Question Choosing Prebuilt - 1st time

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Hi everyone!

I want to join the PC gaming community and I'm looking for a prebuilt gaming PC. I can't build one myself, and since I live in the UAE, I'm unsure where to start purchasing one.

My budget is 1,900 AED, which is about $517. I'm looking for a PC with great performance and appealing aesthetics.

If anyone outside the UAE has recommendations for a prebuilt PC, please keep my budget in mind. I suggest looking on Amazon.ae instead of Amazon.com.

I intend to do medium gaming at 1080p at a minimum, and I don't need a machine for heavy workloads. Thank you!

 

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I also need a monitor with a budget of 370 DHS, about 90 dollars. I have chosen other peripherals, and I request that the monitor be perfect for the PC. Thanks!

 

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Not really going to get much new for $500. A decent late model GPU is around $200.

90 Dollars is basically the bare minimum for a 1080p 75hz FreeSync monitor. Might be able to find an older 144hz panel for that.

You are kind of between old used/refurbished hardware with a GPU added. Those scummy pre-builts in new chassis with old office PC hardware inside. Or doing something like that on your own.

Or getting a new(er) PC with only integrated graphics and adding something like an RTX 3050 6GB might be an option.

The best I could find in your budget:
CyberPower isn't the best boutique builder, but it is in your budget. A fairly old CPU and a quite old GPU, but this would do 1080p medium in many titles.

https://www.amazon.ae/iBuyPower-Des...31&s=computers&sr=1-49&ts_id=12050242031&th=1

Similar from a brand I haven't heard of:
https://www.amazon.ae/DASEEN-COLORF...1&s=computers&sr=1-127&ts_id=12050242031&th=1

Monitors:
Maybe:
https://www.amazon.ae/KOORUI-Inch-C...031&rnid=15160318031&s=computers&sr=1-35&th=1

Samsung, but 27", which is a little large for 1080p, but better than nothing:
https://www.amazon.ae/Samsung-27-In...031&rnid=15160318031&s=computers&sr=1-75&th=1

Also quite a few office monitors from Dell, HP, and Lenovo in the price range. Not great, but workable.

https://www.amazon.ae/DELL-E2222H-5...031&rnid=15160318031&s=computers&sr=1-81&th=1

 

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First, both monitors are VA panels, which may lead to ghosting based on what I've heard. Regarding the PC, I would prefer an i5 or i7, as I do not want an i3.
this is one I've found, but it doesn't have great reviews.
https://www.amazon.ae/BUDGET-GAMING...626031&sprefix=gaming+pc,aps,229&sr=8-11&th=1


any other ones, if found, would be great.

 

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there is also this:
https://www.amazon.ae/BUDGET-GAMING...3169172&sprefix=budget+pc,aps,200&sr=8-7&th=1

 

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and this:
https://www.amazon.ae/BUDGET-GAMING...3169172&sprefix=budget+pc,aps,200&sr=8-9&th=1

 

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and finally, this: https://www.amazon.ae/BUDGET-GAMING...7971031&sprefix=budget+pc,aps,200&sr=8-1&th=1

The issue is that it needs to be white, which means I require white monitors, etc.

If you can find any alternatives or other websites based in the UAE for gaming PCs, or a shop somewhere here, it would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Eximo]

White parts are generally a higher premium than black ones. I do not recommend this when on a budget.

I don't know much about Gameon as a brand, can't really say if I trust their products. That they have so many models in the same rough price range likely means they are taking lower grade LCD panels and assembling whatever they can to get to market. Might be decent, might get some reject panels from other brands. Similarly they offer a lot of computer chassis that look quite a bit like existing models. Maybe taking over used stamps and molds and pumping out clone chassis. (That or they contracted the same OEM as other brands, sometimes it is both happening at the same time)

In this price range, I think you are going to be finding compromise one way or another. VA can have more ghosting as compared to other panel types, but not all VA panels are created equal. Same with IPS. If you can find an IPS panel you like the look of, give it a try.

TN - Faster response, poor color and bad viewing angles
VA - Fast response, decent color, okay viewing angles (why many VA panels are sold as curved displays) (Though many VA LCDs are tuned to be televisions, so they sacrifice brightness for viewing angles)
IPS - Slower response, great color, great viewing angles (Edge glow, backlight bleed)
Mini-LED
QD-OLED - Excellent color reproduction, blue backlight and Red and Green quantum dots. Perfect Blacks
OLED - RWBG
Perfect blacks, uncompromising response times (no LCDs to flip), Blurry text due to the extra white sub pixel. More of a purple color when off. Blurriness can be compensated for with different font rendering, but isn't perfect.

With IPS the biggest thing may be backlight bleed/IPS glow in the form of blue or yellow shading when viewing darker or monochromatic images. Cheaper IPS panels can often appear very flat/grey when at full brightness. Generally you want to avoid panels that can only offer 250 nits. 350-500 is when they are generally acceptable. Personally, I like to run my monitors at low brightness, so not as big a deal. But if you are putting this in a brightly lit room, you will want the extra brightness.