Question What's your opinion on this system for the price?

[jayteecork]

I'm looking to get a budget gaming PC and would be clueless about building one myself.
Been looking at this, would you say it's worth the money?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01IPH27T6/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A17AS5ETPMZ9A1&psc=1

 

[rgd1101]

worth the money or not.
personally, I wouldn't buy any gaming pc with hdd.

 

[jayteecork]

worth the money or not.
personally, I wouldn't buy any gaming pc with hdd.

Also comes with a SSD - I presume W11 would run off the SSD?

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Decent budget build but very dated. The platform is dead and if u had to upgrade, you would have to upgrade cpu/mobo and gpu.

I would have considered it if it had a ryzen 5600 cpu...

 

[logainofhades]

Yea the platform is quite dated, now. Not something I would personally buy.

 

[jayteecork]

Decent budget build but very dated. The platform is dead and if u had to upgrade, you would have to upgrade cpu/mobo and gpu.

I would have considered it if it had a ryzen 5600 cpu...

They have this one for same price?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ADMI-Gamin...6625&s=computers&sprefix=,computers,54&sr=1-3

 

[Lafong]

They have this one for same price?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ADMI-Gaming-PC-2400MHz-Windows/dp/B01GVMI17O/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3AVPJQDP502PP&keywords=gaming+pc&qid=1677506625&s=computers&sprefix=,computers,54&sr=1-3

That's a noticeably stronger CPU than the 10400F on the earlier one. Not sure about graphics comparison.

But you'd still be subject to the usual problem of pre-builts....PSU worries, possibly proprietary parts or BIOS limitations, likely only average cooling.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

They have this one for same price?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ADMI-Gaming-PC-2400MHz-Windows/dp/B01GVMI17O/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3AVPJQDP502PP&keywords=gaming+pc&qid=1677506625&s=computers&sprefix=,computers,54&sr=1-3

I cannot find which power they used in the build. It just states a 550w bronze. But atleast they went with kinda current gen parts and for the price, it's good.

No options with RX6600XT or intel A780 gpu?

Just have to make sure they are using a decent psu and it will be good.

 

[geofelt]

The problem with pre builts is that they are not designed to be upgraded. A usual upgrade to a gaming pc will be the graphics card, and a 550w psu may not allow that.
What you buy will be what you have for a long time.
Both builds are comparable, the amd being a tad stronger.

 

[DSzymborski]

Unless you intend to mentally budget an additional $100, I would not ever buy a prebuilt without knowing exactly what PSU is inside. Is this PC still worth it to you at $799?

 

[Lucky_SLS]

The rtx 3060 option is 790 pounds. If the psu checks out to be good, that's what I would suggest.

For comparison sake:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor (£118.59 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock B550M Phantom Gaming 4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£89.99 @ AWD-IT)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£44.50 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Sabrent Rocket Q 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£40.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: ASRock Challenger D OC Radeon RX 6600 XT 8 GB Video Card (£274.79 @ Newegg UK)
Case: MagniumGear Neo Air ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: NZXT C650 (2022) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £718.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-02-27 15:45 GMT+0000

 

[logainofhades]

Yea without knowing the PSU it uses, I wouldn't suggest going with that 3050 build.