$3,000 for a PC

[Fajita Jim]

My bother is looking to drop some Bens on a new build probably next month, I get to build it. Means it's time to start shopping and pricing.

What do you guys suggest? Mostly for gaming (MMOs, Baulders Gate 3, Stellaris and Dwarf Fortress), 1440p 60hz is fine but will later be updating to a Gsync/Freesync monitor, AM5 platform, please.

[LeviathanWon]

A steam deck would play most mmo's and the 4x games... I have no idea why you would want to waste 3 grand on a computer. Spend $3000 if you won a local lan on a "mid to low" end pc... and have been invited somewhere to play in another lan.

Spend $3000 if you are working in game design, movie production...

[r.linder]

LeviathanWon lähetti viestin:

A steam deck would play most mmo's and the 4x games... I have no idea why you would want to waste 3 grand on a computer.

For the same price as the higher end Deck options you can build a desktop PC with better specs

[LeviathanWon]

r.linder lähetti viestin:

LeviathanWon lähetti viestin:

A steam deck would play most mmo's and the 4x games... I have no idea why you would want to waste 3 grand on a computer.

For the same price as the higher end Deck options you can build a desktop PC with better specs

Well aware of this, ty.

[JC]

It's rather interesting seeing people push high refresh rates. just look at reviews from 10 years ago and at max settings people getting 45-50 FPS and reviews happy that they were getting such great frames and such smooth performance. Folks never complained about stuttering, or lagging or what have you. These high refresh rates and the whole Pro gamer thing has really pushed people in to numbers obsessed, when i reality it doesn't make a difference. This issues come from dips, Not stability when you are pushing 45+ at the lowest mark. These high numbers People are basically saying they can perceive an eye blink.


OP, id saver some money, go with lower voltage stuff, like the 600 chips from nivida or even like a 12400 or sure the 1440's and the lower end vid cards. You can then save money and get a really nice 600-700w power supply,. Put some extra money into 32GB ram, and larger storage.

Then use that extra money to buy some nice games. All these games can be run on a 10 series CPU with a 1060 vid card with very nice results. So you might need to turn raytracing off if a game even has it, but still if you want it, those 4060 cards are pretty nice for 1/3 or even 1/4 the price.

also, so many games don't even support anything above 1080p anyway, at this point i find all that extra just a waste. When i can push 50-60-75 FPS on a 6+ year old system. Comps last so long these days, and the budget end of stuff is really rock solid that can hold you for a very long time.

[r.linder]

JC lähetti viestin:

It's rather interesting seeing people push high refresh rates. just look at reviews from 10 years ago and at max settings people getting 45-50 FPS and reviews happy that they were getting such great frames and such smooth performance. Folks never complained about stuttering, or lagging or what have you. These high refresh rates and the whole Pro gamer thing has really pushed people in to numbers obsessed, when i reality it doesn't make a difference. This issues come from dips, Not stability when you are pushing 45+ at the lowest mark. These high numbers People are basically saying they can perceive an eye blink.


OP, id saver some money, go with lower voltage stuff, like the 600 chips from nivida or even like a 12400 or sure the 1440's and the lower end vid cards. You can then save money and get a really nice 600-700w power supply,. Put some extra money into 32GB ram, and larger storage.

Then use that extra money to buy some nice games. All these games can be run on a 10 series CPU with a 1060 vid card with very nice results. So you might need to turn raytracing off if a game even has it, but still if you want it, those 4060 cards are pretty nice for 1/3 or even 1/4 the price.

also, so many games don't even support anything above 1080p anyway, at this point i find all that extra just a waste. When i can push 50-60-75 FPS on a 6+ year old system. Comps last so long these days, and the budget end of stuff is really rock solid that can hold you for a very long time.

People did complain about bad performance, just not as much because the hardware was far worse. Current hardware is capable of much more, 60 FPS goals are basically a thing of the past unless you’re broke.