I need to find a PC with a $300 budget that can run overwatch. My current laptop can’t since it’s really old and it’s only 32-bit. Also, right now I play on console. Any ideas?
You might have to save, homie. 16 GB of RAM alone can be around $200
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you dont need 16GB of ram to run the game
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What the requirements? Isn’t 16 GB of RAM the standard?
i have 8 GB and i run it fine so i dont think so
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Works fine on 8GB DDR3.
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However right now isnt a great time to buy a budget gaming pc, RAM prices even 8gb alone is around $80, and for most decent graphics card buying them new i dont think youll get one under $200. It all depends on your needs. Do you need it just to run the game? or do you want it to look somewhat decent and get good fps. Because coming from console to pc thats something you need to think about as you dont have to worry about frame rate when playing on console
Would it be cheaper just to get another laptop that’s better than my old one?
probably not because decent laptops come usually with higher prices give me a second ill ask a friend to see if he can get you a list of budget parts that will run it
i could sell you my old parts for 200$
mainboard+cpu+ram+Power Supply (no graficcard)
it run with atleast 144fps
so my friend said best you can do in that situation is get a 1050 they are round $150 and an I3 processor which isnt ideal but theres not much to work with.
h ttps://us.battle.net/support/en/article/65159 <- Overwatch System requirements
Fix the space to go to the page, not allowed to send links yet 
I can put you together a build soon, if you want. Are you okay with building it yourself? It’ll be more powerful (more bang for you buck), and building a PC isn’t very hard at all, but if you’re not comfortable building a PC we can find you a prebuilt system.
i normally recommand this http://www.logicalincrements.com/ to get started, but i wouldn’t recommend anything below their minimum tier, which is already more than $300, although you could change the case and hd for cheaper ones.
you may be better off buying second hand parts/computer as others said
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You can’t get a gaming PC for 300$, that’s why consoles exist.
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You can get a gaming pc for $300. Consoles exist because companies have found the perfect way to scam customers.
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I was able to build a $400 PC for my wife that runs it on med-high settings at 1080, so if you’re cool with low settings, maybe a lower resolution, you could maybe build one for $300. Note: that 400 did not include the monitor or any peripherals.
h ttps://pcpartpicker.com/list/6VHWZR
(minus space)
$374 - Containing a 2TB hard drive, 8 gigs of ram, 3.5ghz CPU with a intergrated vegas 8 which /should/ run on low settings at the very least.
However, it’s worth noting this isn’t worth doing. It’ll barely scrape by, it may overheat without more airflow, and it’ll need replacing sooner rather than later for anything beyond Overwatch. Better off saving for $500-900 and buying a computer that has real upgrade potential so the next go around you don’t need a new case, powersupply, potentially even motherboard and are just upgrading the CPU/GPU when it gets outdated.
The absolute cheapest CPU gpu combo that is worth spending a penny on will cost you $250. And you still need a case,psu,mobo,storage,os,periphreals,monitor?
Not gonna happen for $300 in any world, even refurb, it’s just not worth it performance wise.
Buy a console or save $$
This should work
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6jsMZR
Although, you’re gonna need to Google around on that motherboard firmware issue.
Although I would recommend this instead
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/L9fRJ8
Not happening
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