BEAST OF AN EVERYDAY PC!! No need for a graphics card and you can buy Windows cheap from Amazon or Kingwin or you can just install linux on it for free.

Thanks!

[seabiscuit24]

24 minutes ago, Unrealcpu said:

Check linus tech tips building pc challenge.  i think they have a competition who can build the fastest system for under 300 .00

Will do, thanks!

[seabiscuit24]

26 minutes ago, OliverKunnington said:

Tower	Cooler Master K350 Black - Midnight Black - PSU Msystems 500W
Motherboard	Asus H110M-A/M.2
CPU	Intel Core i3-7100 (3.90GHz, Intel Smart Cache 3MB, 8 GT/s DMI3, 7th Gen Kaby Lake)
RAM	8192MB (1x8192MB) Kingston DDR4 2133MHz CL14, up to 32GB maximum memory
VGA	Gigabyte Radeon R7 360 OC 2GB,  1x Dual-link DVI-I, 1x DVI-D, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDD	Toshiba 1TB 3.5¨ SATA III 7200rpm 32MB

 

 

the best things that i can think of budget are these, take what you like.

Thanks!

[seabiscuit24]

38 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

If you want to play games, build the $350 gaming PC in my signature. If you don't want to game, take out the GPU and add an SSD and 1TB HDD.

Thanks, and no i don't want to game on it, just everyday tasks

[michaelocarroll007]

Little out of budget But you could get something like this for $400ish if shopping around

Also could downgrade the Processor to an i3 and maybe only get a 500Gb HDD if you dont plan to save a lot of videos to get close to your budget assuming this is more of a daily / HTPC so 1TB minimum is what i would want 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mWpLjc

[seabiscuit24]

On 2/8/2017 at 10:13 PM, michaelocarroll007 said:

Little out of budget But you could get something like this for $400ish if shopping around

Also could downgrade the Processor to an i3 and maybe only get a 500Gb HDD if you dont plan to save a lot of videos to get close to your budget assuming this is more of a daily / HTPC so 1TB minimum is what i would want 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mWpLjc

Thank you!