Cheap Gaming PC In Pakistan During Pandemic
As we all know Pakistan's economy has been falling low against dollar. But during this Covid-19 Pandemic Pakistan's currency fell more which caused more inflation. Prices of PC parts went high. After doing my research I have come to this conclusion that The Cheapest Gaming PC with 1080p gaming that can be built right now is as follows.
1:
Buy a used dell Optiplex 3020, 7020, 9020
These usually come with i5 and i7 2nd and 3rd gen.
This will cost around depending where you buy it from 8000-11000
2:
RAM
These Desktops usually come with 4 GB dd3 ram which is now enough. I will recommend you to have at least 8 GB ram.
4 GB DDR 3 Ram stick usually comes at a price range of 1000 to 1500 pkr.
3:
POWER SUPPLY
Most of Dell Optiplex has a power supply that is enough to support a graphic card and CPU.
But still, if you want to buy one Then I will recommend Cooler Master MWE 400 W 80+bronze.
This is going to be enough with the Graphics Card we pair it with.
New is around 4500 pkr to 5500 pkr and used is around 1500 to 2500 pkr.
4:
Now to the main component needed for 1080p gaming The GRAPHICS CARD
Rx 460 4gb
Now why chose this GPU is because this GPU can be easily fit into the case and it doesn't need external connectors. It draws power from the motherboard. It fits directly into the PCI-e slot on the motherboard. So this graphic card will work perfectly with the power supply that comes with the PC. The price of this GPU is around 10000 - 12000 pkr.
5: Testing in Games
In Counter-Strike GO at 1080p, I was easily getting around 130 fps at high settings.
In GTA V at 1080p, the average Fps I was getting was around 63 fps.
In PUBG at 1080p at low settings, I was getting around 60 fps.
In Fortnite at 1080p medium settings, I was getting around 75 Fps.
Conclusion
If you don't buy a new power supply and just add a 4gb DDR 3 Ram stick the cost of this PC would be around 20000 to 22000 to pkr which is great for 1080p gaming at 60fps.