Building first time pc

[Epicxcrafter]

ok this will be my first time building a pc i know what i need but for my budget i would need help. i have around 250 for a pc now thats not a lot for some but i dont care for high setting or even medium i like good fps over looks. so my idea was a intel core 2 quad or a earlier gen i5 and maybe 4 gb of ram but i would like 8. storage i have a harddrive that has what i need on it so i need help with a gpu along with a power supply, case , and mother board so if someone could help me for gpu. my work load is light to mid gaming and a little of light photo and video editing as well (for my YouTube channel) plus a little of music with fl studio so any help with pc parts like gpu and may be a procseser for this work load is much welcome

[SecretX]

I'm not sure of my thoughts, but I think you can't buy a mobo, cpu, ram, gpu, psu and case with 250.

[OJTheAviator]

I think used components would probably be best considering price restrictions, so it depends a ton on where you live. I would go full on scrapyard wars and search craigslist and ebay, see what you can find. Maybe look for a 3rd gen i5 and a 780ti or something.

 

[Streetguru]

9 minutes ago, Epicxcrafter said:

i have around 250 for a pc now

Well I would suggest possibly hopping on AM4 so you have a platform to build on. Maybe get a case later. See if you can find cheap DDR4.
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yvLdsJ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yvLdsJ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - A8-9600 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($70.15 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($74.33 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($80.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($41.77 @ OutletPC)
Case: Rosewill - SRM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($19.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($37.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $325.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-14 20:39 EST-0500

What you want to find is an old business machine hopefully with more standard parts, then just slap in a used GPU, something with an i5 or i7 preferably.

A8 benchmarks. he later puts an 1800X into the super cheap system
 

 

[OJTheAviator]

Also, windows alone costs $70-100, so maybe try linux or great if you already have a copy of windows. (if you want to go for new build)

[Herman Mcpootis]

https://m.ebay.com/itm/PowerSpec-Powerful-Custom-Desktop-PC-Intel-i5-2320-3ghz-8gb-2tb-DVDRW-HDMI-WIFI/332449813415?hash=item4d678d93a7:g:lpsAAOSwFb5aCzJw $101.98

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ttQRsY/msi-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-4gb-video-card-gtx-1050-ti-4g-oc $154.89

 

[OJTheAviator]

15 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

https://m.ebay.com/itm/PowerSpec-Powerful-Custom-Desktop-PC-Intel-i5-2320-3ghz-8gb-2tb-DVDRW-HDMI-WIFI/332449813415?hash=item4d678d93a7:g:lpsAAOSwFb5aCzJw $101.98

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ttQRsY/msi-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-4gb-video-card-gtx-1050-ti-4g-oc $154.89

 

That actually looks like a great deal

[OJTheAviator]

This could work:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/G3cg2R

as well as:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-i5-2400-Processor-CPU-3-1GHz-LGA1155/122808033734?hash=item1c97ede1c6:g:5cgAAOSwHUhaCk2I

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Asus-P8H61-M-PRO-Micro-ATX-Desktop-Motherboard-LGA1155-USB-3-0-HDMI/312003127122?hash=item48a4d5e752:g:FakAAOSwfjRaC2hE

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-GeForce-GTX-780-Ti-3GB-Graphics-Card-Nvidia/263315909490?hash=item3d4ed9eb72:g:dXkAAOSwBUxaB0Oa

 

Total = about $250