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Hi I'm 17 and I have always been a gamer since the time I remenber. Back then I used to play GTA vice citynalong side my bro who's 11 years older but not much of gamer.
So I grew up gaming PC,ps2 ,currently ps3 and also own a PSP. I do have a shitty celeron n2480 2.16Ghz 2gb ram laptop but its no gamers love for me. So I wanted to build a PC at first but I believe its easier to but a PC and slowly upgrade it to learn the basics and gain experience.
Can you guys suggest a nice desktop that I can buy for cheap perhaps 150$ that can handle some gaming light to medium and something I can upgrade
In time? Thnx :)
 
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There's a lot a YouTube vods that talk anout buying those hp6005 sff that you upgrade with a good GPU but won't those have a psu problem plus I think the machine itself was released way back which would be quite a problem upgrading in the future. So what do you guys think?
 
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Save up, you'll need around $300 for a base system and at least $150 for a GTX 1050 2gb. This system will game ok on newer titles but I wouldn't expect the highest settings at 1080P. The problem with those older prebuilt systems is that they have no upgrade path, limited space and usually just enough power to run the system without a GPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium Gold G5400 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - H310M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Patriot - Viper Elite 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.85 @ OutletPC)
Case: Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $288.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-03 15:50 EDT-0400

^This is really the bare minimum, not counting the GPU, for gaming nowadays IMHO.
 
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Thing is i live in a 3rd world country so theres no acces to new egg or superbizz i have to use amazon or ebay the latter cannot be trusted much for parts.amazon is quite expensive and in my country parts are super expemsive like a gtx 1070 costs around 850$ so do you have an idea of a good desktop that can handle medium gaming that
can be bought in a computer shop and would be upgradeable in the future when ill have my own credit cards and would be able to buy from online on my own.
 
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That's a very basic GPU, an entry-level one from four years ago. Hard to justify getting one at nearly any price unless it's basically free.

Honestly, $150 is too little. Even in the US, what you're talking about, a very basic refurbished Sandy Bridge from 2011 with a GT 1030 thrown in is going to be $200 at minimum. And in a third-world country, you won't have the same kind of refurbished/secondary market and your prices for new components will be worse. You may simply get more play out of a PS4 at this point and simply coming back to this when you have a steady income of your own.
 
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1. never buy a computer on a credit card, save the cash value instead. your 17 you dont need to en-debt yourself over a computer.
2. if you are looking to understand how to build a computer (as a final project make a gaming computer) I would suggest reading a lot first and try later when you can afford parts, you can build older models (like a Q6600 LGA 775 System, that can handle game with a decent video card (like HD 7850) gam at the level of call of duty black ops. I understand in your part of the world components are hard and more expensive to have, but surprisingly not the gaming consoles. . maybe sell an older gaming console you have mentioned to fund your pc building project ?
 
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Well the reason I wanted a PC is coz PC gaming is by far ahead if consoles even a 60fps on ps4 seams like nothing compared to the same game at 60fps on PC. Basically console ports are a little backward compared to the PC versions of games maybe i ll just have to wait a couple a years to buy a good prebuilt gaming PC when I'm done with school and uni I'll have an income good enough to buy a good gaming machine.
 
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you could do a Ryzen 3 2200 build for a simple entry-level built-in GPU.

Prices are US, but if you have amazon, it shouldn't be too much more:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M PRO-VH PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($64.96 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi - 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($37.50 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill - FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($24.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Rosewill - 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($38.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $361.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-04 10:24 EDT-0400

should run games at low
 
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Except for the power supply. If you're planning on upgrading, I'd want a better quality one. It's actually even more important in a third-world country because you may not have the same relatively stable, dependable electricity that we take for granted.

The problem, again, will be availability. We can find a 7870 pretty easily on eBay (though it's going from $80-90 now rather than the $40 in the video), but unless you source it from another country and have a seller wishing to ship overseas (which will cost more), it may be harder and/or more expensive for you to find one.
 
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