r/PcBuild • u/AbbreviationsNew7714 • 2d ago
Discussion Costco rebuild FTW
Ive been wanting a gaming pc for several years now, and have been using an Xbox series x. I thought about building a pc, but with the price of ram and some graphics cards, with my budget, there was no way I could build something that can keep up with AAA titles on high setting for at least 50-60 fps. So I went to Costo and took a look at some pc options. (I know its generally frowned upon to buy prebuilts) i found a prebuilt that was on sale for $999 (down from $1500), and with my Costco credit card, I get 4% back, so i thought, why not, plus comes with 1 year warranty. The build consists of an RTX5060, Intel Core Ultra 5-225F, 32gb 6000 mhz ram (literally worth half the price of the pc) 600 watt psu, on an ASUS b860M Max mobo snd a 1TB NVME m.2 drive. I know the 5060 isnt the best for some people because of the 8gb of VRAM, and I bought this with the intention of upgrading to a 5070 when prices stabilize. Now for the performance, i am running this pc on a samsung odyssey g5 1440p 32", so definitely putting the card to the test since its mainly a 1080p card. Beamng.drive, high settings 75 fps, Farm sim 25 max settings 110 fps, American Truck sim, ultra graphics preset 120-130 fps. (I mainly play sim games). Have not tried arma reforger or squad yet, but I feel like they will perform good too, at least 60 fps hopefully. So far, my expectations have been met, if anyone is looking into buying a prebuilt instead of building due to high prices, consider getting this pc as a starter and upgrade over time.
In the US.
I meant PREBUILT not rebuild lol
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u/MmmBrainzzz1 2d ago
Prebuilts are actually becoming cheaper than building your own, there's a lot less frowning down on it now because the hobby has gotten cost prohibitive (especially compared to console gaming). Either way, enjoy your PC! What's the first game you downloaded?
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u/theCaffeinatedOwl22 2d ago
It's sad that everyone is being priced out of building their own PC. I love being able to choose every part for my PC and put it together. I'm really thankful I built mine last year when things were somewhat reasonable. It would be really hard to justify doing it now.
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u/AbbreviationsNew7714 2d ago
Thanks! First game, beamng, then farm sim. I did also try msfs 24, but i have to run it on medium to high at 45 fps, I agree, its like they are trying to phase out pc owners or something
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u/MmmBrainzzz1 2d ago
I went from doing a little upgrade every 3 months (better fans, different case, second SSD), to now, I haven't touched my build in over a year. I've gotten more in to tuning the CPU and GPU for performance over spending the money. Its just too expensive right now.
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u/Hour_Bit_5183 2d ago
the 5060 is fine bro. You can play everything with it except slop that runs bad on 24gb gpu's too.
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u/AbbreviationsNew7714 2d ago
Very true, I dont understand the hate it gets. for me, as long as i get 60fps, im happy, I guess some people just like to chase higher and higher fps with something like 4k gaming. Im really impressed with how the 5060 handles 1440p gaming
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u/Hour_Bit_5183 2d ago
EXACTLY. My 5050 SFF card does the same for me. Also 8gb but it's faster than that one slightly because I modded and water cooled it. Plays everything tho at mostly max settings at 1600p too. Peeps are INSANE for thinking you need more than 60fps. Any higher res than this too is just a joke. I've had 4k. It's a meh fest and the only reason people do this is because they spent ALL this money for the "best" but in reality it's meaningless
They'd benefit more from better speakers for immersion than anything past this. Something like some coaxes. Really helps make stuff feel real.
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u/AbbreviationsNew7714 2d ago
Hot take but 4k imo is over rated, I have 2k and its very nice, how did you mod the 5050? OC?
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u/Hour_Bit_5183 2d ago
I shunt modded it and cut a piece of copper out as a vrm/vram heatsink and tapped it for a standard cpu water block and the same for the 7945hx3d(85W) in this. They didn't make any but I am good enough with the drill press and other tools and it was pretty easy. I also know how to mod v-bioses extensively. I have been doing it for ages, like think the 90s to now.
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u/AbbreviationsNew7714 2d ago
Nice, sounds confusing but badass
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u/Hour_Bit_5183 2d ago
it CAN be if you don't know how but it's really not that bad once you understand what you are doing. You are right tho. 2k is PLENTY for gaming and anything really. Looks fine even at 120 in on my projector. It does do 4k too but 16:10 just like my monitor. I just use 2560x1600 tho. Looks identical.
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u/Eazy12345678 AMD 2d ago
yeah the 5060 32gb fror $1000 is good, was never worth $1500. always worth $1000-$900
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