Is a gaming pc worth it

[deanjoshua216]

I am completely new to the pc market and want to know if for a build like this https://www.pccasegear.com/sc/v1j should i wait for prices to go down or is it a good price for the specs

 

[madmatt30]

Compromise a tiny bit & you can get 16g ram in there easily

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($248.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: ASRock - B360 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($135.00 @ IJK)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($239.00 @ IJK)
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card ($449.00 @ Umart)
Case: Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.01 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.00 @ Shopping Express)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($120.00 @ Shopping Express)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WDN4800 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter ($48.00 @ Shopping Express)
Case Fan: Corsair - Air Series AF120 Red 52.2 CFM 120mm Fan ($15.00 @ Shopping Express)
Monitor: Asus - VP247H-P 23.6" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor ($148.00 @ Shopping Express)
Total: $1691.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-04 23:12 AEST+1000

 

[deanjoshua216]

you might as well build now. bitcoin mining has made the PC building scene too unpredictable

It's not bitcoin mining it's ethereum and there's ASICs coming later in the year so prices are going down and the RAM manufactures are getting class actioned for price fixing so that'll probably go down too.

Probably would wait a few months, the next lot of GPUs from NVidia are maybe getting announced next month so supply of new cards will be a plenty when they come out as no one in their right mind would build a GPU miner with ASICs coming around the corner.

Other than that you can't go wrong with a 2400g to pass the time, that's what i'm doing currently and it's not half bad unless you want to run something extreme.

ok if the prices will go down in a few months ill just keep console gaming until then or a second option would be https://www.pccasegear.com/sc/d9R