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Multi-million dollar Cheyenne supercomputer auction ends with $480,085 bid — buyer walked away with 8,064 Intel Xeon Broadwell CPUs, 313TB DDR4-2400 ECC RAM, and some water leaks
300-400$ gaming pc
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Frag Maniac
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Not possible unless you get all used parts, and that is not advisable unless you have experience at it, as you have to know whom you can trust as far as what condition they're in.
If you already have a display you can use, a PS4 or Xone is a good alternative in that price range ($300). If you suck at using gamepads like me, the XIM Apex is a pretty good KB/M adapter, but it costs $100.
If you already have a display you can use, a PS4 or Xone is a good alternative in that price range ($300). If you suck at using gamepads like me, the XIM Apex is a pretty good KB/M adapter, but it costs $100.
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This will get you started, but in all honesty, you should probably wait until your budget HAS doubled. Before all is said and done, you're going to want to add a graphics card, replace the RAM with 16GB, and get a better processor and motherboard.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($117.90 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - H310M A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($55.35 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot - 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($78.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda ES 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($23.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Gray) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Base Total: $376.21
Mail-in Rebates: -$30.00
Total: $346.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-05 19:30 EDT-0400
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($117.90 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - H310M A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($55.35 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot - 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($78.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda ES 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($23.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Gray) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Base Total: $376.21
Mail-in Rebates: -$30.00
Total: $346.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-05 19:30 EDT-0400
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volkgren
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$300-400 is a bit unrealistic for a new gaming PC. I would probably tell you to buy a used system.
But with a Ryzen 2200G (integrated graphics) it is possible. Just know that the B350 motherboard may require a bios update, in which case you will need a compatible CPU to install the update. https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/2Gen-Ryzen-AM4-System-Bootup.aspx
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($94.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: GeIL - EVO POTENZA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($75.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.90 @ OutletPC)
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT SW RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $364.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-05 19:35 EDT-0400
But with a Ryzen 2200G (integrated graphics) it is possible. Just know that the B350 motherboard may require a bios update, in which case you will need a compatible CPU to install the update. https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/2Gen-Ryzen-AM4-System-Bootup.aspx
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($94.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: GeIL - EVO POTENZA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($75.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.90 @ OutletPC)
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT SW RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $364.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-05 19:35 EDT-0400
Frag Maniac
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^Interesting, well done AMD. Here's a video I found showing 25 games being played on a 2200G at stock clocks.
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beqbnZ8zz-E"][/video]
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beqbnZ8zz-E"][/video]
toshibitsu
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$300 - $400? the memory alone in my primary desktop was $469 
Well... you'll be able to find an older used PC that can still play newer games decently @ 1080p in that price range. spec wise probably something around a 4th gen i5, 8gb ram, gtx 960/1050, rx 460/560... may have to resort to browsing craigslist or ebay.
possibly a ryzen 3 2200g system similar to the post above.
personally... even though I spent over $3k on my most recent desktop, I've been using it for Netflix and playing 'last of us' on the ps4 pro(although seeing the trailer for last of us 2 may have contributed to that).
Well... you'll be able to find an older used PC that can still play newer games decently @ 1080p in that price range. spec wise probably something around a 4th gen i5, 8gb ram, gtx 960/1050, rx 460/560... may have to resort to browsing craigslist or ebay.
possibly a ryzen 3 2200g system similar to the post above.
personally... even though I spent over $3k on my most recent desktop, I've been using it for Netflix and playing 'last of us' on the ps4 pro(although seeing the trailer for last of us 2 may have contributed to that).
Frag Maniac
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Note as well for $60 more, the 2400G CPU is a fair bit more robust and equivalent to an Nvidia 1030. It may not translate as much toward graphics settings as FPS in some games, but that is exactly what you're going to need on some games.
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