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Can you DIY a gaming desktop uner $200 ?
« on: July 23, 2019, 07:49:15 PM »
Yes you can. If you do some work and are willing to used some used parts.
This has been a popular topic on You Tube.

Here are two of the best I have seen there. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssZk5tGj2Is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3YLtWcHyjE

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Re: Can you DIY a gaming desktop uner $200 ?
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2019, 07:54:36 PM »
Ludicrous...

What is your definition of a "gaming desktop" ? ?

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Re: Can you DIY a gaming desktop uner $200 ?
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2019, 08:44:08 PM »
The biggest killer to that $200 budget is the cost of the Windows OS if done right. $109.99 for Windows 10 64-bit Home leaves remaining money at $90.01

If your lucky and know someone rich who money is no object maybe they would give away a decent used gaming system for free or $200.

I got a 3 year old used gaming system once for $80 of which the original owner had $800 into it. He spent $1200 on a new gaming build and didn't need the 2nd computer. I told him that I don't really need another computer either but he said he was short money to fill up his gas tank on his 1984 Dodge Van which drank gasoline with its 318 and needed some cash. I said all I have in my wallet is $80 but that computer is worth more than $80. He said $80 is plenty and thanks for gas money. I guess he had the wrong priorities spending all his money until next pay day on the new build and assumed that I would buy the computer and then he would have gas money. Well he was right I guess because I did buy it and it was a decent system back when 3.0Ghz Pentium D's were in gaming builds and it was blinged out with red glowing LEDs of the Fatal1ty Gaming Motherboard, and Core 2 Quads had just came out and he had to have that instead with a new video card as well.

Unless you find someone giving away hardware the $200 is way too low unless your playing older games or newer games that are not intense on hardware requirements.

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Re: Can you DIY a gaming desktop uner $200 ?
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2019, 11:27:29 PM »
In the first video, The creator states that it is NOT worth the $200, He shows the system underperforming with current games, and explains that he had to buy a used Graphics card and a used Power supply- on top of the original outlay of $200, making it actually cost around $300, and even then only barely capable of playing the games he benchmarked.

In the second video the creator states that it would be nearly impossible to replicate what he was able to do because he got very lucky with deals on working used parts. He also recommended buying a stolen Windows 10 key from eBay. Either that or he's stupid enough to think that a $5 Windows 10 Pro key is totally above-board.

In any case, In general I'd say what you save in money you end up paying for with your time. Time carefully hunting down used systems or hardware and finding great deals. Time spent diagnosing faulty used components... Time spent, like the second guy did, using a jigsaw to mangle the case to get a graphics card to fit. If you wait long enough or are patient enough you can usually get a good deal on things that would under normal circumstances be more expensive. As long as you are willing to take the risk on possibly broken used components or components that could have issues.
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Re: Can you DIY a gaming desktop uner $200 ?
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2019, 11:02:50 AM »
While I'd always recommend just saving up for longer and spending more than $200, at that point the only real option I can think of would be to buy a used premade system and upgrading it with a dedicated video card. Ex-corporate prebuilts can be picked up very cheaply used (almost always cheaper than buying individual used components to the same spec) and you'll likely get a Windows licence included.

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Re: Can you DIY a gaming desktop uner $200 ?
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2019, 08:37:45 PM »
The premise of the Topic title is still ludricous regardless...
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    Re: Can you DIY a gaming desktop uner $200 ?
    « Reply #6 on: July 29, 2019, 02:03:32 AM »
    Nice attempt, but it is not a real gaming pc.
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    Re: Can you DIY a gaming desktop uner $200 ?
    « Reply #7 on: July 29, 2019, 03:40:47 PM »
    Let's make this an Ad-Hoc poll.
    A low-end game DIY with new parts cots:
    $200
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    $245
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    Have you ever?   ;D

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    Re: Can you DIY a gaming desktop uner $200 ?
    « Reply #8 on: July 29, 2019, 05:52:55 PM »
    Just stop already Geek...
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