Is this a good PC?

[Tiptoeorc]

I’m looking to break out of console gaming and go into PC gaming. I only have a steam deck and I’m starting to realize what’s the point of having a console when all the games are coming PC? I don’t know how to build a PC so I’m looking at some pre build options and I’m not really versed on the subject about what’s good and what’s bad. So if the kind community on here help me with wether or not this is a good pc that’d be great! Also I’m Canadian so this is Canadian pricing. https://www.costco.ca/ibuypower-slate-mesh-gaming-desktop%2c-intel-core-i9-14900f---32gb-ram%2c-2tb-ssd%2c-12-gb-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-super.product.4000309215.html?province=AB&langId=-24&sh=true&nf=true

[Skkooomer Lord]

That is actually a decent machine and not too bad on price.
Roughly translated to GBP, 1500 British pounds.


If you can put a machine together yourself then this is what I would recommend.
Price includes a highly well praised IPS high-refresh 1440P panel.
Higher quality case, keyboard & mouse, and solid reliable 2TB NVME storage.
Highly reliable PSU.

PCPartPicker Part List[ca.pcpartpicker.com]

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600KF 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($259.00 @ Amazon Canada)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X Refined SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($55.42 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: Asus Z790 GAMING WIFI7 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($239.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($164.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($158.99 @ PC-Canada)
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($656.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Phanteks XT PRO ATX Mid Tower Case[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($89.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: Corsair RM750e (2023) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($138.50 @ Vuugo)
Monitor: Gigabyte M27Q 27.0" 2560 x 1440 170 Hz Monitor[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($309.99 @ Memory Express)
Keyboard: RK Royal Kludge RK61 Bluetooth/Wireless/Wired Mini Keyboard[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($69.98 @ Amazon Canada)
Mouse: Logitech G305 LIGHTSPEED Wireless/Wired Optical Mouse[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($49.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $2193.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker[pcpartpicker.com] 2024-11-07 22:02 EST-0500

[Tiptoeorc]

Capt Spack Jarrow a écrit :

That is actually a decent machine and not too bad on price.
Roughly translated to GBP, 1500 British pounds.


If you can put a machine together yourself then this is what I would recommend.
Price includes a highly well praised IPS high-refresh 1440P panel.
Higher quality case, keyboard & mouse, and solid reliable 2TB NVME storage.
Highly reliable PSU.

PCPartPicker Part List[ca.pcpartpicker.com]

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600KF 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($259.00 @ Amazon Canada)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X Refined SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($55.42 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: Asus Z790 GAMING WIFI7 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($239.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($164.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($158.99 @ PC-Canada)
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($656.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Phanteks XT PRO ATX Mid Tower Case[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($89.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: Corsair RM750e (2023) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($138.50 @ Vuugo)
Monitor: Gigabyte M27Q 27.0" 2560 x 1440 170 Hz Monitor[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($309.99 @ Memory Express)
Keyboard: RK Royal Kludge RK61 Bluetooth/Wireless/Wired Mini Keyboard[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($69.98 @ Amazon Canada)
Mouse: Logitech G305 LIGHTSPEED Wireless/Wired Optical Mouse[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($49.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $2193.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker[pcpartpicker.com] 2024-11-07 22:02 EST-0500

Thank you for the help! The rig that I linked do you think it’ll run most games or would you say that I’d have to update regularly to run the newest games?

[Philco7a]

I vote your pick is good because it has an air cooler on the CPU.
Having problems with kids iBuyPower Creator series killing cpu water coolers/same motherboard. It is on its 3rd one in 5 months. Can't use warranty cuz kid needs pc for college.

[Skkooomer Lord]

Tiptoeorc a écrit :

Capt Spack Jarrow a écrit :

That is actually a decent machine and not too bad on price.
Roughly translated to GBP, 1500 British pounds.


If you can put a machine together yourself then this is what I would recommend.
Price includes a highly well praised IPS high-refresh 1440P panel.
Higher quality case, keyboard & mouse, and solid reliable 2TB NVME storage.
Highly reliable PSU.

PCPartPicker Part List[ca.pcpartpicker.com]

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600KF 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($259.00 @ Amazon Canada)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X Refined SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($55.42 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: Asus Z790 GAMING WIFI7 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($239.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($164.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($158.99 @ PC-Canada)
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($656.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Phanteks XT PRO ATX Mid Tower Case[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($89.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: Corsair RM750e (2023) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($138.50 @ Vuugo)
Monitor: Gigabyte M27Q 27.0" 2560 x 1440 170 Hz Monitor[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($309.99 @ Memory Express)
Keyboard: RK Royal Kludge RK61 Bluetooth/Wireless/Wired Mini Keyboard[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($69.98 @ Amazon Canada)
Mouse: Logitech G305 LIGHTSPEED Wireless/Wired Optical Mouse[ca.pcpartpicker.com] ($49.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $2193.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker[pcpartpicker.com] 2024-11-07 22:02 EST-0500

Thank you for the help! The rig that I linked do you think it’ll run most games or would you say that I’d have to update regularly to run the newest games?

Yes that prebuilt is great hardware wise, I would stick with a 2560x1440P resolution budget, it's not suitable for 4K rendering without pulling back on graphical fidelity, but trust many of us on this, 1440P is a great looking resolution on 27" or below.

[Yamantaka]

With prebuilts its really worthwhile to check what PSU it has. Otherwise decent computer can easily be ruined by bad quality PSU, which can literally fry your PC later on. From link you gave I could not find PSU brand nor model.

[Tiptoeorc]

Yamantaka a écrit :

With prebuilts its really worthwhile to check what PSU it has. Otherwise decent computer can easily be ruined by bad quality PSU, which can literally fry your PC later on. From link you gave I could not find PSU brand nor model.

What can a bad power supply do? I’m not well versed in PCs

[Tiptoeorc]

Capt Spack Jarrow a écrit :

Tiptoeorc a écrit :

Thank you for the help! The rig that I linked do you think it’ll run most games or would you say that I’d have to update regularly to run the newest games?

Yes that prebuilt is great hardware wise, I would stick with a 2560x1440P resolution budget, it's not suitable for 4K rendering without pulling back on graphical fidelity, but trust many of us on this, 1440P is a great looking resolution on 27" or below.

Thank you again for helping me out, do you have a monitor that you’d recommend? Also for the PC that I linked is it easy to swap parts/upgrade in the future?

[Tiptoeorc]

Philco7a a écrit :

I vote your pick is good because it has an air cooler on the CPU.
Having problems with kids iBuyPower Creator series killing cpu water coolers/same motherboard. It is on its 3rd one in 5 months. Can't use warranty cuz kid needs pc for college.

So you wouldn’t recommend getting a water cooled CPU? Also how is the PC other than the water cooling issue?

[_I_]

Tiptoeorc a écrit :

Yamantaka a écrit :

With prebuilts its really worthwhile to check what PSU it has. Otherwise decent computer can easily be ruined by bad quality PSU, which can literally fry your PC later on. From link you gave I could not find PSU brand nor model.

What can a bad power supply do? I’m not well versed in PCs

worst case, kill mobo, gpu, drives

ones without properly set protections will still keep trying to power the system when overloaded, and run way outside the atx spec, sending voltage spikes/ripple/noise out the power rails
it should turn off and stay off, well before doing damage to components attached to it

[Skkooomer Lord]

Tiptoeorc a écrit :

Capt Spack Jarrow a écrit :

Yes that prebuilt is great hardware wise, I would stick with a 2560x1440P resolution budget, it's not suitable for 4K rendering without pulling back on graphical fidelity, but trust many of us on this, 1440P is a great looking resolution on 27" or below.

Thank you again for helping me out, do you have a monitor that you’d recommend? Also for the PC that I linked is it easy to swap parts/upgrade in the future?

Gigabyte M27Q, if you can afford a bit more the M27Q-P is an RGB subpixel layout rather than BGR but is slightly worse for gaming due to the subpixel layout.

Both versions have incredible colour accuracy, the non P variant has well above average contrast ratio on average over just over 1100:1 which is non typical for IPS displays.

With the M27Q you can use Cleartype settings to improve text readability in Windows.

[Philco7a]

Tiptoeorc a écrit :

So you wouldn’t recommend getting a water cooled CPU? Also how is the PC other than the water cooling issue?

Paid alot and they cheaped out and did not include a m.2 heatsink.
Spend the $5 and put your own on it.

No other problems.

[D. Flame]

I would save some money and go with the: Acer Predator PO3-650-EC11

13400F + 4060

I personally use a 13400F + a 4060 Ti

[Electric Cupcake]

Tiptoeorc a écrit :

Philco7a a écrit :

I vote your pick is good because it has an air cooler on the CPU.
Having problems with kids iBuyPower Creator series killing cpu water coolers/same motherboard. It is on its 3rd one in 5 months. Can't use warranty cuz kid needs pc for college.

So you wouldn’t recommend getting a water cooled CPU? Also how is the PC other than the water cooling issue?

AM5 air coolers are friggin huge.

I really like the case I have now, but if I upgrade, I'm going to have to detach the factory installed fan to make room for an AIO radiator fan.

[Tiptoeorc]

D. Flame a écrit :

I would save some money and go with the: Acer Predator PO3-650-EC11

13400F + 4060

I personally use a 13400F + a 4060 Ti

Do you mind going into detail as to why you would rather that?

[Tiptoeorc]

Capt Spack Jarrow a écrit :

Tiptoeorc a écrit :

Thank you again for helping me out, do you have a monitor that you’d recommend? Also for the PC that I linked is it easy to swap parts/upgrade in the future?

Gigabyte M27Q, if you can afford a bit more the M27Q-P is an RGB subpixel layout rather than BGR but is slightly worse for gaming due to the subpixel layout.

Both versions have incredible colour accuracy, the non P variant has well above average contrast ratio on average over just over 1100:1 which is non typical for IPS displays.

With the M27Q you can use Cleartype settings to improve text readability in Windows.

Thank you for the response