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?

  • 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.