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Forums › Offers and Wanted › WTB: Entry-level Gaming PC
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#295405 26-Mar-2022 21:40
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A friend's kid is due a gaming PC for his birthday. The budget is $1500 - only the box is needed.

Has anyone got a previous-gen PC gathering dust, maybe?

PM with what you've got please.




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  #2892564 26-Mar-2022 22:20
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What games does your son play?  An entry level machine costs well under $1000, depending on your definition of "Entry Level". :)



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  #2892569 26-Mar-2022 23:12
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Fair call - "entry-level" is a subjective call, & I am a bit of an elitist when it comes to PC performance.

For gaming, Video Card / CPU / RAM / Mobo kit, I guess I'm thinking that something like:

Graphics: GTX 1070 / GTX 1660 / RX580
CPU: Ryzen 7 2700x / 3600 or i5 / i7 9500
RAM: 32GB 3000MHz+
Mobo: Tier 1 manufacturer - Asus, Gigabyte etc




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  #2892636 27-Mar-2022 08:34
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what entry level stuff are you doing that requires 32gb or ram?



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  #2892641 27-Mar-2022 09:11
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Can build a 10th gen i5 with board and 16 GB RAM for around $400 odd these days (new), so getting a decent box together wouldnt take much - video card is the biggest cost these days.

 

 




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  #2894267 30-Mar-2022 14:28
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Bought on sale from PB, their GGPC Assassin PC with 10th gen i5, RTX 3060, 16GB RAM & all the things $1550 after discount. Surprised at such good value being available.




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