I am not a tech savvy person - and my son needs a new gaming desktop that can run Monster Hunter Wilds. Could you please help me figure out if either of these two options will work? Option 1 is significantly cheaper, so I’m holding my fingers crossed for that one.

Thank you all in advance!

Specs for Monster Hunter Wilds:

  • CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-11600K or Intel® Core™ i5-12400 or AMD - Ryzen™ 5 3600X or AMD Ryzen™ 5 5500
  • RAM: 16 GB
  • VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 Super(VRAM 8GB) or NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 4060(VRAM 8GB) or AMD Radeon™ RX - 6700XT(VRAM 12GB)
  • DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 8 GB (AMD 12GB)
  • PIXEL SHADER: 6.0
  • VERTEX SHADER: 6.0
  • FREE DISK SPACE: 140 GB

OPTION 1:

OPTION 2:

  • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    2 days ago

    Make sure you check out their PowerSpec line, its Microcenters own custom builds and they tend to go above and beyond supporting them with any issues you might have. MSI and ASUS can be hard to deal with their customer service.

    Ive also seen Asus stuff returned at a higher rate than other brands so that could be a sign of build quality.

    I currently work at Microcenter so if you have any questions feel free to ask.

      • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        2 days ago

        Usually clearance/refurbished stuff with protection on it is cheaper than new without for the same items.

        Inland is microcenters own brand so that stuff is cheaper and supported directly.

        We get refurbished graphics cards daily, and those are fantastic prices IMO.

        Youd likely want to start checking the website daily, I’d say late evening or early morning.

        Edit: just to add since this was about prebuilt PCs the only way to save money there is by only buying what you need now. If you dont care about “future proofing” you suddenly are looking at much cheaper computers.