Just buy a mid range gaming PC

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Just buy a mid range gaming PC

just buy a mid range gaming PC

Midrange is now plays the best games on max

Yeah I feel a bit bad for younger generations. When I was in high school I worked a few hours a week at my school and was able to afford a 400 dollar decent gaming PC in a few months, these days you gotta have 1000+ for even a shitty gaming PC.

Younger generations just buy a PS/Xbox to play Fortnite with their friends

i used to dumpster dive outside office complexes with my friends for monitors and other pc shit in the early 00s
we found a whole server enclosure one time, it was huge

Ok so you can tell nothing good is ever coming out because they expect you to buy the nicest card just to play nigger simulator 6 but there’s still no actual games. You don’t need anything better than a 3000 whatever and a bunch of RAM and I’m sure you could get away with worse I hate how these faggots sell a pre built and then sell a giga pre built and call it the giga street shitter 6000 for the same price one month later
It’s all so tiresome and stupid

you can get a 9070 xt/9800x3d pc for $2k. you can grab a 5060 ti 16gb pc with an acceptable cpu for like $1.3k. granted 5 years ago $800-$900 was enough for a 1080p pc that could last for 6 or so years.

there's a very real nvidia tax right now though for the ai capabilities, otherwise wait for the 9060 xt or something in a couple weeks if you want a cheaper build.

Those specs make me physically ill

Yeah you found out what op was trying to say congrats

(You)

midrange is the 4th fastest video card

yes, because it's current and other GPUs are no longer for sale.

play your massive backlog

its all a scam desu lol
amd prebuilts are less a scam but i can take my gtx 1070 pc that i gotta fix from 2018 i bought for 1200 dollars and put a 5700x3d and a 1080 ti and play every game on the market that doesnt suck
rtx cards are evil fuck nvidia lol

Personally I have a 4k monitor for drawing but really want to play games without dropping every setting to low (i still have a 1070 lmao)
I thought about getting the 5060ti because of the vram but if I save up double then the 5070ti would get me way better framerates on newer games
Unfortunately the 2nd hand market in my country is pretty much dead and 3/4 series cards used cost the same as 5 series cards retail

But the games themselves are mid.

You can pay in monthly installments.

i'd like to play 4k without ray tracing
whats the cheapest amd that can do it?

paying the brainlet prebuilt tariff

dlss and frame gen are literally killing the pc gaming industry slowly

ps5 pro

Just buy a ps5. PC isn’t worth it.

what should I remove/replace?

This desu most of my favorite games lately could run on anything.

is anyone even playing games that need this shit? it's not like you get to watch tessalated female ejaculation. im playing on a thinkpad cuz too lazy to boot up a desktop and not kick my feet up and only desktop now for vr

Replace your life with death

$164 for a case

The raster on the 5070 is about 30% better than the 5060 TI. Nvidia created a retarded situation where your choices are

weakish budget card but 16 gb

decent midrange card but 12 gb (lmao)

good midrange card with 16gb ($750 msrp but good luck getting it for under $830 even in the us).

There's really no good choice, you either get hamstrung by weak raster on the 5060 ti or the 12gb of VRAM on the 5070 at around the same time. The 5070 ti is the only actual option for people that want a mid range card that might have a chance of lasting at 4k but it's expensive.

pc gaming is done wtf

Just get a corsair 4000D case and buy some fans instead of playing with the liquid cooler. Put those money towards a 4070 ti super instead or something

also if you're a broke ass nigger just buy a dell optiplex and replace the hard drive iwth an ssd and put in a no power needed gpu and you can play most video games for cheap. businesses get rid of those optiplex's after their 3 year warranties cause they don't want to pay the $100/hr geek when they can just replace everything for a fraction of his worth.
just get a used gpu from a gay failed crypto miner

The 16GB 9060s and 9070s are good options at least. AMD's only problem was they didn't make a 32GB 9070, or sell a high-end card to the general public.

If you want to play GTA 6 on a 4 monitor in the future yes you need that shot. If the game bothers just replace with some other bullshit that you are looking forward too that isn't a 2d indie shit

You realize that’s number four out of six, right? It is, by definition, midrange.
I swear if you’re some fucking retard nigger who thinks midrange means inclusive of products no longer manufactured or even for sale new…

the case is expensive, but I guess it's important to get one that you like.
personally I would try to go for the X3D version of the processor, especially if you are mostly gonna game on it.
200$+ for a cooler is kind of crazy though.

Yeah, the AMD options for low/midrange seem pretty good this time. But I think a lot of people want the option to engage with AI shit in the future even if they never do which makes the Nvidia cards seem appealing even though they're a bit shit for gaming compared to AMD's equivalents.

Wat? I could buy a brand new RTX 3060 tomorrow and have it delivered within 1-2 days for free. Well probably not that fast cuz it's about to be weekend but close enough.

All the old shit is still on sale.

I've got an AMD card, and AI works. The idea it is Nvidia-only is outdated. The main thing you need for AI is video memory, and Nvidia is intentionally crippling their cards by skimping on it.

Want to upgrade my GPU.

If I do, I'll have to upgrade my CPU

And if I do that, I'll have to get a new motherboard.

I really should've gotten a new mb sooner.

Upgrading is a bit of a silly thing, since some old part will become the bottleneck for the new one. I prefer to upgrade the whole rig (and keep the old one, just in case).

finally considering upgrading my 1060

That was basically my thought too, a 4080 2nd hand costs more than a retail 5070ti here its crazy so my only option if I want a solid card with 4k setup is to save up

Ive heard amd's aren't so good for non-gaming which 3d/drawing/editing/rendering is a significant chunk of my use

AMD's big problem is that they halved the compute performance of their consumer stuff from GCN to RDNA in order to be more competitive for gaming. It sort of worked out for them with SoC sales in the end, but UDNA is going full circle back to GCN. They also have 128GB boards opening up to the general public later this year if you're interested in that for AI.
Honestly though, if you're mostly interested in Blender, consider Intel. Although there you're trading off gaming. Or dare I say it, Macintosh.

Stop buying Intel, they're jews with the constant rotation with chipsets. AMD has surpassed them in better quality for your money years ago.

REST IN PEACE KING

What's funny is that even Macs now cost less than gaming PCs with equivalent specs.

This is an actual mid range PC btw, don't let the shills tell you otherwise

I build all my computers but my brother is too scared to do that but he needs a new PC. I tried looking for a decent prebuilt for him and I didn't see one for $1000 or under.

just spent $2200 on a pc

still have to get a 1440p 144hz monitor to make actual use of the power

why not just build him one?

1440p 144hz monitor

those are like 200 dollars

Do some research on good budget monitors with 180 hz refresh rate and then see if there are any sales. Some prices are still cucked and really worth buying at a certain price, like an Asus ROG xg27 at close to $400 is nasty, but it can go on sale to below $300 which is perfect

Grab an oem tray 7700 from aliexpress for $150, remove all the garbage rgb/aio cooler and you can build this exact machine for $1000 less

I have an RTX 5090

midrange is ~$900

So PS5 Pro is still a decent value if you're a complete hapless normalfag who doesn't care about playing 99.99% of games ever made for free

PS bros win again

I think my 8700k - 1080ti are still good enough

for what game may I ask?

Why are you poor?

Arc Raiders. Looked like generic extraction slop at first but got into the beta and its one of the most fun multiplayer experiences I've had in like a half decade. Its ex-DICE devs that were making a Helldivers-like game but changed it into PvPvE. Its extremely polished already and actually feels inspired/original.
I could get it on PS5 but I can't play shooters with fucking controller anymore.

That's a top end PC.

Be Canadian

have to upgrade from 6700K/1060 6GB because windows is ending support due to arbitrary TPM requirement

price out 9800X3D, 64GB ram (96 was too shit on timings), 2x 4TB CMR hdds, 1x 990 PRO, 5070 TI, $200 corsair PSU, fractal north case, 30-50 dual tower (fuck AIOs), ~$300 mobo because IO on cheaper boards is crippled

4000 well north of after tax

last PC in 2016 cost $1700

Enjoy your demand destruction and the death of PC gaming
Still buying it, the government gives me $900 a year for free and I wanna stable diffusion my degen shit

Not really, if you want to actually use all your PS5 features it's like 240 a year, plus there isn't really anything worth playing on it.

You realize that’s number four out of six, right?

More like 4 out of 60.

No it isnt

Yes it is.

shit GPU

old CPU

tiny storage

shit aio

Yes it's midrange at best

Blame Trump. I literally never struggle financially when a Democrat is in office.
I can barely afford to make bacon and eggs nowadays let alone build a competent PC. Same goes for Nintendo fans. Switch games and the system didn't cost half a house mortgage before Trump came into power again.
We enjoyed the fruit of Obama's economy and lost it when Trump came in and could barley keep an extra strength flu from decimating the economy and killing over 2+ million American lives due to his stupidity and ego..

inb4 gas is cheap now!!!1

Who fucking cares? Only uneducated inbred Trump voters drive at tbis point. Anyone that's human lives in a walkable environment

The 7900x. Trust me, you want a 9800x3d or 9950x3d.

They need to update their NPCs firmware.

Literally none of that is true.

its just juden kvetching over the latest news ignore him

They are not that expensive.

100% of it is true, I'm sorry that you are poor and your idea of high end is middle of the road.

n-n-no consoles aren't retarded expensive, just look at this top en- I mean mid-range pc

Accounting for the difference in storage i basically paid 2100 for a rig with a 5070Ti and 9800X3D instead of this

Midrange is now plays the best games on max

The fucking 5090 can't play 5 year old games on maxxed settings beyond about 30fps. 5070 is a dramatically weaker card.

I dunno. I only play Age of Empires 2 and Day of Defeat Source.

You're a retard if you're actually going to buy GTA6.

that's not nice bro

When I was in high school I worked a few hours a week at my school and was able to afford a 400 dollar decent gaming PC

It was an absolute piece of junk but you were fine with playing at 25-40 fps in 720p low settings

pay $2000 for this shit when you can get a PS5 and Switch 2 for much less and play every worthwhile game for the next decade

Pcfags really aren’t bright

retard

A mid-range gaming PC is equivalent to a PS4 in power.

Consoleplebs aren't human, just cattle.

this is going to be my first pc, I was playing on console before
I've been agonizing on parts to get and if I should build it myself but does this look okay?

You realize that’s number four out of six, right?

All six are the high range, retard.
An actual mid-range GPU in 2025 is like a GTX 1080.

An actual midrange $350 4060 blows the ps4 and ps5 out of the water.

Dog shit, just put your own together and use the money saved to buy better parts.
A 1080 isnt midrange, it's literally e-waste now that Nvidia is dropping pascal support.

You people are so fucking poor that your confusing middle of the road parts with the high end because both are far out of your budget range.

could you point me to a better one for the parts on pc part picker or something like that please?

That'll run fine at 1080p.

You won't believe me.

A 1080 isnt midrange, it's literally e-waste now that Nvidia is dropping pascal support.

You're a clueless, out of touch idiot.

A 1080 isnt midrange

You don't disrespect the 1080, 1080 4EVER!!!!

A 1080 is equivalent to a PS4 Pro, which is the standard for mid-range gaming PC performance.

my pascal card that's losing development support is mid range!!

Its e-waste now

I hate these tiny fucking cases and I hate glass panels

Sekiro on a $200 PC?!

I built my PC for around a 1000 or so last year and it’s pretty good I think. My biggest issue comes from finding stuff to actually play

you realize we're at PS5 now right?

Anon Babble can't afford one week of work for a PC

try a different hobby man

ram is a little slow, and 1tb of storage can fill up really fast, but overall it's ok. Whether it's worth it or not depends completely on the price

You seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of what mid-range covers. A card that can still fully max out games from 2020 and earlier is a mid-range gaming CPU whether it still has support for new games or not. PC gaming goes back further than officially supported GPU cycle.
Someone with a 1080 would be able to play like 99% of PC games on default settings or better.

tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-to-drop-cuda-support-for-maxwell-pascal-and-volta-gpus-with-the-next-major-toolkit-release
I'll just leave this here for you to read

A ps4 pro is equivalent to an rx 570 which is worse than a 1060.

4070

$1,000

jesus fucking christ

That's a really cool opinion you have there, but the people responsible for your drivers don't agree.

Yes, and the PS5 is a very expensive console, equivalent to a high-end gaming PC. Your problem is you think "high end" is the highest, but it's not. There are levels beyond. But very diminishing returns.

can you recommend me some fans?

4070 for $1000+

Jesus, you can get a 5070 for around half that, what are you doing.

Dropping support doesn't stop the 1080 from still being able to play games, retard.