Gaming PC on a budget

[Norion]

bdbdbd said:

So this is how it's going so far: I've spent 160€ and have:
-A fractal case
-750W PSU
-Intel i7 6770K CPU
-Predator G3 motherboard
-240GB SSD
-2×8GB DDR4 2133MHz RAM
Still looking for a graphics card, most preffered cards at the moment are RTX 3050, GTX 1660ti and GTX 1070, in that order. Suitable Radeon cards are harder to find and anything above are easilly too expensive. In all likeliness the overall cost will be 210-220€. Then again, I could have bought the parts I already have 15€ cheaper and could have bought the system without graphics card and have it cheaper, but I thought the seller was in need of money, so I bought the card aswell as it might be handy.

And I found white Phantom 410 case for 10€, so I decided to buy it. I don't know if it's a hit or miss, but it does look a lot like a stormtrooper from Star Wars. On top of the extra case, I have an extra GTX 970 graphics card, Intel i5 6500 CPU and 240GB SSD. Maybe I get the graphics card I need from an age old system and put the 970 in it's place and have two computers - one on a budget and one super cheap.

For the 3050 something important is that the 8GB model will last a lot longer than the 6GB one since 6GB cards like the 1660ti are struggling in an increasing number of games so if the higher cost of that 3050 model isn't too much of an issue then it'll be the best option among those three by a big margin. The 1070 also has 8GB but it's so old that it lacks features to run certain recent games and could lose driver support within a couple years or so so both that and the 1660ti have significant issues in 2025.

If the 8GB 3050 is out of the question then you should still go with the 6GB one since it would still be an overall better option than the other two.

Last edited by Norion - on 10 February 2025