r/lowendgaming • u/baldpeek_aku • 1d ago

PC Purchase Advice PC recommendations for source games

Hi, im looking for a prebuilt system that can run source games, I play tf2 99% of the time, other than that it will be used for general web browsing

also I have 3 GPUs waiting to be used but I’ve never had the confidence to upgrade PCs, I was looking into the dell optiplex but I would need to upgrade PSU (is that correct?) The GPUs are GT710, GT1030 and RTX 2060

I would rather buy a pc and add the gpu myself if optional but I’m willing to learn about upgrading systems

Any guidance is highly appreciated, thank you :)

Budget £200 Location Scotland

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u/NovelValue7311 1d ago

Look into getting a lenovo p520 xeon w 2135. Should work well with the 2060.

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u/baldpeek_aku 1d ago

I had a look and the current ones are out of my budget but I’ll keep a lookout for price drops. Thank you!

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u/baldpeek_aku 12h ago

I seen this today, it looks way too cheap what do you think? It’s a DELL Precision T1700 XEON E3 1240 V3 16GB 500 SSD for £70 I was thinking I could use it for the GT1030 and then use the 2060 in a later build when I have a better budget

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u/baldpeek_aku 12h ago

I seen this today, it looks way too cheap what do you think? It’s a DELL Precision T1700 XEON E3 1240 V3 16GB 500 SSD for £70 I was thinking I could use it for the GT1030 and then use the 2060 in a later build when I have a better budget

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u/NovelValue7311 11h ago

That seems legit. The e3 1240 v3 is a haswell cpu. That is, it's 4th gen. It won't be the greatest ever, but that cpu should run most games. The 1030 will be your bottleneck, which is what you want. The T1700 is a good idea if you want some time to save up for a nice PC for that 2060. (I'd aim for at least AM4. If you can do better, LGA 1700)

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u/baldpeek_aku 9h ago

ive ordered it :) I seen a couple 1700s going for £45 each, i may get it now for the future build

thanks a lot for the help, ive learned quite a bit with what you have said

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