$270 cheap gaming pc without Monitor, HDD or PSU (2000EGP)

[Penerai]

Hello, Thanks for checking my Thread, I have a pretty old PC (10 years PC) And it's time to upgrade, So I want a full gaming PC without Monitor, HDD or PSU, Already have WD CB 500GB 7200/16, And PSU Cooler Master: Golden Power Series 550W (Only used it for 1-2 years) So I want CPU, GPU, Mobo, Ram (8GB is as cheap as 4GB in my country $40-$60) And a Case (Any cheap one with good Airflow) I'm Egyptian btw, So you can check the parts and the prices here http://www.egprices.com/subcat.php?sub=111 , Cuz not all parts are available, I'll only use this PC for Gaming, I'm planning on playing games like Gta iv, BF3, The Sims 4 ,And Gta V when it comes out, If not on ultra, Medium-High would be great on 720P, And I'm new to Gaming PC so I don't really understand in parts, Thanks again!

P.S. $1 = 7.5EGP

 

[prit87]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($67.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260 1GB Video Card ($77.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $268.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

this would be a decent build at your given budget and yes you can play games at medium to high settings with good fps as your resolution is low.

 

[Penerai]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($67.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260 1GB Video Card ($77.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $268.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-07 08:20 EDT-0400

Only Pentium G3220 is available, Is there a big difference? And the Mobo is available, the Ram is available and $20 cheaper than that, But the GPU isnt available only R7 260X and it's $141, The only GPU with the same Price as R7 260 is GT 630 and R7 240 with boost, I told you to check the website, And where is the case?

 

[Penerai]

Hmmmmmm, Maybe I can get Pentium G3220, ASRock H81M-HDS, 8GB and R7 250 2GB, And get any cheap used Case, All for $275

 

[prit87]

Hmmmmmm, Maybe I can get Pentium G3220, ASRock H81M-HDS, 8GB and R7 250 2GB, And get any cheap used Case, All for $275

dont compromise on the GPU

 

[Sean Kurth]

And whatever you do, don't compromise the power supply. You'll push the price closer to $350 with a good one, but remember, it doesn't matter how good your components are if they get fried by a blown PSU. Get what you need but give yourself a little wiggle room. It sounds like your build shouldn't draw more than 300W or so, so get yourself a 350 or 430 just in case. Nobody should need 500w or more unless they want a rack of large hard drives and 2 high quality lightscribe burners. I happen to use both, but it doesn't sound like you will. Antec is one of the best brands, but you can probably get by with something cheaper as long as its not generic garbage (and you don't stress it too much). I know you say you already have a good PSU, but remember, you REALLY want to have a backup when/if your PC starts randomly rebooting, especially since the current one is already used. It could last 2 years, it could last 20 years, its just dumb luck.

But rest assured, when it gets ready, you'll only have a couple hours' warning, there will be no time for "troubleshooting." You'll want a replacement right in your closet since a new one could take weeks to ship, because using the PC before replacing it won't be worth the risk when it starts to go bad.

I've had 3 PCs over the years, a Dell Dimension XPS, a pre-built MSI server case, and a Compaq Presario. All have been killed by the power supply years before their other components (RAM, CPU, HDD, etc) would have died.

 

[Sean Kurth]

And as far as GPU, to me at least, a graphics card is basically just a buffer of well-cooled dedicated memory so the RAM doesn't have to start pitching in integrated so soon. Its not really going to keep super high end games on full settings from stressing your RAM unless its something ridiculous like a 2 or 4 GB card though, so I never saw the point. But yeah, I agree, don't compromise. As big as you can afford is better than nothing.

But after a bad experience with a Dell Latitude D620 (that they refused to fix even though it was still under warranty, claiming it was my fault even though they're known to have defective graphics cards), I wouldn't recommend Nvidia to anyone.