Basic build, no GPU, upgrade advice?

[SuperBOB]

Hey all,

I built four of these for my kids

Case SilverStone Fara B1 Black ATX Case
Powersupply SilverStone 550W Essential Power Supply
Motherboard AMD Socket AM4 - MSI - B450M-A PRO MAX
Memory Memory - DDR4 - Thermaltake - R002D408GX1-2666C19D
Processor 199 AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
Storage 55 Seagate 1TB BarraCuda
Mouse + Keyboard 25 Logitech MK120 Corded USB Desktop

They work great for home schooling but lack a bit of punch with Fortnite / CS:GO etc.

Whats the next step?

GPUs look too expensive, is there something I could do as an interim step before the bottom falls out of crypto?

Cheers,
Bob

 

[SuperBOB]

Thanks all,

I did double up on the memory, so they each have 16GB now. The computers are working well, the kids dont know any better either, but i'm keen to get them a bit further along (i might have opened fortnite once or twice).

Given i've already gone to doubling the ram since I posted this (which made the machines feel a lot better in terms of time to load games, but did not impact the in game experience) it sounds like I should reinstall them onto smallish SSDs - with the games also installed on those SSDs and then consider a budget GPU.

Thanks again for the advice all, and here is hoping GPUs take a nose dive in pricing!