Looking to build a budget Gaming PC.

[Leg_Licker]

Wishing to build a decent gaming rig for around $200. My "Gaming System" now has a core 2 quad q600 7 GB of ram and a 1 GB VRAM GTX 550 TI.

Thx

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

you aren't gonna get much new for $200. what's the model your other components? is your ram ddr3?

[penmaster33]

I don't know much about that low a budget but I think you should get a used Pentium off ebay or craigslist or something like that and a 750ti 4 to 8 gigs of ram and then whatever else you want you will have to overclock obviously. if you look hard enough like at garage sales and stuff you should find these parts 

[ERanck]

try this ( i would recommend covering the window to hide the sad lump of stuff in it.) 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DhDP4C

[ERanck]

1 minute ago, ERanck said:

try this ( i would recommend covering the window to hide the sad lump of stuff in it.) 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DhDP4C

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/L2F7xY

i switched the case for an extra $1 so you can have USB ports on the front 

[Energycore]

The only suggestion I would have for a gaming PC at that budget is a pairing of a refurb prebuilt and a cheap GPU used.

 

The refurb prebuilt could be something like this

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA8WV5Y25196

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131724

 

That's $220 and it's actually a pretty powerful PC (for the money). Keep in mind you'll have to keep the side panel off to accommodate that GPU, if you want something that can actually put the GPU inside grab this

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA8WV4N39303

3 minutes ago, ERanck said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/L2F7xY

i switched the case for an extra $1 so you can have USB ports on the front 

You do know that the GT 710 is quite a bit weaker than the iGPU on the Pentium, yes?

[ERanck]

Just now, Energycore said:

The only suggestion I would have for a gaming PC at that budget is a pairing of a refurb prebuilt and a cheap GPU used.

 

The refurb prebuilt could be something like this

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA8WV5Y25196

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131724

 

That's $220 and it's actually a pretty powerful PC (for the money). Keep in mind you'll have to keep the side panel off to accommodate that GPU, if you want something that can actually put the GPU inside grab this

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA8WV4N39303

You do know that the GT 710 is quite a bit weaker than the iGPU on the Pentium, yes?

nope I have no clue what im doing, but thanks for pointing it out.  

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 minutes ago, Energycore said:

The refurb prebuilt could be something like this

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA8WV5Y25196

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131724

he could always just get an LP 1050/ti for the SFF rig, if it's cheaper. also i think he already has a PC so I'd recommend just doing some upgrades to it.

[Energycore]

Just now, herman mcpootis said:

he could always just get an LP 1050/ti for the SFF rig, if it's cheaper. also i think he already has a PC so I'd recommend just doing some upgrades to it.

Oh looking at his current system, just OC the Q6600 and grab a 1050 Ti yeah.

 

These prebuilts are great value though. A whole i3 PC for $120

[Leg_Licker]

10 hours ago, herman mcpootis said:

you aren't gonna get much new for $200. what's the model your other components? is your ram ddr3?

No, Ram is ddr2 ik its old

[Leg_Licker]

10 hours ago, penmaster33 said:

I don't know much about that low a budget but I think you should get a used Pentium off ebay or craigslist or something like that and a 750ti 4 to 8 gigs of ram and then whatever else you want you will have to overclock obviously. if you look hard enough like at garage sales and stuff you should find these parts 

Yeah thanks

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

13 minutes ago, Leg_Licker said:

No, Ram is ddr2 ik its old

psu model?

[Leg_Licker]

12 hours ago, herman mcpootis said:

psu model?

Corsair 500w PSU.

[Herman Mcpootis]

10 hours ago, Leg_Licker said:

Corsair 500w PSU.

i'm guessing it's a CX500.

get these from ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/QTY-1x-INTEL-i5-2400-CPU-3-10GHZ-6MB-LGA1155-SR00Q-/132317601000?epid=109625790&hash=item1ecebe5ce8:g:XfMAAOSw8XBZrPbK $49

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkCentre-Edge71-Desktop-LGA-1155-DDR3-Motherboard-03T6221-/112547275587?hash=item1a34572343:g:q8IAAOSwrOtZqIB2 $17.99

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PJ-GS3G085128-Micron-Chip-Memory-8GB-PC3-12800-DDR3-1600MHz-/272817830674?hash=item3f8535bb12:g:F6YAAOSwohdZncAP $32

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sapphire-AMD-HD7970-3GB-GDDR5-PCI-E-DL-DVI-I-SL-DVI-D-HDMI-DP-OC-WITH-BOOST-/332368745180?hash=item4d62b892dc:g:lmoAAOSwqgRZrTov $120

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/NwsKHx/arctic-cooling-cpu-cooler-acalp11gtr2 $7.38

total is $225.87, you can sell off your old gear to get some of your money back.

 

Edited September 5, 2017 by herman mcpootis
motherboard compatibility