Need to know what to build/buy

[not_too_noob]

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

 

[DSzymborski]

So heres a list of psu
Which one is good? Just keep in mind my countrys 2000 is equal to about 20$. So i dont think i should buy a psu higher than 100$
https://www.jumia.co.ke/catalog/?q=Power+supply+unit

Unfortunately, none of those are recommendable.

 

[not_too_noob]

🙁 so I can't build the kinda PC I want to like the ones shown above but maybe I can buy a simple PC to play fortnite and mine craft and some older games so you guys have any ideas of simpler PCs that can work those games?

 

[The Paladin]

You may not know my counrty, its kenya not famous in america or other 1st worlds

It is not because I live in the united states that one should assume I was born here.. I am french, and I know Kenya quite well.

Do you know if there are USED computer store in your city ? or what Americans call pawn stores (people dropping items exchanging it for money loans)
Fortnite requirements are quite low actually, I3 with 4GB ram and HD4600 (motherboard based IGPU likely) could be had I guess if you look around.
if you could find a GTX660 or HD 7850 you would get decent FPS playing both those games you mentioned.

Unfortunately all the sites in .ke extensions I found where located in Nairobi City., unknow if they would ship to you. but they were also retail outlets (selling new)

 

[not_too_noob]

maybe i could try to go to this shop called computer planet but the thing is they only sell prebuilt computers and last time i went thre they had these 400$ or more towers that werent that good specs. the kinda specs you d have on a 200$ tower in US. but ill check maybe i find a good i5 4gb ram or better for a good .

 

[not_too_noob]

*good price

 

[not_too_noob]

so i was checking olx and saw this HP Envy 750 Tower - USB 3.0

Core i5 6500 3.2Ghz Turbo 3.6Ghz 4 Cores

• 4GB 500GB at 35,000/- its 350$

but theres another variation Core i7 6700 3.4Ghz Turbo 4.0Ghz 8 Cores

• 4GB 500GB at 55,000/- they seem quite expensive becoz of their low ram and storage what do you guys think on this

 

[The Paladin]

when looking at a cpu when your say I5-6500 4GB that isn't bad at all, depending on the motherboard, and maybe have 4GB more of ram added.
that would handle your needs until you get more money and get a better video card.

 

[not_too_noob]

hi this is offtopic regarding the laptop nut is it normal to have this high ram usage while doing nothing https://ibb.co/iwDhg7.
this is another pic after restarting the laptop https://ibb.co/j1xQ17 the laptop is a lenovo ideapad 100-15iby model :80MJ
it also lags alot while surfing so i wanna know is this because of low ram or something else is faulty heres speccys results : https://ibb.co/gTqv17

 

[not_too_noob]

sorry not nut
*but

 

[DSzymborski]

Two GB is a frightfully small amount, it's not surprising to have high usage in this case.

If you want to know what's using the RAM, go into Resource Monitor and check for yourself. No way to tell you if your use is abnormal without knowing exactly what you're running.

 

[not_too_noob]

heres the reading when rams at 60% https://postimg.cc/image/9jgybs4ff/

 

[not_too_noob]

so i wanna upgrade it ny installing a 4 gb stick sold by a shop for 30$ its a samsung ram

 

[Icaraeus]

If you're installing another stick / DIMM of RAM inside it needs to be exactly the same model as the other one you're using

 

[not_too_noob]

@Icaraeus check my other thread its got more delatil onto the ram issue on my laptop.
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3699697/lenovo-ideapad-100.html

 

[not_too_noob]

Hi guys so ive decided to do an lga1151 build amd gather parts slowly when they are on good price s or sales so is this gpu good?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CK6HXHJ/ref=sspa_mw_detail_0?psc=1