The last time I even attempted to build a PC was many years ago when Intel Pentium 4 was still a thing.
I have been using MacBooks for a very long time and I have decided that it is time to build a PC for gaming as well as light rendering (Premiere, AfterEffects, and Photoshop).
My budget is around $1200 USD, but I live in Egypt and the choices here are either limited or over-the-top expensive.
I am not really looking at any prebuilt PCs except 1, and I will be listing the options I found here.
One more thing.. I honestly cannot decide between a PC and a laptop, but I'm leaning towards the former mainly because it is upgradeable at any time, so I probably won't have to buy a whole new PC in a couple of years from now.
Laptop choices:
1 - Lenovo Y520 = Intel Core i7-7700HQ / 16 GB RAM / 128 GB M.2 + 1 TB HDD 5400 RPM / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (DDR5)
2 - Lenovo Y530 = Intel Core i7-8750H / 16 GB RAM / 512 GB PCIe NVMe / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (DDR5)
3 - Lenovo Y540 = Intel Core i7-9750H / 16GB RAM / 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 4 GB
4 - Acer Predator Helios 300 = Intel i7-8750H / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (DDR5) / 16 GB RAM / 256 GB NVMe SSD
All four laptops have a 1080p screen with a 144Hz Refresh Rate
PC Choices:
1 - HZ Z600 Workstation (upgraded) = 2 x Intel Xeon X5650 2.57 GHz - 2.66 GHz (12 CPUs) / 32 GB RAM / 120 GB SSD / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
2 - Dell Alienware Gaming Desktop Tower = Intel i7 8700 / 16 GB RAM / 16 GB M.2 [PCIe] Optane Memory + 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 with 6 GB DDR5
3 - Custom Built PC (A) = Intel i5 9600K / 16 GB RAM (Corsair) / 240 GB SSD [Corsair MP510] / RTX 2060 / Gigabyte X Z390 Motherboard
4 - Custom Build PC (B) = AMD Ryzen 3600 (12 threads / 6 cores) / 16 GB RAM (HyperX) / 500 GB SSD [Samsung 860 Evo] / ASUS Dual Fan GeForce RTX 2060 OC / MSI B450 Tomahawk Motherboard
The last two PC choices (A & B) are more expensive than the rest of the choices so I will only be looking to get one of them if the difference in specs is totally worth it. From my understanding, the RTX 2060 cards are much better than the GTX 1060 in gaming performance, so I am assuming the difference in price is completely justified? Just as an example, the Alienware PC would cost me around $1100 USD while choice #4 would cost me around $1400 USD.
Could you guys please give me some advice on how to go about this?
Thank you so much
I have been using MacBooks for a very long time and I have decided that it is time to build a PC for gaming as well as light rendering (Premiere, AfterEffects, and Photoshop).
My budget is around $1200 USD, but I live in Egypt and the choices here are either limited or over-the-top expensive.
I am not really looking at any prebuilt PCs except 1, and I will be listing the options I found here.
One more thing.. I honestly cannot decide between a PC and a laptop, but I'm leaning towards the former mainly because it is upgradeable at any time, so I probably won't have to buy a whole new PC in a couple of years from now.
Laptop choices:
1 - Lenovo Y520 = Intel Core i7-7700HQ / 16 GB RAM / 128 GB M.2 + 1 TB HDD 5400 RPM / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (DDR5)
2 - Lenovo Y530 = Intel Core i7-8750H / 16 GB RAM / 512 GB PCIe NVMe / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (DDR5)
3 - Lenovo Y540 = Intel Core i7-9750H / 16GB RAM / 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 4 GB
4 - Acer Predator Helios 300 = Intel i7-8750H / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (DDR5) / 16 GB RAM / 256 GB NVMe SSD
All four laptops have a 1080p screen with a 144Hz Refresh Rate
PC Choices:
1 - HZ Z600 Workstation (upgraded) = 2 x Intel Xeon X5650 2.57 GHz - 2.66 GHz (12 CPUs) / 32 GB RAM / 120 GB SSD / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
2 - Dell Alienware Gaming Desktop Tower = Intel i7 8700 / 16 GB RAM / 16 GB M.2 [PCIe] Optane Memory + 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 with 6 GB DDR5
3 - Custom Built PC (A) = Intel i5 9600K / 16 GB RAM (Corsair) / 240 GB SSD [Corsair MP510] / RTX 2060 / Gigabyte X Z390 Motherboard
4 - Custom Build PC (B) = AMD Ryzen 3600 (12 threads / 6 cores) / 16 GB RAM (HyperX) / 500 GB SSD [Samsung 860 Evo] / ASUS Dual Fan GeForce RTX 2060 OC / MSI B450 Tomahawk Motherboard
The last two PC choices (A & B) are more expensive than the rest of the choices so I will only be looking to get one of them if the difference in specs is totally worth it. From my understanding, the RTX 2060 cards are much better than the GTX 1060 in gaming performance, so I am assuming the difference in price is completely justified? Just as an example, the Alienware PC would cost me around $1100 USD while choice #4 would cost me around $1400 USD.
Could you guys please give me some advice on how to go about this?
Thank you so much
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