budget Cheap PC build questions

[Aaron_Blue01]

Hello Everyone,

 

I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right place but I was wondering two things; 1. What is the lowest price I could build a decent computer for light gaming? 2. What is the cheapest computer you guys have ever made, if you don't mind me asking.

 

Thanks

[LHJKO]

My cheapest pc is probably 200$ 

i5 4570

8gb ram 

750 ti 

 

 

What kind of games do you want to play you courd just buy 150$ prebuilt and toss in a 1050 ti but with prices right now  or a 750 ti and be able to play games like cs go rocket league @ 60 fps  and gta 5 @  30 fps

[hconverse02]

1. If by light gaming, you mean 720p low, then ~$500, because of gpu/ram prices, maybe you could fit a 1050 in that budget.

2. ~$330 was my first build, no monitor (used a tv), no keyboard (used an old one), no gpu (i didn't have the money) and I gamed on an igpu on an i5 6400-t.

[Aaron_Blue01]

15 hours ago, Vernw3 said:

My cheapest pc is probably 200$ 

i5 4570

8gb ram 

750 ti 

 

 

What kind of games do you want to play you courd just buy 150$ prebuilt and toss in a 1050 ti but with prices right now  or a 750 ti and be able to play games like cs go rocket league @ 60 fps  and gta 5 @  30 fps

$200? Dang. I didn't think you could go that low and have more the 4gb of ram. And, I would probably play games like Rocket League.

[Ckdota]

Cheapest build I have ever done is this (actually made 2 but one is a precision tower instead of a optiplex SSF) but with most of these parts being free. I replied in another thread with this build when somebody asked for a cheap build.

 

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Lets see what I can do here.

 

Step 1: Buy this computer 
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Dell-Optiplex-755-SFF-Computer-with-Intel-Core-2-Duo-2-33GHz-2GB-RAM-80GB-HDD/162881610680?hash=item25ec8023b8:g:8Q0AAOSwoddac0h0

Step 2: Buy this ram so you have 8 gigs.

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/4GB-2x2GB-PC2-6400-DDR2-240-pin-Desktop-Memory-For-DELL-OPTIPLEX-535-760-960-330/122945078366?hash=item1ca019045e:g:iaYAAOSw-CpYA7B2

 

Step 3: Buy this CPU as an upgrade.

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Intel-Core-2-Quad-CPU-Q6600-2-4GHz-8M-1066-LGA775-SLACR/182830646711?hash=item2a918e45b7:g:XDQAAOSwIFtaFRHQ

 

Step 4: Buy this GPU.

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Dell-AMD-Radeon-HD-8570-1GB-PCI-e-Low-Profile-Video-Card-DisplayPort-DVI/173093628030?hash=item284d2f287e:g:8XkAAOSwvktaWB1C

 

 

Grande total comes out to: $60.91 USD Now hit up the used market and buy a SSD doesnt have to be the greatest SSD since you know sata 2.0.

 

 

Now I got most of these parts for free or I previously had them but just as an example you could build something like this. This PC for me is a guest PC for lan parties so the types of games I play are: CSGO/TF2/Halo/Quake/Warcraft 3-dota2 customs/SAMP shit like that. Obviously since newer games dont have lan play its not an issue for this purpose.

 

If you want to know how good it is I can get CS:GO to run at over 60 fps but my preference is 800x600 black bars so YMMV if you like 16:9 resolution (idk why anyone would). Same goes for other FPS games 4:3 master race, non FPS games do work at 16:9 resolutions at over 60 fps in general this build is good enough for this which I would consider "Light gaming". What games do you consider light gaming? probably will dictate if this kind of build would work for you.

 

 

 

[Aaron_Blue01]

1 hour ago, Ckdota said:

Cheapest build I have ever done is this (actually made 2 but one is a precision tower instead of a optiplex SSF) but with most of these parts being free. I replied in another thread with this build when somebody asked for a cheap build.

 

 

Now I got most of these parts for free or I previously had them but just as an example you could build something like this. This PC for me is a guest PC for lan parties so the types of games I play are: CSGO/TF2/Halo/Quake/Warcraft 3-dota2 customs/SAMP shit like that. Obviously since newer games dont have lan play its not an issue for this purpose.

 

If you want to know how good it is I can get CS:GO to run at over 60 fps but my preference is 800x600 black bars so YMMV if you like 16:9 resolution (idk why anyone would). Same goes for other FPS games 4:3 master race, non FPS games do work at 16:9 resolutions at over 60 fps in general this build is good enough for this which I would consider "Light gaming". What games do you consider light gaming? probably will dictate if this kind of build would work for you.

 

 

 

Wow. I didn't think you could go this low in terms of price! 

[Ckdota]

If you ever watched scrapyard wars in the 3rd season both linus and luke used a q6600 to get the best price-performance ratio which inspired me to check it out for myself. I tried payday 2 on that optiplex btw probably one of the most cpu heavy "casual" games right now and it shit the bed.

 

The alternative however is a little more tedious but you could build a dual cpu system for about 300 bucks YMMV.

 

A motherboard similar to this: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Super-Micro-X8DTL-iF-LGA-1366-ATX-with-2-x-Xeon-E5520-I-O-Shield-and-fans/273045643005?hash=item3f92c9defd:g:rw8AAOSwXLpZ2r68

 

2 cpus like this: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Intel-Xeon-Processor-X5670-12M-Cache-2-93-GHz-6-40-GT-s-Intel-QPI-SLBV7/323057893825?hash=item4b37c041c1:g:NrMAAOSwzZ1aejed

 

As much of this ram as you want: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Samsung-4GB-8GB-16GB-32GB-LR-DDR3-1333-1600MHZ-ECC-REG-Registered-Server-ram-LOT/362204359811?hash=item54550fec83:m:mWZjoc7-inPurU9Z-fp_cGA

 

A large ATX case to hold that big ass motherboard and dont forget most importantly a USB 3.0 pci express card because most of these boards have only 2 USB ports.

[ShadowChaser]

On 2/7/2018 at 7:59 PM, Aaron_Blue01 said:

Hello Everyone,

 

I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right place but I was wondering two things; 1. What is the lowest price I could build a decent computer for light gaming? 2. What is the cheapest computer you guys have ever made, if you don't mind me asking.

 

Thanks

Go to your local university/public school, and ask if they have any older PCs slated for recycling. They'll give you something with a Core 2 Duo or something along those lines for free. Make sure it's at least core 2/Pentium dual core and not pentium 4. Grab a Q6600 or Q8400 from eBay depending on which one your computer supports, 8GB of DDR2-800, and a GTX 660, HD7850, GTX 750ti or something like that. Budget $80 for GPU, $15-18 for Ram, and $10 for CPU. Total of about $120

 

This will get you through most 1080p titles at low or medium if you're okay with 30fps, and you'll save up more in the long run.

[Bakasi]

I need a bit of help , im thinking about getting a 750 ti, i5 3470 , 8gb of 1600 MHz RAM - the price is 250 euros, so i was wondering is it capable of playing such games as fornite , gta 5 , league of legends and dota 2 on good settings ... I plan on adding a 1050ti / 1060 ( if it doesnt bottleneck) in September ( if i buy this ofcourse)

 

[VEXICUS]

On 2/8/2018 at 6:29 AM, Aaron_Blue01 said:

Hello Everyone,

 

I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right place but I was wondering two things; 1. What is the lowest price I could build a decent computer for light gaming? 2. What is the cheapest computer you guys have ever made, if you don't mind me asking.

 

Thanks

My first build was $850

Pentium 3 733mhz

256mb ram

40gb maxtor HDD

PC's were way too much overpriced back then... 

 

But my cheapest "gaming" PC would be around $400-500....

Core2quad q8400

4gb ram

Radeon 5870