Are you upgrading?
  • Sundial@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Maybe I’m too Canadian to understand but where on earth are you able to build a decent gaming PC able to play the latest AAA games on high graphics for $700?

    No really, please tell me. I want to upgrade my PC.

    Edit: For everyone trying to explain it to me.

    1. There’s more to a PC than a CPU and GPU. Those of you giving me only those 2 that make up more than half of the $700 are kind of reinforcing my point.

    2. The key thing here is running AAA games on high settings using this budget. You can’t really do that.

    • proper@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I think this article is sensationalizing the situation a bit. It could be $700 (if you already have a case, hdds, psu, and cooling on hand.)

      But really comes down to your desired resolution and frame rate. I know plenty of people who are fine with 1080p and 60fps.

      1440, 2160 120 is another story. The higher end gpu would likely require a slightly higher tier PSU and more efficient cooling which could add a few bucks to the GPU and CPU investment.

      I recommend checking out PC part picker to see what your ideal components would shake out to.

      • saigot@lemmy.ca
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        3 months ago

        (if you already have a case, hdds, psu, and cooling on hand.)

        You can also get all of those except the hdds for quite literally 0 dollars, although depending on electricity prices and what upgrading you want to do it might be better long term to spend on the psu.

        • proper@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          It’s something. B450M is about as low as you can go, and not sure i’d go with ddr4 or WD green for storage, but it would definitely be a PC.

          • Pistcow@lemm.ee
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            3 months ago

            Its an an old link that poped up. As long as it has access to all channels boards aren’t a big deal in the equation. Storage is cheap and any usuable 1tb will do.