A pre-built computer that can run TF2 at max settings? (60-100 FPS at least)

[bonecozy]

I'm looking for a computer than is under my budget ($400 ATM), and can run simple games like TF2, NMRIH, Gmod, CS:S, Minecraft, and other similar programs at max (or high at least) graphics without any lag. Can someone link me to any suggested PCs?

NOTE: I don't want to buy some creepy, virus infected computer of a anonymous over-seas website... I would like to buy it from trusted places such as Walmart, Newegg, Best Buy, ETC

Thanks for any help!

[Scott, President of Dominos]

You're not getting anything that can max tf2 for $400 in terms of pre-built laptops or desktops.

Consider buying used or do the smart thing: find some business that's liquidating their Dell desktops and upgrade the CPU. Ignore any GPU, nothing using Source 1 uses it anyway and gpu prices are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ right now.

If you're looking for a laptop you're pretty much SOL. the only thing you could potentially max tf2 in is something like an old thinkpad or dell latitude and again, upgrade the cpu. But businesses often don't liquidate laptops, not that I've seen.

True bang-for-buck computers are built anyway, and without needing a GPU allows you a lot of freedom in terms of where you want to spend your money on a custom build. It's not as cost-effective as it was 2 years ago though, be warned that prices for everything have jumped.

[sad]

Dunno about prebuilt, but you could go for the Ryzen APUs if you’re going for a cheap build. I’d personally give it some time for AMD to work the kinks out, but it seems pretty viable as a temporary 1080p low 60 FPS solution for a lot of games right now.

[downvote]

I have a 500$ computer yet it runs tf2 nicely. You just have to mess around with settings. I reccomend an HP laptop

[dat_potatoe]

Yeah and I want a computer that can run the latest Witcher game at 1440p144fps for just $100.

You won't find any pre-built gaming PC's for under $500-$600. You just won't. Any pre-builts you find under that pricepoint are just office PC's that don't even have a graphics card. Increase your budget or learn to custom build.

Even then, a lot of the budget $500-$600 pre-builts you see are complete scams using obsolete hardware at a highly inflated cost. Low end FX-series CPU's, DDR3 RAM, low end R7/R9 or GT series graphics cards, etc. So you have to be careful with what to look out for, knowledge you would gain if you just knew how to pre-build.

I'll try to find you something but it's really just so much better to learn to build yourself.

[cheavyIZspy]

A potato should do.

Any source game is more CPU than GPU heavy, btw.

[spice]

Originally posted by WokAn'Roll:

Dunno about prebuilt, but you could go for the Ryzen APUs if you’re going for a cheap build. I’d personally give it some time for AMD to work the kinks out, but it seems pretty viable as a temporary 1080p low 60 FPS solution for a lot of games right now.

It can play any modern game at 1080p60 on Medium at the very least.
I know because a friend of mine has a Ryzen 5 build, and he plays Planet Coaster, DiRT 4, and Need for Speed Payback at 1080p60 medium pretty nicely.

[cheavyIZspy]

Originally posted by Arkham Knight:

Originally posted by WokAn'Roll:

Dunno about prebuilt, but you could go for the Ryzen APUs if you’re going for a cheap build. I’d personally give it some time for AMD to work the kinks out, but it seems pretty viable as a temporary 1080p low 60 FPS solution for a lot of games right now.

It can play any modern game at 1080p60 on Medium at the very least.
I know because a friend of mine has a Ryzen 5 build, and he plays Planet Coaster, DiRT 4, and Need for Speed Payback at 1080p60 medium pretty nicely.

Thing is, unlike consoles, no PC system (with different components of any kind) is alike.

Thing is, you can spend 500$ on a prebuilt crap with oem crap, or spend the same building your own. But maybe it would just be wiser to spend 2000$ on a quality computer, that's been stress-tested for 48+hours, that will hold for 5-10 years to come.

[spice]

Originally posted by cheavyIZspy:

Originally posted by Arkham Knight:

It can play any modern game at 1080p60 on Medium at the very least.
I know because a friend of mine has a Ryzen 5 build, and he plays Planet Coaster, DiRT 4, and Need for Speed Payback at 1080p60 medium pretty nicely.

Thing is, unlike consoles, no PC system (with different components of any kind) is alike.

Thing is, you can spend 500$ on a prebuilt crap with oem crap, or spend the same building your own. But maybe it would just be wiser to spend 2000$ on a quality computer, that's been stress-tested for 48+hours, that will hold for 5-10 years to come.

That's not my point.

My point was that a Ryzen 5 can get you places very efficiently, and it's looking promising once AMD can figure out how to squeeze more IPC out of Ryzen.

[sad]

Originally posted by Arkham Knight:

Originally posted by WokAn'Roll:

Dunno about prebuilt, but you could go for the Ryzen APUs if you’re going for a cheap build. I’d personally give it some time for AMD to work the kinks out, but it seems pretty viable as a temporary 1080p low 60 FPS solution for a lot of games right now.

It can play any modern game at 1080p60 on Medium at the very least.
I know because a friend of mine has a Ryzen 5 build, and he plays Planet Coaster, DiRT 4, and Need for Speed Payback at 1080p60 medium pretty nicely.

I’m assuming the 2400G?

Two of my friends are planning on building 2200G computers and I happened to have 4 sticks of spare 4 GB 3,000 MHz ram they could run dual channel for.

[HoBoMiKe]

$400 isn't much for a gaming PC.

Also, why are you having trouble with Tf2? it's not a high-demanding game for a computer...

[dat_potatoe]

Yeah OP I tried but I can't find any pre-builts worth buying that aren't at least $700. All the ones I see for $550 you'll just end up replacing entirely in a year or two anyways since their hardware is outdated and can't be upgraded. Like they'll still run TF2 but it would just be a complete waste of a purchase.

Since you only want to run low end games, you could probably just stick a better GPU in the PC you have right now if your CPU is halfway decent. Try to find a GTX 1050 TI for around $150-$170.


Edit:
Well, this isn't too bad:
https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-IdeaCentre-Desktop-i5-7400-90H0002VUS/dp/B075CKB8V1/ref=sr_1_40?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1519692996&sr=1-40&keywords=gaming+pc

You can't upgrade past i7 CPU's so you will end up ultimately replacing the PC, but i7 CPU's should still be pretty good for years to come.

[GravePC]

Build a cheap PC for a few hundred or do not bother.

[Grand]

Originally posted by MrSmaugMaster:

I'm looking for a computer than is under my budget ($400 ATM), and can run simple games like TF2, NMRIH, Gmod, CS:S, Minecraft, and other similar programs at max (or high at least) graphics without any lag. Can someone link me to any suggested PCs?

NOTE: I don't want to buy some creepy, virus infected computer of a anonymous over-seas website... I would like to buy it from trusted places such as Walmart, Newegg, Best Buy, ETC

Thanks for any help!

Or you can build a computer with used parts under 400 dollars and trying to make garry's mod and tf2 run on new hardware is a nightmare due to the lack of optimazations for the newer hardware. Just grab a dell optiplex 980 with at least i5 2400 and 8 gbs of ram and stick in a gtx 750ti and you're set.

[Grand]

Originally posted by Grand:

Originally posted by MrSmaugMaster:

I'm looking for a computer than is under my budget ($400 ATM), and can run simple games like TF2, NMRIH, Gmod, CS:S, Minecraft, and other similar programs at max (or high at least) graphics without any lag. Can someone link me to any suggested PCs?

NOTE: I don't want to buy some creepy, virus infected computer of a anonymous over-seas website... I would like to buy it from trusted places such as Walmart, Newegg, Best Buy, ETC

Thanks for any help!

Or you can build a computer with used parts under 300 dollars and trying to make garry's mod and tf2 run on new hardware is a nightmare due to the lack of optimazations. Just grab a dell optiplex 980 with at least i5 2400 and 8 gbs of ram and stick in a gtx 750ti and you're set.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-790-990-Tower-Windows-7-Pro-I5-Quad-Core-3-4GHz-4GB-DVD-RW-WiFi/232270826361?hash=item36146b8b79:g:HvUAAOSwax5YyBSt
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-Video-Card-Original-GTX-750Ti-2GB-128Bit-GDDR5-Graphics-Cards-for-nVIDIA/323098245277?epid=201220653&hash=item4b3a27f89d:g:wQgAAOSwUmZakeQb
That's it. A gaming pc that can run all your games just fine under 400 dollars. All you have to do is open the computer, stick in the graphics card, get the latest drivers for the graphics card and you're set.

[Revan]

Buy a mac