Gaming PC on a budget

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Chazore said:

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It seems used Steam decks are over my budget. Apparently there's some issues with controls on Cottage Simulator with Steam deck that the devs have said they'll fix. 

3060 and 7700K is more or than and. And even then it's the high end of the budget anyway. Either you get better graphics card with crappier CPU or better CPU with crappier GPU.

I just offered 50€ for a 1070 graphics card and 80€ for a PC with I5 6400, GTX 960, 240GB SSD, 16GB RAM and 750W PSU. If I get the computer, I try to bargain a nearby I7 6700K processor to 30€. If I get all of them, it may be close to 200€. If not, I have other systems in mind, they're just not as close to me as these are.

As a reference point I still own and operate the i7-6700k and it will get you by for most games, save for some of the AAA games in recent yrs and some of the latest sim-based ones (as those require more cores and juice). 

If you could somehow get a 1080, you'd be kosher for a while, though I would personally hold out for a 1080ti by some miracle, since that GPU has gotten me by this long, even at 1440p. 

I was actually surprised how well 6700K and 7700K hold against even the latest base I5 processors. This, however, could be because of the code that may not use all the threads in newer processors.

1080TI would be cool, although a bit too expensive at the moment. Performance wise it's close to 3060TI. This system may be updated with 3060TI at a later date if I upgrade my second oldest kid's PC's graphics card some day. Maybe 4070 (or higher) a year from now when they're a bit cheaper.