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?

  • BallShapedMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    7 hours ago

    Depending on how quickly you need a PC it might be worth waiting for the Steam PC that’s not out yet and we have no idea on price or availability.

    • peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      4·
      6 hours ago

      From that I can find online the steam PC will be less powerful than the desktop 4060 and probably be comparable in price to this PC. I do intend on installing Linux on this computer.

      • TheRealKuni@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        4 hours ago

        Go with AMD for the GPU, life will be easier. I regret not doing this.

        Also, go with AMD for the processor. The 7800X3D is stupidly good for gaming and not THAT much more than the i5-14400F (well, okay, it’s like $150ish more, but so much better). You can also find other AMD CPUs closer in price to that one which will outperform it. Intel’s kinda gone to shit.

      • Nibodhika@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        5 hours ago

        I do intend on installing Linux on this computer.

        In that case I strongly suggest you look at an AMD GPU. Nvidia is usable on Linux, but not pleasant.