Hi, hope all of you are well.
Just looking to buy a used budget gaming PC and thinking if these specs are good enough to run games such as CSGO, FIFA 20 and GTA V?
Specs
Thanks
That will run fine for those games, only issue is that if you choose to player newer more demanding games you may want to choose a PC with better CPU and graphics card with at least 16 GB of RAM.
Can you post your budget for a PC?
Would you like to give it a shot at building a pc or buy prebuilt?
Dont laugh but I’m getting above PC for $500. And my budget is $500. Let’s see your opinion.
spend an extra $40 on another 8 gig of ram. Dont quote me on that price
That's pretty old to be buying at that price tbh. Check out this for comparison https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/KvthF8
It's got no graphics card, but I think you'd be better off with newer gear and using the onboard graphics, and can buy a graphics card later.
What's your financial situation like? If I was you, I would wait a little bit longer and save $500 more.
For the quality of that rig, you're better off just buying a console.
I can tell about my specs:
Intel Core i7 7700HQ @ 2.80GHz - downgraded to 4 cores/4 threads only, Turbo Boost turned off
16.0GB Dual-Channel RAM
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Dell)
128GB SanDisk X400 M.2 2280 (SSD) - Main OS Disk
1TB Western Digital WDC WD10SPZX-75Z10T0 (SATA) - Where GTA V is installed
I can run GTA 5 with everything on High, with Textures on Very High @ 1080p on a stable 60 FPS with very rare dips to 50 FPS (I am talking 5 star police chases with 10 cars behind me and 20 SWAT members shooting at me)
I would really reccomend getting another extra 8GB of ram as I often see GTA 5 using ~6.5GB of RAM so you will be really squeezing your luck with only 8 GB
How about the PSU?
Antec is a decent brand but without knowing the exact model name it's hard to say how good it is. 500 watts is more than enough to power a quad core + 1060 GPU.
But in all likelihood that PC looks like it's been used for a good 5 or 6 years (Haswell processor and motherboards was released in late 2013, Nvidia Pascal GPU released in 2016) so all the parts you're getting is quite old.
It's a good idea to stress test the system before you buy it, so that you can identify any potential issues with the system.
I am not sure about a PSU as I haven't done PC building or research for years, however, make sure your PSU has a proper, certified rating like this
If your PSU is not at least 80+ BRONZE certified, it is a ticking time-bomb waiting to fry your components.
DO NOT CHEAP OUT ON YOUR PSU!
FIFA 20 Recommended Requirements
CPU: AMD FX-8150 / Core i5-3550 or better
CPU SPEED: Info
RAM: 8 GB
OS: 64-bit Windows 10
VIDEO CARD: Radeon R9 270X / GeForce GTX 670 or better
PIXEL SHADER: 5.0
VERTEX SHADER: 5.0
FREE DISK SPACE: 50 GB
DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 2048 MB
You'll be fine.