Cheap Gaming Build for Brother.

[TheWiseGuy]

Hello, so my brother has a very old crappy laptop and he needs a upgrade. For Christmas I plan on spending around $400 to build him a capable gaming PC. I need some suggestions on parts to use or maybe builds that some of you have built.

I would like at least a GTX 1050, if you have any ideas it would be greatly appreciated!

 

 

[SupaKomputa]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: GeIL - EVO SPEAR 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial - BX300 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($25.50 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB Video Card  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($17.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $368.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-25 14:07 EST-0500

 

That's the main part, add a case to your liking and your done. $400...

[Cereal5]

I would look for something used. You can likely find a system with an overclockable i5 and a GTX 970. That will beat out pretty much anything else at that price point. Or you could just go with the above build and throw in a used 970, since it'll stomp on a 1050 Ti, and they go for around $100-120.

[SupaKomputa]

I'm sorry forgot a HDD, but you can use the old pc hdd. The 120 is quite small, you can have a 256gb for another $10-20.

For used parts i suggest finding a Xeon 1230 than i5, they are cheaper and comparable with i7.

A 970 would definately crush 1050ti, but can you deal with used parts?

[TheWiseGuy]

2 minutes ago, Cereal5 said:

I would look for something used. You can likely find a system with an overclockable i5 and a GTX 970. That will beat out pretty much anything else at that price point. Or you could just go with the above build and throw in a used 970, since it'll stomp on a 1050 Ti, and they go for around $100-120.

 

9 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: GeIL - EVO SPEAR 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial - BX300 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($25.50 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB Video Card  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($17.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $368.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-25 14:07 EST-0500

 

That's the main part, add a case to your liking and your done. $400...

Alright thanks!