Cheap gaming pc minus gpu

[Urist]

I`m gifting my nephew my old 970 gpu, What cheap pc build, 2nd hand pc etc should my brother look for that will not cause too much of a bottleneck?
Bare minimum specs.
Got an old 2nd gen i3 standing around, was thinking of upgrading the psu and using that, but not sure if it will be worth the effort.

 

[Spontaneous spinach]

That cpu won't cut it, get a 3rd or 4th generation i5/i7 bundle in the used classified sections being it here or carb, it won't dent your wallet at all.

 

[ponder]

I`m gifting my nephew my old 970 gpu, What cheap pc build, 2nd hand pc etc should my brother look for that will not cause too much of a bottleneck?
Bare minimum specs.
Got an old 2nd gen i3 standing around, was thinking of upgrading the psu and using that, but not sure if it will be worth the effort.

What exactly do you need, mb, cpu, ram, hdd, case, psu, monitor, mouse/kyb etc?

A ballpark budget would help a lot.

 

[ponder]

https://www.gumtree.co.za/a-dell-de...ard-drive-windows-7/1005227008090912400703709

Something like that will be good IF your gpu will fit. might need a psu upgrade.

 

[Urist]

What exactly do you need, mb, cpu, ram, hdd, case, psu, monitor, mouse/kyb etc?

A ballpark budget would help a lot.

not sure, 4k? ponder's suggestion looks promising.

 

[Urist]

https://www.gumtree.co.za/a-dell-de...ard-drive-windows-7/1005227008090912400703709

Something like that will be good IF your gpu will fit. might need a psu upgrade.

thanks, unfortumately it seems the optiplex's psu is proprietary and can't be easily upgraded

 

[Urist]

will this do?

https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/amd-x6-1055-msi-mb-16-gb-ram.1039375/

 

[Spontaneous spinach]

will this do?

https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/amd-x6-1055-msi-mb-16-gb-ram.1039375/

Nah man that system is shít, you can get an i7 3770 bundle for 2k, check on carbonite.co.za.

 

[ponder]

will this do?

https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/amd-x6-1055-msi-mb-16-gb-ram.1039375/

Nah you dont want that

 

[ponder]

You dont perhaps have a hdd, psu & old case lying around you can repurpose?

R3800 https://carbonite.co.za/index.php?threads/lga-1150-i7-4770k-combo.255451/

 

[ponder]

https://carbonite.co.za/index.php?threads/3770k-z77-mobo-16gb-corsair-ram-free-hdd.255742/

 

[Gardagar]

So you want something like new GPU not that costly or totally new PC without GPU ? For first one go for GTX 1050 lowest model (not 1030 though!) if totally new PC then build it on something like Ryzen 5 3400G and that will be it I assume.

 

[ponder]

Option from rebeltech for new gear,

 

[ponder]

So you want something like new GPU not that costly or totally new PC without GPU ? For first one go for GTX 1050 lowest model (not 1030 though!) if totally new PC then build it on something like Ryzen 5 3400G and that will be it I assume.

I`m gifting my nephew my old 970 gpu,

What cheap pc build, 2nd hand pc etc should my brother look for that will not cause too much of a bottleneck?

 

[ponder]

Something else to consider is that you can get a new Ryzen 3 2200G CPU + B450 MB + 16GB RAM from Amazon for R4180 inclusive of shipping & VAT.

A year or two from now you might wanna upgrade and then you can pop a used r5 2600/3600 in there.