inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 14 hours agoEntry level PCs costing less than $500 ‘will disappear by 2028’, research firm predictswww.videogameschronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1243arrow-down18
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minus-squareAgent_Karyo@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-212 hours agoSure, but they tend to be low-end mini PCs with older CPUs, very weak iGPUs, a tiny SSD and something along the line of 8 GB RAM.
minus-squaredgdft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 hours agoHere’s an 8-core N305 mini PC w/ 16GB DDR5 and a 512GB SSD for $400. https://www.amazon.com/i3-N305-Desktop-Computers-Windows-Display/dp/B0DGGGQPH1 Similar build with the N305 swapped for a Ryzen 3500U available at the same price as well. Perfectly serviceable and capable of light gaming.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoAnd sometimes even 10/100 ethernet cards assuming they still have an ethernet port. I can’t imagine how many 1/10ths of a penny Dell was saving on those POS.
Sure, but they tend to be low-end mini PCs with older CPUs, very weak iGPUs, a tiny SSD and something along the line of 8 GB RAM.
Here’s an 8-core N305 mini PC w/ 16GB DDR5 and a 512GB SSD for $400.
https://www.amazon.com/i3-N305-Desktop-Computers-Windows-Display/dp/B0DGGGQPH1
Similar build with the N305 swapped for a Ryzen 3500U available at the same price as well. Perfectly serviceable and capable of light gaming.
And sometimes even 10/100 ethernet cards assuming they still have an ethernet port.
I can’t imagine how many 1/10ths of a penny Dell was saving on those POS.