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1 minute ago, CyberTater said:

I only have DDR2 ram

Yikes, see if you have any ddr3 lying around if not you would have to buy some, I have seen some good ram deals local so check apps like offer up, let go, Craigslist or Facebook market

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15 minutes ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

For the same reason you would buy new hardware: you get something that gives you enough performance and a good price to performance ratio.

You may be better served by either new or old hardware, depending on what you want to achieve and what your market looks like.

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14 minutes ago, CyberTater said:

My dad works in IT so i might be able to check and see if he has any x58 xeons and server motherboards.

If you can get stuff for next to free that'd be better.

Otherwise I'd highly suggest saving yourself time and potential headaches and just going with the R3 2200G

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@CyberTater

 

If you're in the USA, you can get used Sandy Bridge i5 prebuilts for under $100 shipped to your house on Ebay that includes RAM.

 

I'd consider it a big upgrade over the your old CPU.

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6 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

If you can get stuff for next to free that'd be better.

Otherwise I'd highly suggest saving yourself time and potential headaches and just going with the R3 2200G

Depends on what he uses it for though the 2200g provides very poor performance in some games without the ideal ram, while you can get VERY cheap ddr3 and just pair it with a sub 200$ motherboard and cpu combo and get sky lake levels of performance for a fraction of the price.

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1 minute ago, BarackOBatman said:

@CyberTater

 

If you're in the USA, you can get used Sandy Bridge i5 prebuilts for under $100 shipped to your house on Ebay that includes RAM.

 

I'd consider it a big upgrade over the your old CPU.

Where do I find one of these? can you send me a link?

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3 minutes ago, BarackOBatman said:

@CyberTater

 

If you're in the USA, you can get used Sandy Bridge i5 prebuilts for under $100 shipped to your house on Ebay that includes RAM.

 

I'd consider it a big upgrade over the your old CPU.

REALLY? There is no way, they must have been on sale or something.

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Just now, Sergifq said:

REALLY? There is no way, they must have been on sale or something.

That's what I was thinking

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59 minutes ago, CyberTater said:

That's what I was thinking

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7 minutes ago, CyberTater said:

I prefer to have overclocking support and a non proprietary motherboard

Oh.

if you want those sorts of features, then PCs like the ones i suggested arent for you, they all use proprietary boards and no OC support.

 

To answer your previous question, you have to hunt around for the deals, but they're out there.

Here's an i5-2400 + 4GB RAM Lenovo Pre built i got for $45 plus shipping

https://www.ebay.com/itm/382445617677

 

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3 hours ago, CyberTater said:

I prefer to have overclocking support and a non proprietary motherboard

Just to chime in, why is this that important to you?

What BarackOBatman suggested to you is possibly the best option on your budget, and you live somewhere where those kind of systems go in wholesales all the time - you may be able to do even cheaper. 

If you can find a xeon motherboard, that's great, but seriously don't overvalue features on platforms that old.  You're still gonna end up spending more on cooling and a PSU for the kind of build you might be thinking of.

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42 minutes ago, Biggerboot said:

What BarackOBatman suggested to you is possibly the best option on your budget, and you live somewhere where those kind of systems go in wholesales all the time - you may be able to do even cheaper. 

Right ?!

With the OP's Budget ($200 US) You could legitimately buy a decent gaming PC.

 

;) such as this one I'm currently working on. (i5-2400, GTX770, 2TB WD Blue, 12GB RAM) for $250 

 

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i7 2600 Dell Optiplex 790 with 1T HDD and 8gb ram for $200 shipped WITH W7 key. Look around on eBay and get the mini tower, not SFF.

 

 

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