Quote (turtol @ Mar 25 2020 06:07pm)
Easily reachable, yes you can actually make a complete new computer for $300 or even used/new that is a beast. Recent prices have dropped to a all time low since the launch of AMD's new zen architecture processors giving what intel has been selling for the last year at or over 200% of what AMD is offering now.
You should stay clear from buying computers as a whole, that being said here is some advice for new tech advancement. The first thing I suggest is knowing your market, ie; knowing who is offering what and what that means to you. A few things to always keep in mind while building a computer is the minimum and maximum performance you need/want if your building a computer on a budget you have limited options but some of those options are the best options relative to your preference, ie; you have $400 you want a computer that can run runescape very well runescape only requires processing power so buying a good processor is better then buying a 1500w power supply, or maybe you play runescape now but you want to play some other games to so you want to factor that in other games need higher gpu requirements and soon if you don't have a updated card etc you wont be able to play games. This comes to my next point which is time, how long do you expect to keep this machine. Spending $400 you can expect 2-4 years before your looking at being out-dated. So really you are paying for 4 years of a computer not just a computer.
Anyways ill consolidate some points for you to consider hopefully it helps
1.) Use a pcbuilding site to build your pc like Pcpartpicker.com
2.)Never buy used if you don't have to, that doesn't mean you can't I suggest making your list on pcpartpicker looking at the used markets and trades in your area and find deals on what you can and what you cant buy new. few things you
DO NOT BUY USED Power Supply, Graphics card, Processor stay clear of these things used as they are the heart of the computer and are the most used and first to go its a lot better buying these new with warranties for the extra $50-100 and be able to replace it in 2 years if it goes bad its literally a gamble on the quality of each of these pieces and used power supplies can be fatal.
3.) Look for the longest lasting parts, try and buy the part that can take more upgrades if it cost a bit more as those upgrades equal out to significant amounts of time
4.) Research the perks of the different types of options available by companies like amd has freesync which only works with monitors that support freesync etc
5.) prioritize while choosing, You can buy a $50 case a $40 power supply a $30 mechanical drive, etc I went ahead and just made a rough list of some parts off the site check it out. That is what your looking for and its only a bit more then what your looking at paying and everything there is new you could save by downgrading things bring it down to 450-500 and that will play any game on the market + any game that will be released for awhile as well.