Hardware What should my next PC be?

[x65943]

My roommate just built a pretty good PC for $1200

he's rich though so he doesn't care about forking out a little extra for a gfx card

 

[Dominator211]

My roommate just built a pretty good PC for $1200

he's rich though so he doesn't care about forking out a little extra for a gfx card

im not rich im gonna have to get a job

 

[spotanjo3]

Can't play most games with a Mac.

That's true. A Mac is not for people who wants to play most games. I have a macOS and a Windows desktop.. Both for the different reasons.

 

[slaphappygamer]

What's wrong with a Mac?

After so many software updates. The iMac will slowly die. Not to mention “non-user serviceable parts”. Really, change the ram or hdd.

 

[spotanjo3]

After so many software updates. The iMac will slowly die. Not to mention “non-user serviceable parts”. Really, change the ram or hdd.

I am talking about macOS laptop.. Not iMac.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

I am talking about macOS laptop.. Not iMac.

Same principle, overpriced for the hardware that's in it and nearly all the internal connectors are proprietary (they even came up with their own m.2 based SSD connector, for fucks sake! Who does that???)

 

[dAVID_]

Try buying a prebuilt motherboard. There are some pretty good ones out there.

 

[hobbledehoy899]

nearly all the internal connectors are proprietary (they even came up with their own m.2 based SSD connector, for fucks sake! Who does that???)

I'm surprised they don't just sauldor the flash storage chips to the board and have a single storage size per model at this point.

 

[Luckkill4u]

For 600 bucks you wont get anything worth gaming on for a laptop. Well at this point I'd build a slick Ryzen 5 2400g PC and wait till the GPU prices go down. You could get a RX550 GPU but the gaming performance will be marginal. Right now is a sad time for PC gamers.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

I'm surprised they don't just sauldor the flash storage chips to the board and have a single storage size per model at this point.

At this point it's still cheaper for them to have them configured at the Apple stores by their employees so they never have extra inventory

 

[jDSX]

Pre built was the way to go for me since I had around $600 to spend, found a pretty good system i7 6700, 8gb ram, 2tb hdd with 128ssd along with a rx 570 which came out to $620 don't go with a mac or a laptop as I regretted them for gaming and encoding.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

For 600 bucks you wont get anything worth gaming on for a laptop.

Not true at all, I just spent literally 5 minutes on eBay and found this for only $59 over budget plus shipping

Edit: Here's another one, similar specs, a tad cheaper, and no shipping

 

[hobbledehoy899]

At this point it's still cheaper for them to have them configured at the Apple stores by their employees so they never have extra inventory

That makes sense and explains several things.

 

[Luckkill4u]

Not true at all, I just spent literally 5 minutes on eBay and found this for only $59 over budget plus shipping

Edit: Here's another one, similar specs, a tad cheaper, and no shipping

Yeah, I guess your right! When I wrote that I wasn't thinking of used or refurbed laptops. Personally, I wouldn't buy one but that's my opinion.

 

[Ericthegreat]

If you want power, gotta go desktop, if you want mobility gotta go laptop.

 

[tomhanks69]

I recently bought an Acer Predator Helios 300 for just over a grand. It has an i7 7700 processor, geforce gtx 1060 6gb gddr5, 16gb ddr4 ram, 256gb SSD, and I tossed in a 2tb SSHD for just $80 more. It default runs everything at ultra specs, emulation is a breeze, it runs cemu and citra like pure fire. Temps when gaming hardcore never exceed 85° and the cool boost feature will keep you at no higher than 79°. Vicious little monster for its price point

 

[Wizardkoer]

Wait for the B360 motherboards to come out (a few ASUS ones are already out in some places in Asia), then drop in a i3 8100 or an i5 8400. It'll be much better than a Ryzen system for most tasks. If you video edit in Adobe Premiere, Intel is the way to go.

 

[SoslanVanWieren]

just get a switch for on the go gaming theres no need for a laptop if your not going to take it anywhere.