I want to escape consoles and finally build a gaming pc but I’ve seen the prices…

Everything is really overwhelming for me and I have no clue what I should go for and everyone is giving me differing answers so I ask you.

Is building a PC ACTUALLY cheaper than buying one?

What specs would I even need? All I wanna do is play arc raiders comfortably at high settings and play heavily modded Garry’s mod.

  • Contramuffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    You don’t need to build your own, but I would at least recommend buying a pre-built that gives you the option to upgrade later on. Some pre-builts (cough cough Alienware) go out of their way to make sure their computers can’t be upgraded.

    I would recommend taking a look at Starforge. I’ve been pretty impressed by their prices.

    If you want Linux, you’ll definitely want AMD. Nvidia works, but AMD works better.

    Also, don’t feel bad about not getting the best and most expensive model. Low-mid end is really the sweet spot for price-to-performance. And games typically play pretty well, just not on max settings. And you can always upgrade later on

    • Glurk@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      18 hours ago

      I’ve never been much of a graphics person to be honest. I mainly play shooters and I would much rather have fps over graphics lmao

      I will prioritize graphics for games that are less action and more story focused though because I wanna be there. I don’t mind 30 fps once in a while. (I’m currently playing through assassins creed 3 on ps5)

      I’ll be sure to check them out, thanks!