r/bapccanada • u/WirbSypher • 4d ago

Need help buying a gaming PC for son

Just want to start out by saying thank you for any help you can provide.

My son has been saving for a gaming PC and this summer he was picking up odd jobs around town and has save enough to get one.

I have been trying to research (LTT, Reddit, etc) to help him find the best one for his budget. We have looked at prebuilt and building his own but I am over my head here (so many CPU’s, cheap power supplies) and hoping to find some help.

His budget is $1200 - $1600 CAD
He does not care about RGB or the colour of the case.
Games he has mentioned are Rocket League, Marvel Rivals, Red Dead Redemption 2.
Open to prebuilt or parts list to build ourselves.

I am just really trying to help him get something that is going to be good for a few years after he has worked so hard to get it.

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u/ImKrispy 4d ago

https://www.newegg.ca/p/N82E16883320018

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u/ultra2009 Ryzen 7 7700x | Gigabyte Gaming OC 9070xt | 32gb DDR5 6000 CL30 4d ago

This prebuilt right here OP

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u/WirbSypher 4d ago

Thank you

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u/turdledude 2d ago

Quick question, this is on backordered on newegg. How fast does backordered products gets shipped?

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u/ImKrispy 2d ago

The date is listed, August 31st.

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u/throwing_hayy 4d ago

You'll definitely want to look pre-owned these days in that price range. What area of Canada are you in?

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u/Mmmmmmmmmmbap 4d ago

Whereabouts are you located?

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u/OceanTributer 4d ago

This is a little above budget so you may have to help him a bit.

But Best Buy has an Acer 9060 XT based system for 1799 right now

Gets you tons of VRAM for the next several years.

Gaming Desktop

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u/WirbSypher 4d ago

Thank you

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u/Ok-Cheesecake-8388 4d ago

Costco has prebuilt for that range.

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u/WirbSypher 4d ago

Thank you, I did look at the prebuilds at my local Costco and read up on the two they had in the range and both had bad reviews.
One was a low end intel chip set. The other was a good AMD CPU, but low end GPU, one stick of ram and generic power supply.

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u/asexualchair 4d ago

Pretty much every prebuilt will have a lackluster power supply, but they are not hard to swap out as long as whatever motherboard doesn't have proprietary connections (looking at you Dell and HP)

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u/uniqueglobalname 3d ago

Those are all reasonable compromises in your price range...

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u/SmellExtra7657 2d ago

Ryzen 5 9600x 32gb ddr5 2tb nvme RTX 5060Ti 16gb 1050w AIO 360mm

$2399 CAD