(Part 2) Top products from r/computers

Edit: prebuilt included at bottom of post.

If your issue with building a pc is taking time to select parts, you can have the friendly people at r/buildapcforme put together a list of parts for you, and then you'd only have to visit their neatly organized set of links and put the items in your cart (usually just on amazon.com and newegg.com, occasionally ebay.com as well).

As for prebuilts, just look for something cheap. Basically anything nowadays can run the games you've listed.

If you want to go for dirt cheap, and don't mind ordering parts, you can build a computer with the ryzen 3200g APU (no dedicated GPU), 8 GB of RAM, and a b450 motherboard for... cheap. Just off the top of my head... $100 for the CPU (Actually APU), 8 GB RAM, currently $30ish, though usually around $50 (and the prices are in flux right now), Almost $100 for a motherboard with wifi, though this can be $50 if you plug it into your home router with an ethernet cable. Add a $50 case, a more than adequate, good quality $50 PSU, as well as a small-ish SSD (the linked one is a 512 GB priced at $70) and you've got yourself a completed build. Note that you'll need a desk, chair, monitor, speakers/headset, keyboard, and mouse to use this as well, and a pci-e wireless adapter if you want wifi (assuming you didn't spring for the motherboard that has built in wifi.)

Edit: Ran that through a calculator. Assuming that RAM ends up costing you $50 instead of $30, and you spring for the motherboard with WIFI, your computer will cost $350 $420. A monitor, keyboard, and mouse will jack the price up another $150ish, since most decent 1080p monitors are $100 new. You'll also need speakers, or a headset. I've edited my list above to add this, but didn't factor in price. You're most likely looking at an additional $200 for perhipials, including moniotor, if you go the cheap route; this also assumes that you have a desk (any kind that will fit a monitor, keyboard, and mouse up top, in addition to your computer tower below, will suffice) and a chair to sit in.

If you want to go the laptop route, used gaming laptops with a 960m or similar dedicated GPU usually go for about $500-$600 on Ebay. Feel free to shop around; I recommend looking specifically for a model that has support for an M.2 SSD, as you can rock a small (200-512 GB range) m.2 SSD in addition to a large (but cheap) 1 or 2 TB laptop (2.5 inch) HDD. Install the OS to the SSD, and enjoy fast as hell computer speeds; install games to the HDD and enjoy vast amounts of storage for super cheap. (This can also be done for your desktop, but most laptops only support 1 SATA storage device.)

And, hey would you look at that. I forgot to include a storage device in your system build! I'll add it in and adjust the price accordingly (probably up $50, for a total of $400.)

For comparison, I found this prebuilt computer It's got a better GPU, but the CPU is a generation behind what I've listed. It even seems to come with a keyboard and mouse. All in all, a better gaming machine, but with a price tag to reflect it; It was at $580 when I posted the link. Which honestly isn't all that bad. At all.

You know what. Screw the rest of my post. Buy that prebuilt and you're all set. Well, except for the monitor. And maybe Wifi? And speakers. But still, it's a good price. Note: There's a $530 option, the GPU is a massive downgrade and it's not worth saving $50 to get it instead of the $580 computer. Although, truthfully, both will serve your needs just fine.

• Get an SSD, ASAP. Single best upgrade you can make to ANY PC - 250GB Samsung 840 Evo is $75 on Amazon, the 850 Evo is $90. If you want 500GB, you'll pay about $150 for the 850 EVO, 840 EVO doesn't have the 500GB available (Amazon shows it at $272 for a 500GB?! I think it's no longer produced)
  
  
• Max out your RAM. Your MoBo can support 32GB of RAM -- 16GB should do you plenty of good. $67 on NewEgg
  
  
• So far that's only $142 of your $350. That leaves you with $208 for a nice GPU. I have a GeForce GTX 750Ti that does great, and I'm not a gamer at all, so I really only bought it in case I decide to game later on (Dark Souls 3 will apparently run perfectly on my machine, which makes me very happy). You can get a GTX 950 or 960 under that price limit, both are mid to high tier graphics cards (980 is the highest in the series, atm [correct me if I'm wrong I don't know shit about gaming GPU's])
  
  
• If you don't want to spend $200 on a GPU, or if you can up your budget to $400, you can get both a really nice GPU and a better motherboard that supports DDR4 RAM, which of course increases the cost of the RAM, but it's all about future proofing.
  
  TL;DR: For the amount of your budget, buy the SSD and RAM I recommended. Either spend $200 on a GPU or spend $150 on a mid-tier GPU, up your budget to $400 and get a better MoBo for future upgrades. Good luck!
  
  Edit -- I just saw you have an AMD CPU. I've heard that nVidia & Intel work better together, and AMD works best with the other cards. Adjust accordingly.

#1, Upgrade to Windows 10 right now. There is ZERO reason to be using Windows 8, It's all but deprecated at this point. It will detect your Windows 8 key and convert it to a 10 key. Download the iso, do an "In Place Upgrade" by mounting the iso (double click it) then run setup. Download HERE. Make sure you have a good 60GB of space for rollback if needed.

#2 Since Windows 7, drivers and libraries are cached. What you see as 4.5GB in use is not correct at all. There is likely less than 3GB actually in use, the rest will dynamically move out of RAM the MOMENT you need the RAM for something else.

#3 Don't use antivirus, there is no need these days. Windows Defender is fine. Install Malware Bytes if you need to do some cleaning, then uninstall it. (which will free up more memory)

#4 open up task manager, go to the startup tab, and see what you have that opens on startup. Disable crap you don't need.

#5 RAM is astonishingly cheap right now, but because of chinese tariffs, may be going up. You can grab another 16GB for $60. you have two slots free, Do it up. Looks like 1333Mhz DDR3. $60 for 2x8GB DDR3

Edit: #6 and if you don't have an SSD get one now, they are also astonishingly cheap. Get a Samsung, use the live data migration utility with a USB to SATA adapter. You can literally copy the entire OS to the SSD while the computer is running. Then just rip out your mechanical drive, and install the SSD in it's place. Done. Lighting fast computer. Samsung 860 Evo 500GB/ USB to SATA/ 2.5" to 3.5" adapter / Samsung Data Migration Utility

Thanks! Happen to know any good PCI/PCIe cards to use? Oh yeah, would a PCI be better than a PCIe or vice versa? Not quite sure what the difference is..

Edit: I think I'll get this one, it seems to have some pretty great reviews!

Nothing will beat a wired connection. And you will never get that download speed on wifi... You have no access to your basement or attic to run ethernet? 100 feet is cheap.... Pair it with a 5 port gb switch for your desk would be a nice upgrade if needed...


With ~40 feet of distance, and everything in between like walls and doors, even with the best USB or PCI adapter, there will be signal loss.

A good way to test and see connectivity is to use your cell phone where your PC is located... speedof.me in your web browser, or the Speed Test Ookla app... Also, I know on android, you can see the properties of the access point you are connected to and see the current speed you care connected at, ( n130, dual band n300, ac900~ish)

The Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I you linked would be a decent choice, especially being it has a better positionable antenna... Anything PCI and that type of antenna would be better than usb.

TP Link could work as well

Just buy a roll of this and run it to the room you would like to use it in.

To make it pretty, I would run the 100ft cable to the back of this

Get two more smaller Ethernet cables, run one from the outlet into this switch (any port on it) if you want more ports in the other room, and then the other short cable from the switch to your PC.

This would be the best, most professional way of getting Ethernet into your room. It'll be much more stable and provide better performance than a WiFi dongle.

Could run Runescape, but would be tough. Not a good computer to be gaming on. You want to look for something with a dedicated graphics card. I would also look for minimum an i5 intel CPU and not an i3. It would be hard to find anything under $500 that you would be happy to play games on. THIS might be a better option.

Well, you should be looking at maybe an i5 CPU with 8gbs of ram and maybe a dedicated gpu. Something like this Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575G-57D4 15.6-Inches Full HD Notebook (i5-7200U, 8GB DDR4 SDRAM, 256GB SSD, Windows 10 Home), Obsidian Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LD4MGY4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_gqTAzbJRJDRE1

Best of luck

Thanks again man appreciate your help.

This one looks pretty good for that price, thoughts?

Crucial MX500 500GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - CT500MX500SSD1(Z) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0784SLQM6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_kDo5CbSRB9B0Y

standard 'laptop' sized hard drive. 2.5" form factor. Since you already did the work to pull it out please please please do NOT put a spinning disk Hard Drive back in there. This is your chance to upgrade to a Solid State Drive (SSD)

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-Internal-MZ-76E500B-AM/dp/B0781Z7Y3S/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1541455552&sr=1-4&keywords=ssd

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The cable actually detaches from the drive itself. It looks like you detached the cable from the board. Hopefully that can easily be put back on. There's nothing special to removing the SATA cable from the drive, just pull on that wide black part and it will come out.

Thanks for the advice! I'm going to be buying this 400W supply cause I'm cheap.

On a side note, why is power usage not really looked at or even shown in the specs of many websites? It seems like an incredibly major thing, but websites like Amazon and even the AMD website don't include it in the "specs" of the cards.

I never even considered the fact that my PSU could be limiting my current GPU, but for some reason the power usage isn't even shown on the specs on the AMD website so I have no way to check if just getting a new PSU will drastically improve my system.

Brand wise I recommend: Asus, Lenovo, Toshiba, etc. You should browse Dealzon when you have a rough idea what you want, to help yourself save money.

And as /u/morsmage said /r/suggestalaptop is a better place to ask.

This is something I bought, it's not an i3/i5, but it's not a normal i7 either. I present the 14" Lenovo Y40 gaming laptop for $750: w/ coupon @ Dealzon. It's a dual core i7 w/ hyperthreading, so has 4 logical cores. The one I purchased I bought an SSD, but the hybrid this one comes w/ might work for you. I'm happy w/ the battery life, can get up to 4 hours or more, depending on what you're doing. If you want a better battery life get rid of any mechanical HDD, and get an SSD. I personally bought this one, the 840 EVO series has the lowest idle power usage: Samsung 250GB SSD. If this laptop is too much for you, Lenovo has a bunch of other decent laptops for a lower price.

here is a 1050 on amazon for ~75 after rebate, if you or someone you know has prime

found this deal on /r/buildapcsales - great sub there as well

eh, its just cause its an integrated GPU - those are meant for basic tasks and office work, not really for gaming, though some can work well for it. as long as you have a slot and PSU for the GPU, it will be well worth it

PSU should be fine. around the max you could do for it. use sites like :
http://www.coolermaster.com/power-supply-calculator/

or

http://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

both should give you around 250W of needed and recommmend 300W PSU, but if you want to get new PSU I would recommend to get 400W to 450W and not 600W that is way too big for your system.

also check that you have all cable installed to your GPU. I do not know if it needs 6-pin additional power cable. If it does and your PSU do not have it then you need new PSU. also if you go for getting new PSU. get something like this: https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Warranty-Power-Supply-100-N1-0400-L1/dp/B00LV8TZAG/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1482836063&sr=1-2&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_two_browse-bin%3A6906983011

corsair is decent brand as is EVGA, do not get any no brand PSU. Also check carefully that you new PSU has all the connections your computer need it is HP prebuilt one and they might have some kind of propietary connectors there.

your problem is not likely to be with the PSU, but graphics drivers. here is some kind of guide.

1. Connect your GPU to your motherboards slot and you should see the the picture.
   
2. download display driver uninstaller from here : http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html
   
3. download latest catalyst/crimson/whatever amd GPU drivers are called today
   
4. run DDU and follow its instructions. You should go to safe mode to remove all drivers.
   
5. then connect back to your new GPU and install latest drivers.
   
   
   that worked for me on spring when I moved from GTX 660 to GTX 970.

Check this out
A very good laptop for this price point.. The only downside of course is don't expect any heavy gaming performance outta this (don't know if you're a huge gamer or not) other than that, this can handle things like web browsing, watching video, word processing, etc. With ease. Hope this helped :D

Amazon is having a sale on last year's Acer predator laptop for $999 and $899 if you have prime. Got good reviews and pretty popular, especially at that price point.

I just picked one up myself.

Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptop PC, 15.6" FHD IPS w/ 144Hz Refresh, Intel i7-8750H, GTX 1060 6GB, 16GB DDR4, 256GB NVMe SSD, Aeroblade Metal Fans PH315-51-78NP https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CTHLX8C/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_VJfsDb94T7F3R

It is pretty weak. You'd probably want something like this EVGA 500B, since it's low cost and relatively decent for low-power rigs.

It looks like DDR3 RAM has had a pretty severe price spike recently, so I would look around on Craigslist for an 8GB set. Alternately, r/hardwareswap is probably a good place to find some reasonably priced 8GB kits. Don't go for anything above like $35 though.

EDIT: Scratch that, PM this guy about the DDR3 if you have $40 to spend on RAM along with the $40 for the PSU.
https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap/comments/5on83m/usatx_h_asus_z87_pro_motherboard_4x2_gb_ddr31333/


EDIT pt2: Never mind, this guy is in WA (cheaper shipping) and is selling 8gb for 30
https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap/comments/5on23r/usawa_h_itx_storage_server_teclast_tbook_11_ddr3/

Sounds like the 2GB cloud option is not enough but maybe a 128gb SanDisk USB key might do?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00TKFCYP0/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1502839397&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=128gb+flash+drive&dpPl=1&dpID=31utQ2xdhBL&ref=plSrch

If more then that is needed I would suggest a 1tb WD drive they are not much more expensive and don't require external power but do have an additional cable and bulk.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00CRZ2PRM/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1502839464&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=1tb+external+hard+drive&dpPl=1&dpID=31vtVo4NJ3L&ref=plSrch

Honestly I don't really understand what you try to do but if you want to have ethernet cables go from your router to you pc and Xbox over the same cable I would suggest you get a switch, it basically turns 1 cable into multiple cables, that way you'll have internet access on both your pc and xbox and they can also communicate over your local network.

Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0000BVYT3/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1504975974&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=lan+switch&dpPl=1&dpID=41trKxv8qKL&ref=plSrch
(I'm on mobile so I can't make the text the link xD)

Edit: actually now I just realized you probably want your pc that is on WiFi to share its connection with your Xbox over a cable, if that is the case why not just use the WiFi from the Xbox? As it is the same thing (maybe even faster) as using your pc as a repeater.

Alright. Here's the build. It will be around 470 after tax. Its pretty decent, especially for the 500 dollar range. It will play whatever you throw at it without much of an issue. Its quite upgradeable. Its on the AM4 platform so in years to come when you need an upgrade you could find a faster used AMD AM4 CPU without an issue. Could buy one of the latest GPU's during the time as this PSU has 6 and 8 pin power connectors.

IDK how you want to build it. I could find some video explaining it. We could video call or whatever they call it when you're ready to build. Or any other ideas.

Case: https://www.amazon.com/Phanteks-PH-EC300PTG_BR-Eclipse-Tempered-Glass/dp/B079QGZZXG/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=pc+case&qid=1567526688&s=gateway&sr=8-5

Motherboard: https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GA-A320M-S2H-MicroATX-Realtek-Motherboard/dp/B079NYQQJJ/ref=sxin_0_sxwds-bovbs?keywords=am4+motherboard&pd_rd_i=B079NYQQJJ&pd_rd_r=1c12f74d-ff31-4c39-b3ba-139654bf6791&pd_rd_w=DGU3w&pd_rd_wg=f46SK&pf_rd_p=b866bc3b-cfe5-45c1-897c-a8525a3335d9&pf_rd_r=JZ0CHBTCK9JQKBHJ973A&qid=1567474018&s=gateway

CPU: https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-Processor-Radeon-Graphics/dp/B079D3DBNM/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=i3+cpu&qid=1567473896&s=gateway&sr=8-6

RAM: https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Single-PC4-21300-288-Pin-Memory/dp/B0734V4SSR/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=8gb+ddr4&qid=1567474057&s=gateway&sr=8-4

PSU: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LV8TZAG/ref=twister_B01LZTMML7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

HDD: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0088PUEPK/ref=twister_B07VXBN78S?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

GPU: https://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-128-Bit-Graphics-ZT-T16500F-10L/dp/B07QF1H9YR/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=gtx+1650&qid=1567471555&s=gateway&sr=8-4

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0148NNKTC
Great cheap monitors I have 3 they oc to 75hz great

$700 is a bit tight for some of the newer games, this is the best i could come up with that fits reasonably close to that.

AMD FX-8350

Corsair H75

Gigabyte AM3+ 990FX

corsair vengence pro 2x4

MSI radeon rx470

corsair r500

EVGA 500w


i would recommend you wait a month or so in case the price of AM3+ stuff drops due to the ryzen being released, if that happens you might be able to afford an rx480

Buy a usb cradle for the m.2. Make sure you get the correct type. If you don't know what type you have then Google is your friend. Put the new drive in the cradle and plug it into a usb 3 port. Boot to your favorite cloning application and clone the old drive to the new one. Install the new drive and Bob's your uncle you're done.

https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-M-2-SATA-SSD-Enclosure/dp/B00T8F298Y

I'd recommedt this system with a few upgrades http://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-xps-desktop-intel-core-i5-12gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-black/5858042.p?id=1219165147753&skuId=5858042
The system has a moderate faster CPU, more Ram and with upgrades willbe a great video editor and will handle almost anything you might want to do. Including a luttle gaming. :-)
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250gb ssd (will greatly improveperformance ) $130.
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-250GB-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-7TE250BW/dp/B00E3W1726
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nvidia GTX 750ti $150.
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Dual-Link-Graphics-02G-P4-3751-KR/dp/B00IDG3PRI/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1418287071&sr=1-2&keywords=gtx+750+ti
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Yes, I used a USB to VGA connector that works perfectly. Here is the link
Plugable USB to VGA Video Graphics Adapter for Multiple Displays up to 1920x1080 (Supports Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, and XP) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004D0QC0A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Wb4QybASH902H

This is the laptop my friend bought and I might buy too. I don’t know a lot about computers but he said the specs are really good, what are your thoughts on it?

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Predator-Overclockable-Aeroblade-PH315-51-78NP/dp/B07CTHLX8C/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=gaming+laptop&qid=1564807768&s=gateway&sr=8-3

Usb passthroughs are a more premium thing, and with a quick amazon search, I could not find one in your price range with a usb passthrough. You could always get a cheaper 1080p monitor, and get a usb hub
This is a good monitor

This is a good hub

Edit: formatting

I am going to purchase two of these monitors https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0148NNKTC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&psc=1

Would they be ok to run off of this machine? https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883794039

This lenovo has a HDMI port and VGA. Could I then run one screen through the VGI and once through the HDMI? Or is there a better method?

Very much worth it, plus the prices have come way down over the last year or so, so there's not much reason not to do it any more. The Crucial MX500 500 GB model is $67.95 on Amazon right now, and the 1 TB model is $134.95, either of which is obviously a lot bigger than what you have now :)

https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX500-500GB-NAND-Internal/dp/B0784SLQM6

Pretty sure this is exactly what he needs.

I found 4 pretty good ones for around that price

1. 
   ASUS F556UA-AB32 $389.99
   https://www.amazon.com/F556UA-AB32-15-6-inch-Full-HD-Laptop-Windows/dp/B01LX0KIGB/?tag=aboutcom02lifewire-20&th=1
   -Has a 15.6 inch 1080p (HD Screen)
   -Wireless internet
   -Average 5 hour battery life
   -1 Terabyte hard drive (Thats 1000Gb)
   -Doesn't have a DVD/CD drive
   

• Webcam
  
  2.
  
  ASUS F555LA $549.99
  https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B011KFQASE?tag=laptopmagca-20
  -Has a 15.6 inch 1080p (HD Screen)
  -Wireless internet
  -500 Gigabyte hard drive
  -Has a DVD Drive
  -Average 5 and a half hour battery life
  -Webcam
  
  3.
  
  HP Laptop $479.99
  http://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-17-3-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-1tb-hdd/5723313.p?skuId=5723313
  -Has a 17.3 inch screen (Not HD)
  -Wireless internet
  -1 Terabyte hard drive (1000 Gigabytes)
  -Has a DVD drive
  -5 hour battery life
  -Webcam
  
  4.
  
  Dell Inspiron $399.99
  http://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i3-6gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-black/5709800.p?skuId=5709800
  -15.6" HD screen
  -Touch screen
  -Wireless internet
  -1 Terabyte hard drive (1000 Gigabytes)
  -Has a DVD drive
  -4 hour battery life
  -Webcam

You need to purchase a small ethernet switch like this:

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-GS105NA-Ethernet-Replacement-Unmanaged/dp/B0000BVYT3/ref=sr_1_6?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1496096921&sr=1-6&keywords=ethernet+switch

Plug all the cables (Roku, PC, connection to router) into the switch and you will be good to go.

Maybe something like this (if you have a extra USB slot) https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Adapter-2560x1440-1920x1200/dp/B00BPEV1XK. Hope this helps.

Just use a Displayport cable. Like this.

I imagine your 1080 has 2 DP outputs. If it does not, you can also use a HDMI-to-Displayport cable like this.

OK it looks like you have enough room for a decent video card.

You have an Allied SL-8360BTX 350W power supply, so you need something better because it doesn't have the required PCI-e power cable nor the proper wattage.

A decent power supply.

An HD monitor could be 720P or 1080P in size. Either size monitor would be well served with a RX 570 or if you have a bit more money and higher expectations an RX 580.

You could go with a GTX 1050, and you wouldn't have to buy a power supply but it wouldn't be as fluid in games as the RX 570 or the RX 580.

A third alternative is to get a splitter. Because the TRRS (Tip, Ring, Ring, Sleeve, or headset) plug usually puts the microphone channel on the sleeve, modern computer mics are mismatched because they put their audio channel on the tip. This splitter takes the mic audio connection from the sleeve of the TRRS jack and moves it to the tip of the mic jack.

I keep one of those and the reverse (TRRS plug to separate mic and headphone TRS plugs) around because they're pretty handy when dealing with mobile devices.

This will work but will limit your resolution to 800x600.

This this won't limit the resolution though from what the reviews say.

This will also be fine with USB 2.0


It is just the matter if you are willing to give up a larger resolution for a cheaper product or spend more for the native resolution

If you're picking out of those three I would go with the second one. Your links are from eBay and they dont give the best descriptions so it might be a diff model from what I found.

I'm looking at Amazon Canada. That should ship to where you live.

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B011KFQASE/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480128373&sr=8-1&pi=SX200_QL40&keywords=laptop&dpPl=1&dpID=41uXvMCE9UL&ref=plSrch
This one is alright. When you said you had 500 for it. Did you mean Canadian currency? Also, do you really want to spend 500 or would you rather spend less?

Ssd's are much faster than Hard drives, much more secure, and don't make noise or heat while operating.

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you can get a regular ssd

https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX500-500GB-NAND-Internal/dp/B0784SLQM6/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=ssd&qid=1555765298&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1

500 gb for like 70? then just swap out the Hard drive with ssd and reinstall windows on the ssd.

You can transfer files if you want to an external flash drive and after you reinstall windows, transfer your files back. You then can use your slow hard drive as external storage.

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I do think there is a m2 slot in the computer, so U will be able to use an M2 ssd, but I am not experienced in that area.

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EDIT:you can do this to speed up your computer without buying a new one

That works! If you're not planning on getting a second GPU, id go with this 500w model: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DZ6R9GE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_UXmxybCJPYVFV.

They perform really well for the price.

https://www.amazon.com.au/Matters-Adapter-Windows-2560x1440-1920x1200/dp/B00BPEV1XK

Something like that to one of your 2 USB 3 ports, and HDMI out to the other monitor, should work fine, not going to be amazingly fast, ie; no gaming but regular screen use should be fine.

Yeah you can do this easily.

https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-External-Lay-Flat-Docking-EC-DFLT/dp/B00LS5NFQ2?ref_=Oct_BSellerC_160354011_3&pf_rd_p=6616413b-1c60-55ef-a1ae-ef9578b5d282&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-6&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=160354011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=QK5CH1SB3AGK2HKT93MG&pf_rd_r=QK5CH1SB3AGK2HKT93MG&pf_rd_p=6616413b-1c60-55ef-a1ae-ef9578b5d282

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One of these will do the job.

Yep. Here's a really fast 120gb for $90: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-EVO-Series-2-5-Inch-MZ-7TE250BW/dp/B00E3W1726

It will improve battery life but perhaps not noticeably.

The 570 has only hdmi and displayports so you have to use a converter like this one : https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Input-Output-Adapter-Cable/dp/B014I8UQJY/ref=pd_sim_147_7?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B014I8UQJY&pd_rd_r=2M0NM234VJSM7X7MCSJ7&pd_rd_w=IkChP&pd_rd_wg=KD9U6&psc=1&refRID=2M0NM234VJSM7X7MCSJ7

If it's the same as my 1070 there's only one hdmi, the others are display ports. If that's the case just get a cable like this one for your monitor.

i like laptops https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Predator-Overclockable-Aeroblade-PH315-51-78NP/dp/B07CTHLX8C/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1541966914&sr=8-3&keywords=acer+helios+300

Then you're looking for an external hard drive. You can get a 1TB drive for around $50. I do not recommend Seagate. Western Digital are very good.

Here's one.

The computer is around 10 years old. I'm just looking for a temporary, short term solution.

My other option would be to use this type of enclosure that would make it connect via USB.

Chromebooks will fill your needs, maybe not go for the cheapest one though

this one is a good example of what you should get but you might want to pick up a external hard drive

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CTHLX8C/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

You will get hate for this, not because of circlejerk hatred for Apple (though I admit that does exit), but because you are clearly wrong.

It is extremely easy to find higher spec machines for much less. What I just posted is $400 less than the mac pictured here, and has almost twice as much CPU speed, twice as much RAM, the same hard drive space (which is quite bad, most computers have at least 500GB or 1TB), not to mention that the storage in the linked computer is a PCIE-connected NVM drive which is even slightly faster than an SSD, and (relatively) high end graphics card. Also, a backlit keyboard.

I am using this computer to type this right now.

And you're saying that the "ecosystem" and the "os" is worth $400 more and worth the decreased specs, even though anything you buy for that "ecosystem" can never be used with any other ecosystem by design.

I don't see a way that opinion can be justified, other than someone being buried so deep in Apple's parasitic ecosystem that sunk cost fallacy is taking over.

You can buy any m.2 to USB adapter from Amazon. I have personally used this one

https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-M-2-SATA-External-Enclosure/dp/B00T8F298Y/ref=pd_sbs_147_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=076NHJ9Q7ZQPN3K3XM3M

It's about 27.99

This is the list from the post. He bought the suggested parts.

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You probably want one of these!

That cable won't work. I've used a bunch of these at work before without any problems: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004D0QC0A/

This page shows Fortnite's minimum specs, as in the Intel HD 4k.

That card would be okay, but you'd be limited on much else you can play. I know it's hard right now for GPU's, so many are over priced because of the bit coin miners.

Try out this 1050 for $40 more than the ATI you listed. You might want to also get more RAM, 4 isn't a whole lot these days.



Also not too sure about that CPU. Again, it matches the minimum specs, but the minimum shouldn't be a goal.

https://smile.amazon.com/HP-Laptop-Radeon-Graphics-15-db0069wm/dp/B07K1STZHB/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1549177647&sr=1-3&keywords=2500u+laptop
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https://smile.amazon.com/Crucial-MX500-NAND-SATA-Internal/dp/B0784SLQM6/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1549177697&sr=1-1&keywords=mx500&th=1

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https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232154&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

= $530 then sell the 1TB HDD for $40 = $490

I just posted something similar to this in /r/techsupport without too many responses

I purchased this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004D0QC0A/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_zwLKub0ARZRM2

I get it Friday and will let you know then.

this If you have the money get a 4gb version of it.

Which laptop model do you have?

This might work for you but i can't comment as to the quality.

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-E5-575G-57D4-15-6-Inches-Notebook-i5-7200U/dp/B01LD4MGY4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496025793&sr=8-1&keywords=ACER+256GB

even has a NVIDIA GeForce 940MX.

My brother has this laptop and runs Fortnite, GTA V, Overwatch, PUBG ,and Rocket League without issue. (It is slightly above $500 though) [Here] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01LD4MGY4/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1519071136&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=acer%2B940mx&dpPl=1&dpID=41HfDkXXyeL&ref=plSrch&th=1&psc=1)

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Tp-Link-TL-WN823N-Mini-Wireless-N-USB-Adapter/21281783?athcpid=21281783&athpgid=athenaItemPage&athcgid=null&athznid=PWVAV&athieid=v0&athstid=CS020&athguid=466001f5-a11add7f-3a22fa74e09b55&athena=true



https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Archer-T6E-Wireless-Technology/dp/B016K0896K?th=1&psc=1


Found these 2 don’t know which

This?

Is that cable coming from your monitor? I’d suggest a new cable.

Cable: https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Input-Output-Adapter-Cable/dp/B014I8UQJY

If you have one of these DVI ports you can get a DVI to HDMI adapter cable like this.

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Input-Output-Adapter-Cable/dp/B014I8UQJY/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1518202490&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=hdmi+dvi+adapter&psc=1 i think thats what you need

Id just get a 80+ bronze certified 500 watt even though it may not be needed, if you are really concerned. Here is one from EVGA (well known company) https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-BRONZE-Supply-Warranty-100-B1-0500-KR/dp/B00DZ6R9GE/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1487507745&sr=8-18&keywords=power+supply also you could get the white certified option.