Question Hello, i am looking to purchase my first Gaming pc or i should say my first PC in general.

[LawrenceLoyal]

• Windows 11 Pro
• Intel® Core™ i5-13400 (up to 4.6 GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, 20 MB L3 cache, 10 cores, 16 threads)
• Ceramic white
• 8 GB DDR4-3200 MHz RAM (2 x 4 GB)
• 256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD
• No HDD
• NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3060 (12 GB GDDR6 dedicated), Display Connectors: HDMI*1, DP*3
• Front Bezel Ceramic White Metal with 500 W 80 Plus Bronze cerfified power supply
• Realtek RTL8821CE-M 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (1x1) Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® 4.2 combo
• No Additional Office Software
• McAfee Livesafe (30 day)
• HP 310 White Wired Keyboard and mouse combo
  
  $804.99/£649.45
  P.S. this is the Victus PC from HP
  If you have known any better Pre built PC's at a similar price please let me know. I am looking to be able to play games like Dead by daylight, Dark souls, Payday, Resident evil, Silent hill, Splinter cell and some more similar games smoothly.

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

i see no mention of a specific motherboard so this tends to mean that it will come with some proprietary generic OEM board from HP.

also no mention of any specific power supply so also probably a proprietary OEM crap model.

never a good idea.

this is the Victus PC from HP

provide a link to this option on the retail site you would be purchasing from

 

[LawrenceLoyal]

It's not letting me send a link in this reply, the name of the PC is the

Victus by HP 15L Gaming Desktop TG02-1000​

I added the better graphics card in the customisation section because the youtuber who suggested this PC said i should.

P.S The youtuber who recommended it is Just!N Tech I don't know much about him but he seemed reliable at first glance to me and the video in particular is "Best Gaming PC 2023 For Every Budget - August/September Update!"

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

seemed reliable at first glance to me and the video in particular is "Best Gaming PC 2023 For Every Budget

obviously has no clue what they are talking about if they recommend a prebuilt HP as "Best Gaming PC" for any listing.

where were you purchasing from that a link was blocked here at Tom's?

 

[geofelt]

Sorry to say, do not buy as is.
The 13400 as a processor is excellent.
The 3060 gpu is ok also.
But, only 8gb will make the pc all but unuseable.
2 x 8gb at least. 32gb is better.
The 13400 processor can run a very much stronger graphics card in the future.
A no name 500w psu will be no good for that.
And, the quality of the psu is unknown.

A 256gb ssd is terrible.
A couple of games will fill it up and performance and endurance will suffer as it reached 90% full. 1tb at least.
HP motherboards are proprietary and not designed for any upgrades.

Look at Lenovo for a decent pre built pc.

 

[LawrenceLoyal]

i see no mention of a specific motherboard so this tends to mean that it will come with some proprietary generic OEM board from HP.

also no mention of any specific power supply so also probably a proprietary OEM crap model.

never a good idea.

provide a link to this option on the retail site you would be purchasing from

Sorry to say, do not buy as is.
The 13400 as a processor is excellent.
The 3060 gpu is ok also.
But, only 8gb will make the pc all but unuseable.
2 x 8gb at least. 32gb is better.
The 13400 processor can run a very much stronger graphics card in the future.
A no name 500w psu will be no good for that.
And, the quality of the psu is unknown.

A 256gb ssd is terrible.
A couple of games will fill it up and performance and endurance will suffer as it reached 90% full. 1tb at least.
HP motherboards are proprietary and not designed for any upgrades.

Look at Lenovo for a decent pre built pc.

No need to apologise, thanks for the help geofelt, i really appreciate it!