Prebuild gaming PCs; which one would you choose?

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fosho3

Mar 26, 2018
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In the market for a gaming PC and custom building is now around the same price of prebuilt systems. I have found a couple potential options and wondering for input on which one is more worth the buck.

PC#1
Price: $860
CPU: i7-8700
GPU: GeForce 1060 - 3gb
RAM: 8GB DDR4
1TB Hard Drive

PC#2
Price: $800
CPU: Ryzen 7 1700x
GPU: AMD RX 580 - 4gb
RAM: 8GB DDR4
1TB Hard Drive


 
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spdragoo
Junk or not, though, he has a point about price.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9BQZRJ: just the i7, GTX 1060, 1TB HDD, & 8GB of DDR4-2600 RAM will run $733 USD. That leaves only $127 USD for the motherboard, case, PSU, Windows, keyboard, DVD drive, etc.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gTvnHh: just the R7 1700X, CPU cooler (since it isn't included), RX 580, 1TB HDD, & 8GB of DDR-2600 RAM will run $883 USD. Not only do you not have anything left for any other hardware, but you've already spent $83 more than the prebuilt system.

Neither sets of components so far is drawing a lot of power (220W for the Intel, 315W for the AMD), so any sort of halfway decent 500-600W PSU will be more than sufficient (or a crappy 750-900W PSU, for...
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800$ for a 1700x and 580 is hard to beat tho.

I would honestly just get the second one and when an upgrade is due just get a new psu with it.
 
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Most prebuild power supplies are just garbage and should not be used and again look for both builds to use the cheapest MB you can buy.
I would also expect a single 8gb stick of memory again the cheapest they can get.
 
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Junk or not, though, he has a point about price.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9BQZRJ: just the i7, GTX 1060, 1TB HDD, & 8GB of DDR4-2600 RAM will run $733 USD. That leaves only $127 USD for the motherboard, case, PSU, Windows, keyboard, DVD drive, etc.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gTvnHh: just the R7 1700X, CPU cooler (since it isn't included), RX 580, 1TB HDD, & 8GB of DDR-2600 RAM will run $883 USD. Not only do you not have anything left for any other hardware, but you've already spent $83 more than the prebuilt system.

Neither sets of components so far is drawing a lot of power (220W for the Intel, 315W for the AMD), so any sort of halfway decent 500-600W PSU will be more than sufficient (or a crappy 750-900W PSU, for that matter), especially if it's not overclocked.
 
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fosho3

Mar 26, 2018
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Well unfortunately the $800 price point for the Ryzen 7/580 expired and is now $900. I'm leaning towards the i7/1060 or may just wait out for another good deal. Thanks for the input everyone.
 
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