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I was initially about to build my own PC when I found this on Amazon: Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5 AMD
It fits squarely in my budget with better specs than what I was going for, and cheaper than I would've been able to obtain otherwise (given current prices in India). I've never bought a pre-built before so I wasn't sure of what to look out for.
Key specs:
NVIDIA GTX 1650 Super 4 GB
Ryzen 5 3600
1x8 3200 MHz
1 TB HDD + 256 GB SSD
Free peripherals (no display)
I can't tell what the PSU and motherboard are, and that's worrisome, nor are there many reviews for it online. The Lenovo site says the GPU is upgradable up to 2060 and CPU to Ryzen 7 series. I believe they're selling the upgraded version here on Amazon.
Do you see any red flags? What gaming performance do you think I can achieve on a system like this (1080p60)? My initial target was to play Doom Eternal at 60 fps on high settings, but I don't really know what this is capable of.
EDIT:
Guys a family friend says he can get me a great deal on this PC (a 2014-ish Alienware Area 51 R2):
555-BCFD : Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 @ 5GHz + Bluetooth
490-BCNN : Dual NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GTX( TM) 960 with 2GB GDDR5 each (NVIDIA SLI(R) Enabled)
429-AAMV : Slot-Loading Dual Layer DVD Reader
412-AAEX : Centauri CPU heatsink
400-AFOO : 256GB SSD 6Gb/s Main + 4TB 540 0RPM SATA 6Gb/s Storage
370-ABWP : 16GB Quad Channel DDR4 at 2133 MHz
338-BFPQ : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K (6- cores, 15MB Cache, Overclocked up to 3.8 GHz w/ Turbo Boost)
321-BBLW : Alienware(TM) 850 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply
I'm completely out of my depth here. I have no clue how 2 GPUs work together, or anything else on this list honestly. Assuming this is in my budget, what do you guys think?
I was initially about to build my own PC when I found this on Amazon: Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5 AMD
It fits squarely in my budget with better specs than what I was going for, and cheaper than I would've been able to obtain otherwise (given current prices in India). I've never bought a pre-built before so I wasn't sure of what to look out for.
Key specs:
NVIDIA GTX 1650 Super 4 GB
Ryzen 5 3600
1x8 3200 MHz
1 TB HDD + 256 GB SSD
Free peripherals (no display)
I can't tell what the PSU and motherboard are, and that's worrisome, nor are there many reviews for it online. The Lenovo site says the GPU is upgradable up to 2060 and CPU to Ryzen 7 series. I believe they're selling the upgraded version here on Amazon.
Do you see any red flags? What gaming performance do you think I can achieve on a system like this (1080p60)? My initial target was to play Doom Eternal at 60 fps on high settings, but I don't really know what this is capable of.
EDIT:
Guys a family friend says he can get me a great deal on this PC (a 2014-ish Alienware Area 51 R2):
555-BCFD : Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 @ 5GHz + Bluetooth
490-BCNN : Dual NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GTX( TM) 960 with 2GB GDDR5 each (NVIDIA SLI(R) Enabled)
429-AAMV : Slot-Loading Dual Layer DVD Reader
412-AAEX : Centauri CPU heatsink
400-AFOO : 256GB SSD 6Gb/s Main + 4TB 540 0RPM SATA 6Gb/s Storage
370-ABWP : 16GB Quad Channel DDR4 at 2133 MHz
338-BFPQ : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K (6- cores, 15MB Cache, Overclocked up to 3.8 GHz w/ Turbo Boost)
321-BBLW : Alienware(TM) 850 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply
I'm completely out of my depth here. I have no clue how 2 GPUs work together, or anything else on this list honestly. Assuming this is in my budget, what do you guys think?
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