• utjebe@reddthat.com
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    However your options are much better when you’re building a PC with a $1000 budget.

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      1000 for a PC? Are you mad? With the prices going up it would be miracle to pay 1000, if you find ram or cheap HDD/SSD.

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        Hmm let’s see…

        • Mobo - some B650 - 100 EUR
        • CPU - Ryzen 8700G - 250 EUR
        • RAM - 16G - 200 EUR
        • PSU + Case + Mouse + Keyboard - 150 EUR
        • SSD 1 Tb 150 EUR

        Total 850 EUR and you are left with 150-200 for games or hdd or rainbow cables if you are into that stuff.

        Needless to say SSD and RAM prices suck.

        Note: $1000 + 20% VAT is roughly 1050 EUR

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            Nope, you roll with iGPU.

            I actually have the same igpu as is in 8700G in my laptop (ryzen 7840U), probably somewhat nerfed as it’s a mobile cpu. To be honest I did not expect that I will be playing Diablo 4 on it.

            But sure, you can squeeze in a GPU if you cheap out on some other stuff or buy used parts. Like the laptop I mentioned above - used HP Elitebook for about €750. Hands down the cheapest a the best laptop I ever bought. And "unfortunately " far more gaming capable than I thought.

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          200 euro for 16G? Youre sure there chief? :p
          They start at 220 and quickly go towards 270 hehe
          (God i hate the market atm)

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          PSU + case + mouse + keyboard - 150 EUR

          That means you’re leaving like 60-70 for a case + mouse + keyboard if you get even a moderately good PSU (which you should, because fuck having a shit PSU kill other components). It’s a bit tight IMO.

          Also this leaves you with no dedicated GPU, meaning the gaming experience will be far inferior to a console. It will of course be more useful in everything else.

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      I don‘t think people who can‘t cough up 1000 bucks for a console will cough them up for a PC. They just don‘t have that kinda money to spend on videogames. It‘ll lead to people stickin with what they have and those who don‘t have anything (especially kids) will play games on their phones or doomscroll all day. So the whole next gen might be crossgen and/or even tank the industry in general. That‘s my prediction.

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        I don‘t think people who can‘t cough up 1000 bucks for a console will cough them up for a PC. They just don‘t have that kinda money to spend on videogames.

        The good thing about a PC is that it can be used for more things than video games. A lot more, in fact. I constantly use my PC for work because I’m too cheap to buy a proper work laptop yet (before anyone gets up in arms, I’m self employed, there’s no boss to ask for things). I use the same PC to pirate media because fuck paying 5 different subscriptions and still not seeing the movies you want to see. And I also use it to browse the Internet on a screen of actual size.