$300ish pc

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• Ridelynn Member EpicPosts: 7,383

  December 2013

  Umm... I think all I'm going to say here is good luck.

  I think it's entirely possible to build a computer for <$300; however, your down in the area of computing hardware where your paying a good deal for really crappy components. A little bit more budget would get you a lot better quality computer.

  You may also want to just consider getting a big name premade. Not that I like them or condone them, but one thing they have done well is leverage economy of scale into bringing down the price of crappy hardware: if your going to be pigeonholed into getting something at that price point after all. Get the $300 Blue Light Special laptop from WalMart or something and call it a day - and then you don't have to worry about monitor/peripherals/WiFi/OS/age&reliability of the recycled hard drive/etc.
• alkarionlog Member EpicPosts: 3,584

  December 2013

  for less then 300 try to buy a used one..... or it won't be a gaming pc (and no facebook games don't make you a gamer.....)

  FOR HONOR, FOR FREEDOM.... and for some money.
  
• Vrika Member LegendaryPosts: 7,999

  December 2013

  I'd suggest looking at used computers, you might get something a lot better.

   
• Nadia Member UncommonPosts: 11,798

  December 2013

  Lenovo IdeaPad Pentium Dual 2.2GHz 12" Touch Laptop -- $279

  http://dealnews.com/Lenovo-Idea-Pad-Pentium-Dual-2.2-GHz-12-Touch-Laptop-for-280-free-shipping/922239.html

  Best Buy offers the Lenovo IdeaPad S210 Intel Pentium 1.9GHz 11.6" Touchscreen LED-Backlit Laptop, model no. 59387503, bundled with a download code for 6 Months of Titanium Internet Security 3-User for Windows, for $279.99 with free shipping.

  That's tied with our expired mention from Black Friday as the best price we've seen for any laptop with this CPU. (It's also a current price low by $20.) It features an Intel Pentium 2127U 1.9GHz dual-core processor, 11.6" 1366x768 touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth, 3-cell battery, and Windows 8 64-bit. No optical drive is included.

   

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• splitcold Member Posts: 73

  December 2013

  He already has a laptop and the desktop he has is like 8 years old and uses a GMA HD . 
• syntax42 Member UncommonPosts: 1,385

  December 2013

  If you have a decent laptop, what is the point in buying a $300 desktop?  You may as well put the laptop on the desk and hook it up to a monitor if you just want a bigger screen.  

  Spending $300 on a desktop doesn't make any sense, no matter how you look at it.  You won't get a gaming machine for that price.  It won't be portable in the sense that laptops are.  It won't have enough performance advantages over a laptop to make a difference.  You might as well spend $450 on a laptop with a discrete GPU (like the AMD A-series) if you want to play light games and have a portable computer.
• asmkm22 Member Posts: 1,788

  December 2013

  At that price range, you're better off just getting some cheap Dell computer.

  You make me like charity
• Sho0terMcgavin Member UncommonPosts: 301

  December 2013

  Why not just save a bit longer and not be stuck with only a $300 budget?

  
• Quizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,531

  December 2013

  If you're on a severe budget and want to play games, then a Core i3 is ridiculous.  Try some Llano stuff on clearance:

  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819106014

  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131796

  That gets you a 2.7 GHz dual core processor, a 160 shader GPU, and a motherboard for a little under $86 after rebate.
• splitcold Member Posts: 73

  December 2013

  case

  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129187

  motherboard 

  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131872

  psu

  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027

  cpu

  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113287

  gpu

  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202021

  memory 

  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231427

  $366.94

  +5% discount 

  $347

  ok hows this build.
• Ridelynn Member EpicPosts: 7,383

  December 2013

  Umm, you went over budget (I guess since you set the budget that's ok)... but for that GPU, why not just get the APU and save yourself the $50 and put yourself back at budget for near equal performance?