Is this a good setup for the price?
Is this a good setup for the price?
Is this a good setup for the price? This is somewhere in Europe. A tech shop that allows you to choose your hardware and they assemble it for you.
I mainly want to play older and indie games on it. Some video editing as well, possibly. Current rig is a crappy pre-built which overheats like crazy, practically impossible to do any gaming on it. TIA for any answers.
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No.
ETA: I think you're adding an extra ≈€300-€400 just to have them build it for you. A recent post listed a better setup for ≈$600usd, and it had 32gb RAM, a 6700XT, and a 5800X (iirc).
I think they're scalping you. You'd be better off buying the parts yourself and building it. It's not hard to do; there's plenty of YouTube content about building one yourself.
Thanks for the appraisal. Not surprised that there's some extra in that price. Building it myself is not an option because I'm clumsy to the extent that I should get it diagnosed. Getting it assembled seems to be the cheapest alternative for me. But generally speaking, is that setup good enough to run older and indie games? At least the case seems to have plenty of fans. My current setup has practically no airflow and the fans are going crazy as soon as I even as much as touch a game.
Building it myself is not an option because I'm clumsy to the extent that I should get it diagnosed.
I understand, however, if you watch some building videos beforehand and take your time, it's pretty foolproof. Most things are labeled, have a special design so they can only go into a socket in a certain direction, and several plugs only go to one place.
But if you have some legitimate disability, then I understand that this might really be the only option for you. Just don't let fear of clumsiness be the only thing stopping you. I'm sure lots in this community would be willing to give you pointers or a nudge in the right direction.
As for its viability, yes. It should be able to run some older games and less-demanding indie titles. The 5700X has PCIe4 capabilities, so you should be able to get the maximum bang for your buck from the GPU.
Do you happen to know the timings of the RAM? As long as it's C16 @ 3200-3600, you should be golden.
Yeah, I don't think I want to risk damaging the components. RAM seems to be C16 at 3200.
Yeah, seems like a solid build. I think you'll be fine with that for several years.
Thank you!
See if you can find someone to build it for you on a work-for-hire type of site. There're tons of people who build their own PCs. If you can find someone who doesn't oversell their skills and is competent, I bet you could have it built for a third of that markup.
I just went and added all the parts to the cart and it seems they are charging around 100 € for the build. So not 300-400 € like Telorand estimated. These are Scandinavian, not US prices.