Hardware Good gaming pc for 200 - 300 dollars

[Seliph]

Is it possible to get a good gaming PC for 200 - 300 dollars? I want it to be able to play games like Dark Souls 3 at at least 720p 30fps or higher.
Prebuilt is preferable but I can build it if I have to (I have no prior experience building a PC).

Edit: After looking around for some good 500 dollar builds I came across this:

Spoiler: Computer Specs

Case:
Thermaltake Versa H21

Motherboard:
MSI B350M GAMING PRO

Video Card:
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mini 4GB

Processor
AMD Ryzen 3 1200

RAM:
Ballistix Sport LT 8GB Single DDR4

Hard Drive:
Seagate 1TB

CD Drive:
Asus 24x DVD-RW

Power Supply:
EVGA 500W 80+

 

[Xanthe]

You won't get a good prebuilt PC. Companies up the prices of prebuilt by quite a bit. If you plan on getting a good cheap gaming pc, you need to build it yourself. I didn't have any experience when building my first one and it took me about an hour to put it together. It's basically legos.

 

[Seliph]

You won't get a good prebuilt PC. Companies up the prices of prebuilt by quite a bit. If you plan on getting a good cheap gaming pc, you need to build it yourself. I didn't have any experience when building my first one and it took me about an hour to put it together. It's basically legos.

Yeah, that was my thought as well. Do you remember how much you spent on your first one?

 

[Cha0tic]

Yeah, that was my thought as well. Do you remember how much you spent on your first one?

I'd recommend pushing bar up to at least 500 to get a ok build.

 

[Xanthe]

Yeah, that was my thought as well. Do you remember how much you spent on your first one?

$600

 

[Seliph]

$600

Was that including mouse + keyboard and a monitor?
I found a build that I quite like for about 530 dollars excluding monitor and m+kb which I'll get eventually.

 

[gameboy]

Paying $200 for one game sounds insane, you could upgrade an amd a10-5750 8gb laptop using a cheap laptop with an fs1 socket motherboard, generally a Toshiba satellite

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Was that including mouse + keyboard and a monitor?
I found a build that I quite like for about 530 dollars excluding monitor and m+kb which I'll get eventually.

Post it here so we can assess it

 

[Luckkill4u]

if your wanting a "good" gaming PC you're gonna have to spend at least $300 on the GPU alone. If you want a "okay" gaming PC your budget should be at least $500. If you want a piece of shit PC then spend $200-$300 on a PC that would last you 2 years.

 

[Seliph]

Post it here so we can assess it

Spoiler: Computer Specs

Case:
Thermaltake Versa H21

Motherboard:
MSI B350M GAMING PRO

Video Card:
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mini 4GB

Processor
AMD Ryzen 3 1200

RAM:
Ballistix Sport LT 8GB Single DDR4

Hard Drive:
Seagate 1TB

CD Drive:
Asus 24x DVD-RW

Power Supply:
EVGA 500W 80+

 

[LinkBlaBla]

Is it possible to get a good gaming PC for 200 - 300 dollars? I want it to be able to play games like Dark Souls 3 at at least 720p 30fps or higher.
Prebuilt is preferable but I can build it if I have to (I have no prior experience building a PC).

for 280$ canadian dollar i have build a gaming pc that can run pretty much everything at high 30-60 fps locked

pc spec : i5 650 quad 3.20ghz 8g ddr3 ram nvidia gtx 1050 2g 350gb hard drive and my motherboard dh55tc pci x16! total cost only 280$ about 400 usd!

 

[gameboy]

if your wanting a "good" gaming PC you're gonna have to spend at least $300 on the GPU alone. If you want a "okay" gaming PC your budget should be at least $500. If you want a piece of shit PC then spend $200-$300 on a PC that would last you 2 years.

A $200-300 tower would last -2yrs, they're obsolete, a regular amd laptop from bestbuy for that is the way to go for 720p maxed out PC gaming, they come with mobile r7's and a decent mobile cpu

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Spoiler: Computer Specs

Case:
Thermaltake Versa H21

Motherboard:
MSI B350M GAMING PRO

Video Card:
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mini 4GB

Processor
AMD Ryzen 3 1200

RAM:
Ballistix Sport LT 8GB Single DDR4

Hard Drive:
Seagate 1TB

CD Drive:
Asus 24x DVD-RW

Power Supply:
EVGA 500W 80+

This is what my sister custom build about a week ago, its pretty decent and will run 1080 no problem

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Spoiler: Computer Specs

Case:
Thermaltake Versa H21

Motherboard:
MSI B350M GAMING PRO

Video Card:
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mini 4GB

Processor
AMD Ryzen 3 1200

RAM:
Ballistix Sport LT 8GB Single DDR4

Hard Drive:
Seagate 1TB

CD Drive:
Asus 24x DVD-RW

Power Supply:
EVGA 500W 80+

That's really good for $530

 

[Seliph]

That's really good for $530

Cool, I'll try it out.
provided I can actually raise enough money to get all of that lol

 

[jDSX]

PC Partpicker
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($113.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design - Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($30.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $495.90

 

[Seliph]

PC Partpicker
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($113.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design - Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($30.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $495.90

As someone not very familiar with computer jargon, how does that compare with the build I found?

 

[TotalInsanity4]

PC Partpicker
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($113.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design - Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($30.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $495.90

He'd only be saving $35 and getting a marginally better PSU with that, as well as a worse GPU

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As someone not very familiar with computer jargon, how does that compare with the build I found?

See above

 

[jDSX]

He'd only be saving $35 and getting a marginally better PSU with that, as well as a worse GPU

The PSU is way better than that EVGA one which is made by HEC worst psu maker cheap components/ caps etc

Seasonic will last and is higher tier than that evga one I had those before they started bad coil whine to the point where it started shutting down my PC randomly.

With GPU prices the way it is, I'd want to save money so I opted for the cheaper option the 1050 could aim for a 460/560 instead for that price, then stick with the 460/560

Better yet

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - RE4 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($40.88 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB OC Edition Video Card ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill - FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($24.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $495.82

 

[Xanthe]

Was that including mouse + keyboard and a monitor?
I found a build that I quite like for about 530 dollars excluding monitor and m+kb which I'll get eventually.

Yes without the mouse and keyboard

GTX 1060
8GB DDR4 Ram
i5 5400

Since then I've upgraded to a GTX 1080