I’m looking at this deal for a prebuilt:

Lenovo LOQ 17IRR9 Tower PC — $749.99

  • Intel Core i5-14400F (10 cores, 16 threads, up to 4.7GHz)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (8GB GDDR6)
  • RAM 16GB DDR5
  • 512GB SSD
  • PSU 500W

For some context, my PC has a 1070 in it. I’m a budget conscious gamer, usually playing at 1080p. With ram prices skyrocketing and steam betting on steam machines with low vram going forwards, I feel like it’s an okay deal for a guy who upgrades basically never.

It seems like a nice deal to me. Anyone want to talk me out of it?

  • themachine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    10 days ago

    Can you build it yourself for cheaper?

    Also, IMO 16GB is bare minimum in 2026 if you are using Windows. I’d really go to 32GB.

      • Telorand@reddthat.comEnglish
        2·
        10 days ago

        DDR4 is still somewhat affordable (I stress “somewhat”), and it should still be plenty fast enough for gaming. You can get a 32GB kit for ≈$200, which is only double (lol) what it was a few years ago.

    • group_hug@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      12·
      10 days ago

      It’s 2026. If you are on windows you should be planning your switch to Linux.

      Microsoft has no interest in you owning a computer. You can buy access to stream game rentals from their data centers while AI inserts ads and micro transactions into all the games.

      • themachine@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        7 days ago

        And as someone who uses Linux for literally everything I know better than to preach as if Linux is a full replacement for Windows. It’s not and there are absolutely reasons to still use windows. OP isn’t asking about the OS and given the nature of the question probably isn’t ready for such a switch in the first place.