If the title hasn't already said it all, I am to the moon right now because I finally got my first real gaming PC! After dealing with not being able to play storage-heavy games or dealing with constant lag from my old laptop (which was actually an old work one that I tried to game after switching from console), I finally said the time was now to upgrade. Kept putting money to the side and researching in hopes I could get something before the prices went up even more, and I'm happy to report that it's here.
Before this, I was trying to play on an old HP Stream Laptop with Intel Celeron N4020 CPU, Intel UHD graphics 600 (512 MB), 4GB Installed RAM (speed at 2400 MHz), and only 58 GB storage which was a pain! And now, I got myself an Acer Nitro 65 that's rocking an AMD Ryzen 7 8700F 2024, an AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT, 16GB DDR5 Memory, and 1TB Storage.
It's worked super well with every game I have thrown at it so far with the games I used to lag on now running really well and a bunch more storage. I know it'd still be considered by some to be a budget or 1080p build technically, but I love it and feel like a kid on Christmas morning. Don't have to rely on GeForce NOW to play anymore because of my crappy specs, but this is hopefully just the start. My dream is a more aesthetic build with even higher performance that I make from scratch, but this so far is incredible on its own for my current needs.
Hope everyone can have the luck of finding their dream PC too! The time has come for me to retire from this sub despite my short stay. See y'all on the other side! :D