Computer Buying??

[krosnest]

Hey, I'm looking into getting a computer but I'm on a tight budget and was wonder what I should do. Everyone says if you're on a budget to just build your own computer but as I found out, some times the price of you building one yourself and just buying it prebuilt is normally the same price or some times slightly cheaper, or some times it's very drastic. So what I was going to do is buy a pre-owned office computer and just shove a graphics card in it and call it done. But I'm not sure which one to get so I searched Amazon and well this is the pc I landed on, and to power it for gaming I included the graphics card I was going to get. let me know if any of these are terrible desitions. oh and btw if you wish to help my budget is $400.

 

COMPUTER!!

GRAPHICS CARD!!

[PCGuy_5960]

Not a GT 730! It sucks, the 1030 is a much better option. 

 

EDIT: A used 750 Ti would be even better

[Guest]

If you could push for a GTX 1050 I would recommend that. Also I would recommend checking out your local used part sellers (such as Craigslist) to see if there are any good deals out there.

[Damascus]

I would get this GPU instead

 

 https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Support-Graphics-04G-P4-6251-KR/dp/B01MEFABEL/ref=sr_1_13?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1502815158&sr=1-13&keywords=1050+ti

[MrDrWho13]

Absolutely don't buy something that's named "GT". Anything with the prefix "GTX" or "RX" will be better. Go for a 1050ti, or a 750ti if you're really stuck for budget. Another option could be RX460?

[WkdPaul]

The specs on that PC is sketchy at best ... 1GB hard drive? 2 processors ? They mention it's an i5 but don't mention the Generation

 

I'm guessing the "processor" count was meant as core counts, if that's the case, an i5 with 2 cores is going to be a slow first generation or low powered 2ng generation i5, not worth it.

[Shiv78]

$40 over but if you can stretch it's a little beast of a rig. If you need it cheaper, let me know. 

GPU much, much, much better than a 1030 and the CPU is better than an old dual-core i5 and pretty damn close to a modern quadcore i5.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($108.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: *ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: *Patriot - Viper Elite 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($62.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Mini Video Card  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: *DIYPC - Solo-T1-BK ATX Mid Tower Case  ($19.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($31.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $440.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-15 13:11 EDT-0400

 

or an Intel build with a better GPU:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($78.87 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: *Gigabyte - GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($36.75 @ Newegg) 
Memory: *Patriot - Viper Elite 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($62.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB SC GAMING ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($149.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: *DIYPC - Solo-T1-BK ATX Mid Tower Case  ($19.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($31.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $427.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-15 13:21 EDT-0400