NEED HELP

[Jerbear]

I am finally moving from console gaming to PC but the game I mostly play is CS:GO and thats about it since I normally play on a MacBook Air. My budget is low so I found something at Walmart to start out with. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Acer-AXC-704G-UW61-Desktop-PC-with-Intel-Celeron-N3050-Processor-4GB-Memory-500GB-Hard-Drive-and-Windows-10-Monitor-Not-Included/46356507 

I was wondering if this tower would be able to run CS:GO smoothly enough for me to play. Thank you for any replies.

[Galm]

31 minutes ago, Jerbear said:

I am finally moving from console gaming to PC but the game I mostly play is CS:GO and thats about it since I normally play on a MacBook Air. My budget is low so I found something at Walmart to start out with. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Acer-AXC-704G-UW61-Desktop-PC-with-Intel-Celeron-N3050-Processor-4GB-Memory-500GB-Hard-Drive-and-Windows-10-Monitor-Not-Included/46356507 

I was wondering if this tower would be able to run CS:GO smoothly enough for me to play. Thank you for any replies.

Eh that's not really going to be a great experience.

 

Are you selling the old console?  Remember a desktop will be both an actual computer and a gaming machine, so I'd recommend trying to get closer to 500 dollars.  

 

This page has a good list of builds at different price points: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/wiki/builds

 

The cheapest build is above your budget but a lot better for CS:GO.

[TheGhzGuy]

Would you be comfortable buying used components?

[Jerbear]

@TheGhzGuy My friend said if necessary he would sell me his graphics card so I guess yea I would be comfortable with buying used parts. 

[TheGhzGuy]

2 minutes ago, Jerbear said:

@TheGhzGuy My friend said if necessary he would sell me his graphics card so I guess yea I would be comfortable with buying used parts. 

Perfect! I'll send a video of a few options for you in a couple of minutes.

[TheGhzGuy]

3 minutes ago, Jerbear said:

@TheGhzGuy My friend said if necessary he would sell me his graphics card so I guess yea I would be comfortable with buying used parts. 

Something like this

If you want, I can try putting something together for you. If you need some stuff for super cheap, PM @CUDA_Cores

[Jerbear]

5 minutes ago, TheGhzGuy said:

Something like this

If you want, I can try putting something together for you. If you need some stuff for super cheap, PM @CUDA_Cores

Alright, thank you very much.

[TheGhzGuy]

Just now, Jerbear said:

Alright, thank you very much.

No problem!

[ZackCodesAI]

Just now, Jerbear said:

I am finally moving from console gaming to PC but the game I mostly play is CS:GO and thats about it since I normally play on a MacBook Air. My budget is low so I found something at Walmart to start out with. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Acer-AXC-704G-UW61-Desktop-PC-with-Intel-Celeron-N3050-Processor-4GB-Memory-500GB-Hard-Drive-and-Windows-10-Monitor-Not-Included/46356507 

I was wondering if this tower would be able to run CS:GO smoothly enough for me to play. Thank you for any replies.

Whatever you buy, it'll be faster than Macbook air, atleast those won't have thermal throttling...

[Castdeath97]

2 minutes ago, Zackbare said:

Whatever you buy, it'll be faster than Macbook air, atleast those won't have thermal throttling...

Nah, not even close. The N3050 isn't even close to the i5s included with the Macbook Air, don't think throttling would ever cause a N3050 to beat something like a i5-5250U.

[ZackCodesAI]

Just now, Castdeath97 said:

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I was just trying to meme bro, but seriously I didn't realize that it has HDD and 4GIGs... and the CPU, as we know.

[orbaxter]

For CS:GO you really need a high-end CPU, my i3-4160 only manages ~150fps on ultra (with a GTX 970) - but the CPU is the bottleneck, and the same can be said for most source engine 2 games, as the engine is relatively reliant on the CPU, so if possible go for the best CPU you can (i3, i5 minimum).