I haved 250$. Is this cash enough for me to build a descent gaming pc? Or should I save more?

jejemon1012 · Nov 23, 2015

I am thinking of just giving up reviving my 5 years old pc and just planning to make a good gaming desktop. Is my 250$ enough?

maestro0428 · Nov 23, 2015

It depends. What do you have now? You could certainly buy a gpu for 250, but we need to know if it will fit in your system and if your power supply is up to the task. Give us some specs on your PC.

Mxhawthy · Nov 23, 2015

If you mean, from scratch, then no. $250 will get you a good graphics card, and thats about it. Here is a 'decent' gaming PC, which is around $680:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($70.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($46.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($244.98 @ B&H)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $678.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-23 11:11 EST-0500

This build is even cheaper, at $560 and this is pretty much the cheapest build you can get if you want to play new-ish games at decent fps and 1080p, although the CPU in this build will bottleneck slightly, unlike the first build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($92.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($46.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card ($188.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $559.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-23 11:13 EST-0500

cdabc123 · Nov 23, 2015

you could. however every part you buy would have too be used.
xeon x5677 50-60$
gtx 750ti 80$
dell t3500 mobo 50$
3 sticks of ddr3 2gig ram ~30$

you would then reuse your psu, case, and the hdd. you need above a 300 watt psu for this build.

ComputerSecurityGuy · Nov 23, 2015

The only new build you could get for that is an Athlon 5350, A6 or Pentium build... with INTEGRATED GRAPHICS.

jejemon1012 · Nov 23, 2015

Thank you guys for helping me and I guess I'll be saving more money then.

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