300$ gaming pc

[tommyj03]

Hi! My budget is around 300. If any of you could link me your build or give suggestions that would be great. All the pc is going to run is csgo in lower settings.

 

[Archgaull]

Honestly, I wouldn't suggest building a gaming PC for so cheap, it will severely limit what you can make. Heck, for $600 or so you could get a i5 + a decent GPU.

That being said, for that cheap APU is the way to go.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($86.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($54.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Antec VSK-3000 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($32.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply ($27.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $300.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-07 15:15 EDT-0400

 

[turbopiki]

Get ScrewySqrl's build

 

[ScrewySqrl]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-DS2H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($42.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($36.40 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Antec Green 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($32.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $307.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-09 07:15 EDT-0400

 

[Larry Litmanen]

These are weak builds, they will be outdated in a second, my solution is since you are on a budget is either get a console or heck wait until you can get into that $500-$600 range.

Or maybe you try and save money by reusing PC parts from your current PC, maybe case, fans, ram, and buy the rest.

Why play CSGO on low settings when you can play Black Opps 3 in it's full glory on the console.

 

[turbopiki]

console dont cost 300$, and console full "glory" is 30fps

 

[Larry Litmanen]

console dont cost 300$, and console full "glory" is 30fps

XBONE is $350 and PS4 is $400, while games on high end PC obviously look better we are talking about low end PC, i am pretty sure a game like DA Inquisition or Black Opps 3 looks better on a console than on a $300 PC. Plus if you are on such a budget will you be able to update 2-3 years later to play never games? You don't need to update the console.

 

[turbopiki]

you dont need to upgrade consoles because you play on 30 fps and lower resolution, so if you would lock FPS on PC to 30 and play on lower resolution PC you wouldnt need to upgrade PC for a long time, and consoles are not so cheap dont forget you need to pay to play online and you can use PC for way more things than just gaming

 

[spankmon]

This is an approximate build that I did for four of my kids/grandkids (4 separate pc's), who are enthusiastic gamers with no complaints for a year (until Far Cry 4 was released... it requires 4 core cpu). This has a nice motherboard allowing easy upgrades for ram, cpu, gpu. I think you'd find it a pleasant build. For the operating system I suggest Linux Mint 17.1 XFCE. Install the AMD proprietary driver for the graphics card, turn-off desktop compositing (transparency) in the XFCE settings. Then install Steam and go crazy with your csgo game. There is still some wiggle room for reducing the cost, if necessary.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YT6d23

 

[Larry Litmanen]

This is an approximate build that I did for four of my kids/grandkids (4 separate pc's), who are enthusiastic gamers with no complaints for a year (until Far Cry 4 was released... it requires 4 core cpu). This has a nice motherboard allowing easy upgrades for ram, cpu, gpu. I think you'd find it a pleasant build. For the operating system I suggest Linux Mint 17.1 XFCE. Install the AMD proprietary driver for the graphics card, turn-off desktop compositing (transparency) in the XFCE settings. Then install Steam and go crazy with your csgo game. There is still some wiggle room for reducing the cost, if necessary.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YT6d23

Interesting solution.