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>>298106
Bump cos I've got this problem as well

>>298106
You can play CS:GO on a fairly cheap machine, but the more FPS you have, the better.
The game uses 3 - 4 threads and is fairly low impact on the GPU.
So if you have the money, I'd buy an i5 7600 and a Z270 or H270 board with 16GB of DDR4 around 3000MHz. For 1080p, and GPU along the lines of RX480/GTX1050Ti should easily suffice. Which mainboard you chose is irrelevant; get the cheapest with all theconnectivity options you want. Just remember, you can only overclock Intel CPUs if you use a K-CPU on a board with Z chipset.
I know people playing the game on much worse hardware though.
If you are really pressed for budget, maybe get a used i5 2500K on a Z68 or P67 board with 8GB of DDR3. You can get these three parts for around $80-120.
If the power bill is no issue, you could get an older high end GPU, like a GTX580, which are aviable for around $60, sometimes lower.

I also recommend investing at least $60 in a decent power supply, maybe a BeQuiet E9 or something, around 500-600W should suffice. If you buy a 7000 series CPU and a GTX10xx you can easily get away with 450. Even a good PSU can die, but a good PSU will only kill itself while a bad one might kill your entire PC, and your house, and you in your sleep.

>>298130
Cheers Anon, you've pretty much covered everything I needed to know :)

>>298130
If he's not gonna be into gaming alot, he definately doesn't need 16GB of ram. Most games never go near 8.

>>298106
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3123449/hardware/cheap-but-good-how-to-build-a-budget-pc-for-under-300.html

I'm pretty sure you could play CSGO off the integrated graphics of your CPU if you want to save even more cash