I want to escape consoles and finally build a gaming pc but I’ve seen the prices…

Everything is really overwhelming for me and I have no clue what I should go for and everyone is giving me differing answers so I ask you.

Is building a PC ACTUALLY cheaper than buying one?

What specs would I even need? All I wanna do is play arc raiders comfortably at high settings and play heavily modded Garry’s mod.

  • Zahille7@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    I remember my roommate once had to upgrade his entire PC because the components weren’t compatible when he got a new motherboard. At that point it was basically just a second PC he built, using only a few parts from his old one that could work with the new stuff.

    I got mine from iBuyPower, which he recommended to me. I got mine for about $2500 including the monitor, and it came in a couple weeks. It was basically just plug and play when I got it.

    • Glurk@lemmy.worldOP
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      16 hours ago

      Interesting. Definitely don’t feel like spending 2000$ lmao.

      100% just buying a new prebuilt if that happens