I’m looking at this deal for a prebuilt:

Lenovo LOQ 17IRR9 Tower PC — $749.99

  • Intel Core i5-14400F (10 cores, 16 threads, up to 4.7GHz)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (8GB GDDR6)
  • RAM 16GB DDR5
  • 512GB SSD
  • PSU 500W

For some context, my PC has a 1070 in it. I’m a budget conscious gamer, usually playing at 1080p. With ram prices skyrocketing and steam betting on steam machines with low vram going forwards, I feel like it’s an okay deal for a guy who upgrades basically never.

It seems like a nice deal to me. Anyone want to talk me out of it?

  • themachine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    271·
    1 day ago

    Can you build it yourself for cheaper?

    Also, IMO 16GB is bare minimum in 2026 if you are using Windows. I’d really go to 32GB.

    • group_hug@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      31·
      9 hours ago

      It’s 2026. If you are on windows you should be planning your switch to Linux.

      Microsoft has no interest in you owning a computer. You can buy access to stream game rentals from their data centers while AI inserts ads and micro transactions into all the games.

      • Telorand@reddthat.comEnglish
        1·
        20 hours ago

        DDR4 is still somewhat affordable (I stress “somewhat”), and it should still be plenty fast enough for gaming. You can get a 32GB kit for ≈$200, which is only double (lol) what it was a few years ago.

    • peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      41·
      1 day ago

      It’s a bit of a toss up. If I go with ddr4, I can probably build something with a similar cost, maybe just a tiny bit more. I guess it might be silly to buy now. I’m kind of anxious about the price of PC parts.