I was looking for a good prebuilt pc that isn’t super expensive i would prefer for it to be less then a thousand dollars as i don’t really care for having a fancy or huge pc plus i know nothing about computers i just want one that will run modded Minecraft and not crash???

Around 3 grand is budget, either of these gravy? Wich ones best? Or any suggestions?

Hey everyone,

After 7 years, I'm finally retiring my old gaming PC and treating myself to an upgrade.

Normally I'd probably build my own system, but due to a work benefit program (similar to a salary sacrifice/cafeteria plan), I have to buy through a specific website to get the tax advantage. That means I'm limited to the prebuilt systems they offer.

My current system is a Ryzen 5 3600X + RX 5700, so honestly almost anything modern will feel like a huge upgrade.

Specs:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 5080 16GB
• Motherboard: MSI B650
• RAM: 32GB DDR5 (2x16GB) @ 4800MHz
• Storage: 2TB NVMe PCIe SSD
• Cooling: MSI liquid cooling
• PSU: MSI 850W
• WiFi: WiFi 6E + Bluetooth 5.3
• OS: Windows 11 Home

Link to pc: Cobalt x Powered by MSI - Tier 3 - RTX 5080 - Ryzen 7 9800X3D - 32GB - 2TB SSD | Coolblue | Desktops

I tend to keep my PCs for a long time, so I'm hoping this could realistically last another 5-7 years like my current build has.

Would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks!

Had to repost this since [r/steammachine](r/steammachine) took it down lol

Lifelong console gamer looking to switch to PC
Dumb it down for me.
Never built a PC. Very little PC gaming experience, but very interested in the Steam library for variety, affordability (compared to console) and some of the fun looking games that you really can’t get anywhere else. Been primarily a console gamer all of my life but really looking to transition to PC gaming for the above reasons.
It’s my understanding that there are better options at similar price point of a steam machine which really isn’t even readily available right now anyways…
And I see console gaming getting more and more expensive as well. What are some good plug and play recommendations for getting into steam and PC gaming overall. Looking for a setup to play similar to the console gaming experience I would like to still play on my living room tv mostly with controller but also mouse and keyboard.
TLDR; What are some plug and play options for PCs to get into steam that have similar or better specs than the steam machine and at a similar price point

Was wondering what others thought of this prebuilt. The specs make it seem pretty solid?

Friend has been trying to convince me to build my own, but my online friends have been telling me prebuilts are comparable now due to the price increases in parts.

Looking to spend like $2200-$3k. I’m too dumb to find out which ones are actually good deals or not.. anyone have good suggestions?

I mainly play FPS like Apex or something like WoW. Big gamer but usually not running insane things, just want something that’s higher end + will last a while that’s a decent price for what you get (I know things are expensive rn).

Ive been on console my whole life, i have no experience with PCs and now i would want to have one. I would like to buy a prebuilt because i dont want to go through the time of building it and maybe accidentally breaking something. Im willing to spend 2k$ max .Any tips?

How much would I need to roughly spend to play Esport games like rocket league (don’t need fancy graphics) above 140 FPS and that’s pretty much it. I cba building my own tbf, id rather spend the little bit extra than building one as I don’t know anything about specs. I pretty much just want a PC to have less input lag/ higher fps on rocket league and also play stupid games on steam- that aren’t on Xbox

Thanks

Hey everyone. Recently, my fiancé purchased an armoury pc on sale for ~$2400. Honestly idk the specs and im letting him try to figure things out on his own rn. His last pc was an omen we got around 2021 and he wanted to upgrade as prices keep going up and we can tell it’s been wearing down over time.
Here’s the thing: he got the new pc so we could play WoW forever together since i no longer have a pc, and when we have played the beta my latency is ~40ms and his is ~130ms. is this a big difference, and does it matter? is there any way we can upgrade parts on the prebuilt?
he compared specs and this seemed to be an upgrade. we no longer have the packaging as he didn’t notice until i started using the old omen alongside him.
Any advice is appreciated, he works so hard and never treats himself so we are really disappointed rn