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What are your recommendations for a budget gaming PC? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by suspended@lemmy.ml to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

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My two young sons (ages 8 & 13) enjoy the PS5 that they got this past Christmas. However, there are several games that are not offered on PlayStation.

Most, if not all, of these games are exclusively Windows-based.

With that in mind, what gaming PC (build?) would you recommend? My budget is $800-$1000 but I'd appreciate the lower end if possible.

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[–] handos@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

If you aren't in a rush I'd recommend waiting for a year. GPU prices are starting to go down but both AMD and Nvidia know they can still charge way more than they were in the past. With intel's new cards coming out on the low end they might be able to get AMD/Nvidia to release a more competitive lower end card to compete.

Also on the lower end and also weirder end the steam deck is also a full PC for $400, it would be playing new games reasonably well in 720p which looks good on its screen but it will also take a while to get into your hands, at least another year if you got into the queue now.