discussion Want to Buy Budget gaming computer

[clshades]

Looking for options. My sons friend has officially fallen off the map for gaming on computers. Here are the specs for the game he wants to play currently.

Subnautica 2 requires a 64-bit operating system, at least 12 GB of RAM, and 50 GB of available storage space. For a minimum 1080p/30 FPS experience, you need a GTX 1660 / RX 5500 XT GPU and an i5-8400 / Ryzen 5 2600 CPU. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Obviously I'd like to hit a little higher than this. I've spec'd a computer on memx at $1200+ which isn't gonna work for me right now. I'm shocked at storage and ram prices, fuck me.

What I have sitting on the shelf currently is a MSI 1080 12gb and a Ryzen 3600.

Just seeing what's out there as I haven't seen a full system posted here in a while.

 

[Izerous]

3600 is better than the 2600 by like 20%
1080 is better than 1660 by like 20%

So that is a jump up from the minimum specs though not likely to be a solid 60fps. If you found a 5600 or 5800 instead of the 3600 would probably hold 60fps (1080p being more CPU bound anyways)

 

[sswilson]

Any idea what you're willing to spend?

Pending an ongoing purchase, and testing my intel whitebook in the roll of Gym PC (and a price/reality check) I might be looking at selling my current Gym setup (B550 / Ryzen 5600 / RX 6800 / etc in my sig). That's still very tentative though.

 

[Bond007]

If you can find this locally, then it is the best budget gaming system I have seen since prices went up

[Staples] iBUYPOWER Gaming PC Desktop - EBI5N56T01 $1084.97 in-store only YMMV - RedFlagDeals.com Forums

Intel Core i5-14400F CPU - NVIDIA RTX 5060Ti 8 GB GPU 1 TB SSD 16 GB RAM Online price shows $1,549.99 but I visited the Richmond st location and I

forums.redflagdeals.com

Apparently regular price online and select stores have it on clearance