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.

  • artyom@piefed.social
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    17 hours ago

    Prebuilts often cut corners all over the place. Especially Walmart. Typically in the power supply, wiring, and other small things that no one looks at on a spec sheet. And the prices usually aren’t much lower. Plus building a PC is fun, educational and will help you troubleshoot inevitable issues and failures in the future.

    If you’re feeling overwhelmed, PCPartPicker has a bunch of good builds at very price points and resolutions.

    Arc Raiders is not a terribly demanding game.