Hi fellow Ozbargainers
I was just out to look for a gaming pc for myself as a treat
My budget is around $400
Hoping to find
Intel I3 8Th Gen Or RYZEN 3 2200
A320M Motherboard
240GB SSD
No HDD
Graphics Card If Possible (I know they’re expensive)
500 W PSU
Don’t rlly care bout the case
Thanks
Decent Gaming PC under $350-$400
CrazyBargainCatcher on 25/07/2019 - 18:15
Last edited 27/07/2019 - 01:05 by 1 other user
Last edited 27/07/2019 - 01:05 by 1 other user
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At that price point, you really need to consider what games you want to play and optimize for them - especially whether a console would be good enough for those games.
All I want to play is Fortnite/Apex Legends
It's not going to be a pleasant experience with an integrated gpu
Graphics Card If Possible (I know they’re expensive)
Gaming PC but maybe no GPU? What?
Solitaire?
The vega APUs are pretty competent.
used parts maybe? You should be able to get a few years old GPU for pretty cheap that would smash the games you wanna play
Old ex office 3rd gen i5 and second hand 1050ti can probs be done for $400
My budget is around $400
You need to be looking at used parts at that sort of price point. There's no way that you'd be able to fit in a new build that will have the performance you need. The most important part is the GPU, so I'd start allocating a budget for that, and then fit in the rest accordingly.
With your budget, the best card to start with is an RX 570.
Here's one for $145 - https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Asus-Radeon-RX-570-4GB-ROG-Strix…. Don't worry that it was previously used for mining. These cards are built to take much more. I have a GPU cluster with cards that are years old running 24/7 and failures are rare as I undervolt them and run them cool (which miners do too for efficiency). What you don't want is a card that's had the bananas overclocked out of it.
For the CPU, get a 2500K and overclock it, they're so cheap nowadays - here's one for $45 - https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Intel-i5-2500k-CPU-3-3GHz-6Mb-Ca…
Cooler - can't go wrong with this - $17 - https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LED-CPU-Cooler-Fan-Heatsink-For-…
For the motherboard, you'll want to get a Z68 board - here's one for $90 - https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GIGABYTE-GA-Z68A-D3H-B3-SOCKET-L…
Get 8GB DDR3 - anything is fine - here's a kit for $50 - https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Kingston-HyperX-8GB-2x4-PC3-1280…
240GB SSD - $30 brand new - https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Crucial-BX500-MX500-250GB-500GB-…
Case/PSU - I've used this case in several of my builds, it's a good price, looks decent and the included PSU is not garbage, usually good to buy case/PSU new - $89 - https://www.pccasegear.com/products/43594/cougar-mx330-ste50…
So for the total - $466. You won't be able to build anything better new. This will wipe the floor with any APU builds (3200G/2200G type). These are all prices you can get now. If you scour Gumtree, you'll be able to save a bit and get it all for ~$400 - I've gotten RX 570's closer to $120, for example.
If it's a gaming pc you want to put more $$$ into gpu, then the cpu. As above, ddr3/ddr4 is not much of a difference for now. Everything has to run to an appropriate monitor otherwise you get 60fps max.
A decent gaming comp? add a zero, then it will be decent comp
You can build a decent gaming computer for $800-1000, quit exaggerating things. $3500 is in the 'amazing' category…
You don't know things, my comp costs more than my car
A decent gaming computer eh, how much just for a 2080?
Let me look - $1200
How about a 2070?
nope - they are $800
how about a 1660ti?
they are $450
What FPS can we play on that lowly GPU? - none
We need a CPU, ram, a case, a PSU, a monitor, a mouse & keyboard, etc
A decent gaming comp for 800-1000
you must be dreaminghttps://www.pccasegear.com/category/1411_1917/pccg-gaming-pc…
I would not get the lower spec systems
someone on reddit spotted this "great for gamers" computer at $1199.99
https://i.imgur.com/HbPXSw9.jpg
It is $1199.99, but you should buy it, as you reckon you can get an 'decent gaming' computer for 800-1000, so a $1199.99 computer should be "great for gamers"
best to stick with making shadow puppets on the wall unless you want to pony up some more bucks to build something faster than a calculator
For $400 and a lot of time browsing gumtree you probably can get an ok base system then add more funds for a GPU(also from gumtree).
Your best bet would be to buy a refurbished Dell optiplex and add a video card.
For $400 new parts won't get you much.And for gaming, a graphic card is a requirement, not optional.
Just get an Xbox One X for that budget
I got a gaming pc with techfast - $440 about 5 months ago.
Ryzen 2300x
RX 570 8GBPlays pretty much all titles at 1080p/60fps on decent settings.
Recommend it.
wait for techfast to do a ryzen 3200G build if you want new, or buy 2nd hand