Long story short; I planned to build a low end $500ish that I could later upgrade to something more decent but life has 'gone south' here to say the least.
My only choice is to either
A) Use this 6 year old laptop that I likely can't fix, let alone find replacement parts for if something other than a hard drive takes a shit. Not sure how much longer it will be until something goes out on it that I can't replace
B) Go with a super budget build computer.
My goal is to run BF3 on at least low while not falling below 30 FPS (hell I could probably even deal with 20 FPS) on 1680x1050 resolution. My budget though...
Would that even be remotely possible? I've been looking at buying mostly, if not all refurbished parts (I know, refurbished is a dirty word but not much more I can do) to cheapen the cost.
I of course run a risk doing that but it's either have used parts on a slightly more powerful desktop where parts can be easily replaced or be completely fucked if anything on my laptop goes out.
I understand something like this is extremely unideal but my hands are tied - it's going to probably be quite awhile before I could even hope to afford anything considered low end by today's gaming standards, and even with a super budget build computer I could gradually upgrade it over time at least.
So, could it even be done?
My only choice is to either
A) Use this 6 year old laptop that I likely can't fix, let alone find replacement parts for if something other than a hard drive takes a shit. Not sure how much longer it will be until something goes out on it that I can't replace
B) Go with a super budget build computer.
My goal is to run BF3 on at least low while not falling below 30 FPS (hell I could probably even deal with 20 FPS) on 1680x1050 resolution. My budget though...
$250-300
Would that even be remotely possible? I've been looking at buying mostly, if not all refurbished parts (I know, refurbished is a dirty word but not much more I can do) to cheapen the cost.
I of course run a risk doing that but it's either have used parts on a slightly more powerful desktop where parts can be easily replaced or be completely fucked if anything on my laptop goes out.
I understand something like this is extremely unideal but my hands are tied - it's going to probably be quite awhile before I could even hope to afford anything considered low end by today's gaming standards, and even with a super budget build computer I could gradually upgrade it over time at least.
So, could it even be done?
