Sometimes, being on a limited budget has its charm.
I had good fun upgrading my secondary PC for as cheap as possible. It was a 7 year old system with Q8300 quad core that was on Linux, because it couldn't properly run WIN7.
I bought:
- 60€ shipped Ryzen 3200g second hand
- 39€ shipped MSI B450M A Pro Max NEW (amazon price 91€)
- 50€ shipped Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB @ 3200 MHz NEW (Amazon 75€)
- 36€ shipped HP EX900 250GB m.2 NVME SSD NEW (Amazon 66€)
I could re-use case, 750GB HD and my old psu, which didn't have PCIE connectors nor a 8-pin CPU connector, but this mobo has a 4-pin (it's not for overclocking)
Basically I turned an outdated PC into a 400-500€ PC with medium gaming capabilities for a mere 185€
Also I am ready for the future, because when my primary system, (i7-7700 with RX 580) is getting outdated, I can update this system with psu, cpu and gpu (keeping mobo, RAM and maybe SSD) and kick ass for a decent amount of time again.