The problem is, if you build it yourself you get so much more value. Not only higher performance but also higher quality parts.

At that budget you should be pushing a RX5600 or 2060. Hell some people on this forum might be able to hunt down deals with a 2070 in it, scrap a normal HDD and just run a 500GB SSD. 16GB G skill RAM, a coolermaster 212 heatsink is still king of the budget builds. Probably a Ryzen 5 3600 or something, a motherboard to match and some halfway decent 650watt power supply. Any mid tower case with decent airflow and maybe a few 8 dollar fans.

That prebuilt is running significantly worse, IMO.

So its hard to suggest that people toss money away when everyone here probably easily builds PC's. Again watch a youtube video, you will be telling yourself it looks easy.

Everything you just said is basically what I needed, thank you.

I'd still go to reddit or something I don't keep up on tech or sales these days but I know with that budget and the 3000 series nivida cards coming out I'd never settle for below a 2060 or equivilant amd card.

Double check though.

One thing I didn't notice was monitor and other peripherals. Obviously that strains the budget. But I mean you can get a decent monitor for 100 bucks now for 1080p gaming.

This post was edited by SBD on Sep 17 2020 05:20pm