BasilZero said:
This build seems a bit too....underpowered for a gaming computer in 2024. Also I wouldnt recommend going intel for GPU - if price is the issue, go with AMD otherwise Nvidia. 16 GB is bare minimum these days and as time goes, 32 GB is gonna become norm. Also one drive storage isnt really viable nowadays especially if you plan to use your computer for more than PC gaming. Having a secondary drive (mainly a HDD) would be a good way to go. The build you specified would have been good....back in 2020 or 2021. ------ I'm planning to get a new rig either late 2024 or early 2025 depending on the deals (and I'm going for pre-build). My current PC from 2019 has Got the computer for like $650 and I upgraded my RAM for an additional $80 from a 8 GB
---- For my future build, I havent decided which exact parts to get but I have a outline in what I want to get GPU: Nvidia preferred My budget is a bit higher but I'm hoping to stay within the $900 to $1,200 range. Also I plan to re-use my current gaming desktop as my new general PC for video rendering , etc Gonna use my current general PC (which is also a gaming computer but with lower specs than my main gaming PC lol) for just to do general stuff like paying bills, etc. --- I'm still planning to buy the next Xbox providing b/c still applies. b/c is the main reason why I bought an Xbox. |
Well, based on my favorite PC tech site, Tom's hardware, it has enough juice for 1080p, ultra settings 60 fps on average across their test suite. They test each GPU across a suite of 8 games that favor rasterization, and then a separate test suite of 5 games with ray tracing support. In their testing the a580 got an average of 65 FPS at 1080p ultra on the 8 rasterization games and an average of 49 fps at 1440p ultra (which is high enough for my freesync monitor). On the ray tracing test suite of 5 games it managed an average of 45 FPS at 1080p medium and 33 fps at 1080p ultra settings. As for the CPU in my build, it seems to have averaged about 110 fps at 1080p in testing across their game suite with an overpowered GPU, which means my CPU will never be the bottleneck before my GPU will.
To me that seems like enough power to last me until my next planned build in 2027 or so. They aren't making use of FSR or XeSS in their testing, which are brilliant technologies which should give me enough leeway to last until my next build. Even the more demanding recent AAA games seem to be to be playable at 1080p ultra at 60 fps with FSR being used on that Intel Arc a580 GPU, or I can go with console quality settings (usually a mix of medium and high) and manage 1440p 60 fps with FSR. And any game that doesn't run well on the PC I will still be able to play on my Series X.
I figure I can get one 16 GB of RAM stick now and then if I decide I need more later plop an identical 2nd stick in for another $30 later.
I already have a 1 TB hard drive from my old build which I will be transferring into my upgraded build. I will then use it to mirror my windows install and place it on the SSD for faster boot times. So I will have a 1 TB SSD to store newer games, and then a 1 TB HD to store files and photos and maybe some older indie games where load times aren't a big concern.
Last edited by shikamaru317 - on 10 January 2024
