- May 28, 2013
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I am looking to spend about $600 on a system that can play most recent games like GTA V, PUBG, and others at medium-high settings and 60fps which I've heard is possible.
My current system is a Lenovo ideacentre k410 that I upgraded a few years ago:
Pentium g645 2.9ghz
8gb hyperX ddr3-1600mhz ram
Radeon hd 7770 ghz edition
What I want to know is, is it cheaper to buy a prebuilt pc with a good processor and add a GPU or start from scratch and build?
I've been looking for deals on towers on Best Buy and other sites and this has tempted me:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-refurbished-pavilion-desktop-intel-core-i5-16gb-memory-amd-radeon-r7-450-1tb-hard-drive-hp-finish-in-twinkle-black/5901221.p?skuId=5901221
With an i5-7400 and 16GB of ddr4 ram it seems like it would be a good candidate to add a low profile 1050ti so altogether this would cost ~$625 before tax.
I tried putting together a build of parts on pcpartpicker with the same specs and by the time i added all the required components (especially the OS) it ended up being significantly more expensive.
I haven't built a pc before but I have bought prebuilt and done upgrades so I guess that is what I'm more familiar with. Am I right to believe buying prebuilt and adding a GPU is the wiser choice?
I'm not really looking to spend more than ~$625 since I'm planning on buying a nice laptop for college in the next couple years.
My current system is a Lenovo ideacentre k410 that I upgraded a few years ago:
Pentium g645 2.9ghz
8gb hyperX ddr3-1600mhz ram
Radeon hd 7770 ghz edition
What I want to know is, is it cheaper to buy a prebuilt pc with a good processor and add a GPU or start from scratch and build?
I've been looking for deals on towers on Best Buy and other sites and this has tempted me:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-refurbished-pavilion-desktop-intel-core-i5-16gb-memory-amd-radeon-r7-450-1tb-hard-drive-hp-finish-in-twinkle-black/5901221.p?skuId=5901221
With an i5-7400 and 16GB of ddr4 ram it seems like it would be a good candidate to add a low profile 1050ti so altogether this would cost ~$625 before tax.
I tried putting together a build of parts on pcpartpicker with the same specs and by the time i added all the required components (especially the OS) it ended up being significantly more expensive.
I haven't built a pc before but I have bought prebuilt and done upgrades so I guess that is what I'm more familiar with. Am I right to believe buying prebuilt and adding a GPU is the wiser choice?
I'm not really looking to spend more than ~$625 since I'm planning on buying a nice laptop for college in the next couple years.
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