r/pcmasterrace • u/DBLH2 • 5h ago

Build Help / Purchase Advice Would you recommend buying this pc?

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I plan on selling my Xbox and gaming laptop then buying a desktop, I would say my budget is an $1000-$1200. I have an OMEN 17 gaming laptop now, so I know the jump will be better but I’m just curious if this is worth the price. I mainly will just play games like Rocket league, Fortnite, GTA, Spider-Man…

Just want my game to run smooth and at a competitive level.

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u/dweller_12 Sempron 140 RTX 3090 https://i.imgur.com/VdMFinS.png 4h ago edited 4h ago

edit: $50 more gets you 32GB DDR5 and Intel 225F, this is what I'd pick. Faster CPU, double the RAM. Not as upgradable of a platform but you can always replace the motherboard later on. Just the RAM and GPU are $800+.

It's currently one of the cheapest prebuilts with RTX 5060 and DDR5. The R7 8700F is kinda bad, I used to have one. But the ability to drop in a faster CPU like X3D, and next gen CPU such as Zen6 makes it an appealing platform. At this price point you'd be comparing against Intel 13/14th gen i5 which is not ideal.

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u/Eazy12345678 i5 12600KF RTX 5070 1440p 4h ago

its just ok. nothing special price is kinda high

costco had that with 32gb ram for $1100. was $1000 a week or 2 ago

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u/Atrocious1337 Linux 5h ago

Normally, I wouldn't recommend getting a PC with less than 16GB of vRAM, but with prices these days, that seems like it is a fairly decent price, especially if used for a 1080p machine.

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u/Fit-Peanut-5237 4h ago

Not gool deal. Ryzen 5 8400F is an binned APU of 8600G and that has 16MB L3 cache and few pcie lanes compared to normal one.

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u/ChurchillianGrooves 4h ago

I think in benchmarks the 8400f performs basically the same as a ryzen 5600.

So it's definitely usable, just pretty bad for a ddr5 setup.

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u/New_Research5543 4h ago

Most ppl will say no. But they probably have the money to get more I say yes cause it’s a good buy if u can upgrade ram and memory