250 dollar PC excluding Graphic card and OS

Paladin_1 · Sep 4, 2016

Can anyone make a good PC for web surfing and school work for 250 or less, excluding a GPu please?

excluding os as well

turkey3_scratch · Sep 4, 2016

No, just buy a Dell or HP; you'll get more of your money's worth. There is no PC for $250 that can be built with a legal OS and a decent power supply.

Paladin_1 · Sep 4, 2016

turkey3_scratch :

no need to worry about os, or gpu, dell and hp breaks after a year or two and their custormer service is shit

CelicaGT · Sep 4, 2016

Paladin_1 :

I won't argue the customer service, but you do realize that the same companies that make the parts for Dell and HP often make the stuff you will buy to make your own....often with equally bad customer service.

turkey3_scratch · Sep 4, 2016

Paladin_1 :

So you are running Linux. And if you obtain an illegal OS, better make sure you don't ever type a credit card or password on there since illegal OS's come packed with malware, keyloggers, and other bloatware you don't want. So run something like Ubuntu.

Anyway this should work:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($56.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($51.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($17.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 160GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($28.44 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $220.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-04 17:47 EDT-0400

Paladin_1 · Sep 4, 2016

CelicaGT :

ya buy when u get a pc from dell, u also pay for the worker putting all of it together and the OS, which im getting for free, building ur own pc instead of buying theirs is much better, because u can get better parts and u can upgrade in the future

this pc im building is only to last for 2 years or so and i will slowly upgrade it

turkey3_scratch · Sep 4, 2016

Paladin_1 :

Except Dell also buys their parts in bulk. So a CPU you buy for $60 they buy for $30. The cases and motherboards and PSus are usually Dell brand, so they end up being cheap for Dell to use. So really the only thing Dell buys from other companies is the HDD and CPU; everything else is "Dell-made" and proprietary. So they can sell cheaper, but they have to make money. But they do have the ability to sell a lot cheaper.

Paladin_1 · Sep 4, 2016

turkey3_scratch :

Paladin_1 :

Except Dell also buys their parts in bulk. So a CPU you buy for $60 they buy for $30. The cases and motherboards and PSus are usually Dell brand, so they end up being cheap for Dell to use. So really the only thing Dell buys from other companies is the HDD and CPU; everything else is "Dell-made" and proprietary. So they can sell cheaper, but they have to make money. But they do have the ability to sell a lot cheaper.

ok so what dell pc do u recommend? i will swap out cpus or motherboard if the time comes

turkey3_scratch · Sep 4, 2016

Actually I do like the build I posted above ^^

GraySilencer · Sep 4, 2016

Just to show you, what you can get for $250 with Windows 10.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD 5150 1.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($32.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock AM1B-M Micro ATX AM1 Motherboard ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($30.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($20.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Zalman ZM-T1 PLUS MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($27.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply ($23.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($92.19 @ Amazon)
Total: $257.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-04 17:58 EDT-0400

But if you're running Linux, try this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Celeron G3900 2.8GHz Dual-Core Processor ($42.56 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($51.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($32.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Zalman ZM-T1 PLUS MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($27.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply ($23.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $248.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-04 18:07 EDT-0400

Or this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD 5350 2.05Ghz Quad-Core Processor ($39.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock AM1B-ITX Mini ITX AM1 Motherboard ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($30.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply ($23.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $237.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-04 18:04 EDT-0400

Paladin_1 · Sep 4, 2016

turkey3_scratch :

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/C4Fv3F
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/C4Fv3F/by_merchant/
what about this, its much faster than the G4400 and i needed a lga 1150 chipset because i will insert my i5 4590 when i upgrade my main pc

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($65.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($43.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($18.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Case: Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $241.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-04 18:30 EDT-0400

turkey3_scratch · Sep 4, 2016

The G3258 is not faster it is an older architecture. But if you already own the I5-4590 why not just use it right now? If you don't own the I5-4690, don't get it, since it's already almost a few years old and when you do garner the money to buy it it probably won't even be sold.

Paladin_1 · Sep 4, 2016

turkey3_scratch :

this cheap pc is for my sister lol, i will give her my i5 4590 when the time comes and i will upgade my cpu, im ok with the haswell even though its a bit old, got it by mistake so oh well

i compared the g3258 and 4400 in userbenchmarks

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