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Now i'm trying to start my own build, but would like the communities help to see what you can do, for moderate gaming and video editing, what you can take out of the budget is i have a 500gb ssd boot drive and 1tb Hard Drive

Feel free to use ebay, Amazon, whatever you need

Budget Limit $300

CPU at least a quad core (age isnt a big deal, as long as price to performance is decent)

GPU Thinking a GTX 1050 dont mind used (you guys can probably come up with better ideas)

everything else Should be interesting to see what you can come up with, 

Now i've seen some other posts about the same kinds of budget builds, but with your help i would appreciate a bit more information in terms of build ideas

AND yes i have seen Linus's $300 scrapyard wars build for those who are going to comment to watch that

 

 

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1 minute ago, hockeyguy92 said:

Now i'm trying to start my own build, but would like the communities help to see what you can do, for moderate gaming and video editing, what you can take out of the budget is i have a 500gb ssd boot drive and 1tb Hard Drive

Budget Limit $300

CPU at least a quad core (age isnt a big deal, as long as price to performance is decent)

GPU Thinking a GTX 1050 dont mind used (you guys can probably come up with better ideas)

everything else Should be interesting to see what you can come up with, 

Now i've seen some other posts about the same kinds of budget builds, but with your help i would appreciate a bit more information in terms of build ideas

 

 

 

Is eBay encouraged?

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

PSU tier list

How many watts do I need?

PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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Gtx 960 for around $110 on eBay, and snatch up a refurbished dell optiplex with an i5. I'll go search for a link and see what makes sense to buy.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

PSU tier list

How many watts do I need?

PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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https://m.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Precision-T3600-Intel-Xeon-E5-1650-3-20GHz-8GB-RAM-250GB-HDD-DVD-RW/292654133012?hash=item44238baf14%3Ag%3AfnAAAOSwn6RbTlGE&_sop=15&_sacat=179&_nkw=xeon+e5&LH_BIN=1&_from=R40&rt=nc&_oac=1 $220

 

https://m.ebay.com/itm/sapphire-radeon-hd-7950-3gb/153115689735?hash=item23a6680307%3Ag%3AdNsAAOSwzrlbWnlR&_sop=15&_sacat=0&_nkw=hd+7950&LH_BIN=1&_from=R40&rt=nc if the T3600's PSU has the connectors and wattage, $79

https://m.ebay.com/itm/New-MSI-RX-460-2GB-GDDR5-PCIeX1-Full-Height-Graphics-Card-GPU/113145315278?hash=item1a57fc7fce%3Ag%3AlVgAAOSwB-Na~YeB&_sop=15&_sacat=0&_nkw=rx+460&LH_BIN=1&_from=R40&rt=nc otherwise, $69

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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https://www.ebay.com/i/192602165859?chn=ps&ul_ref=https%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F1%2F711-117182-37290-0%2F2%3Fmpre%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.ebay.com%252Fi%252F192602165859%253Fchn%253Dps%26itemid%3D192602165859%26targetid%3D429289468964%26device%3Dm%26adtype%3Dpla%26googleloc%3D9028770%26poi%3D%26campaignid%3D1029896865%26adgroupid%3D54445227561%26rlsatarget%3Daud-444988249589%3Apla-429289468964%26abcId%3D1130066%26merchantid%3D6377944%26gclid%3DCjwKCAjwy_XaBRAWEiwApfjKHrZoNFdG_WzvMuh-AWekAv1zpeQ3YWo-H7n0VL_uTHgiD38VOAJaZRoCD1gQAvD_BwE%26srcrot%3D711-117182-37290-0%26rvr_id%3D1614332220449%26rvr_ts%3De6c49a651640aa4337446c87fff7b0a4

 

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F173424974139

 

 

Winning a bid on a 1050 is more economical, but you can get a new one and it'll still be in budget.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

PSU tier list

How many watts do I need?

PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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Specs: i5 2400, R9 270, 8GB Ram, Win 7 Pro, 320GB HDD.

 

 around $310 (no bidding only buy-it-now)

(I didn't count in the shipping)

 

The link's are only examples. I did not verify the seller and so on...

Anyone could build a machine like this for a similar price :)

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/DELL-OPTIPLEX-390-MT-i5-2400-3-1GHz-8GB-320GB-HDD-WINDOWS-7-PRO/223066826400?hash=item33efd1a6a0%3Ag%3A9bsAAOSwlVJbT6yr&_sacat=0&_nkw=Optiplex+390&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR11.TRC1.A0.H0.XOptiplex+390.TRS0

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Corsair-Builder-Series-CX430-CMPSU-430CX-430W-ATX12V-Active-PFC-Power-Supply/232827424161?hash=item3635988da1%3Ag%3AeuwAAOSwZMZa4iMx&_sop=15&_sacat=0&_nkw=Corsair+power+supply&LH_BIN=1&_from=R40&rt=nc

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/PowerColor-Radeon-R9-270-2GB-256-Bit-GDDR5-PCI-Graphics-Card/223074202248?hash=item33f0423288%3Ag%3A-vkAAOSwLyhbV1jp&_sop=15&_nkw=R9+270&_sacat=0&_from=R40&LH_BIN=1&rt=nc&LH_TitleDesc=0|0

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