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Heads up: HP, Intel I5 6400, RX 480, Windows 10, 1TB HDD/128 SSD $600/Free shipping.
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Aztechnology
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$300 sounds lofty for a 480, even an 8GB. Was it an AIB with a high level of pedigree kind of deal? Just curious.
I was joshing it was like 270 with tax.
Aztechnology
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This deal just popped up on Slick Deals.
Its out right? The i7 at least. 7700k, basically the same thing as the 6700k.
Damn though, that still has to smart. I thought it was pretty common to find 480 8GB around $220 now?
This though XD Wow that's a good price.
https://slickdeals.net/f/9560144-ms...te-free-s-h?src=SiteSearchV2_SearchBarV2Algo1
This for the 8GB too
https://slickdeals.net/f/9626804-xf...-newegg-com?src=SiteSearchV2_SearchBarV2Algo1
Its out right? The i7 at least. 7700k, basically the same thing as the 6700k.
Damn though, that still has to smart. I thought it was pretty common to find 480 8GB around $220 now?
This though XD Wow that's a good price.
https://slickdeals.net/f/9560144-ms...te-free-s-h?src=SiteSearchV2_SearchBarV2Algo1
This for the 8GB too
https://slickdeals.net/f/9626804-xf...-newegg-com?src=SiteSearchV2_SearchBarV2Algo1
Delusibeta
Banned
By "entry level", I'm primarily talking about price here. Building your own gaming PC for $600 would result in a lot of cut corners (and I'd argue that a quad core CPU is now a minimum requirement for gaming, which means a Core i5 taking a large chunk of that budget), and you would struggle to get a gaming experience as good as this prebuilt.
Aztechnology
Member
I'm still always surprised how effective the I3-6100 is. But normally I agree, I don't recommend dual cores often.
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
Yeah, I bought my PC for around $600, it's roughly comparable to this PC they're selling, but I spent a lot of time hunting for deals and assembled the PC over around 4 months. If you just wanted to build a PC now, disregarding sales or waiting for crazy good opportunities, you won't get a machine this good. In this pre-built's case, you just get the whole thing made for you, no deal hunting or assembly required.
I mean, to put it in perspective, this $600 PC will probably do 1080/60 on ultra for the majority of PC games released (minus extremely demanding ultra presets like Deus Ex's ridiculous super sampling, super-high end textures, or bad ports) and will probably last most folks the rest of this generation. Drop the settings to medium/high and you can do 4K/30. Shit's tight.
Holy shit, RX 480's for that low? Damn son. Anyone who wants to buy one of these and use the rest to get a used i5/Mobo/RAM could probably make a killer PC for even less money, like $400-500.
sixteen-bit
Member
Tempted to cop this
Aztechnology
Member
Oh lawd, friday... I'm glad I don't have class.
Art Vandilay
Member
Let's see who gets it first
I built a 2nd work computer with slightly better specs (same CPU, RAM, 250GB SSD instead of 128, and all quality namebrand parts, and it's a mini-ITX; then I threw an old unused video card I had laying around into it) for $630 back about 6 months ago.
It flies for anything practical I can throw at it, including lots of apps, emulation, etc. So I have no complaints about this sort of build at all. Just hopefully HP would be well enough built if you consider it, but this isn't a disappointing spec. my 2 cents.
It flies for anything practical I can throw at it, including lots of apps, emulation, etc. So I have no complaints about this sort of build at all. Just hopefully HP would be well enough built if you consider it, but this isn't a disappointing spec. my 2 cents.
Yeah I think im gonna take the plunge. Thanks!! Ill get the 4k tv later
Art Vandilay
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Can I be your friend?
I'd be interested to see how big this thing is since I'd be using it primarily in the living room. Would eventually move into my home office once I no longer need a nursery. I keep thinking I'll spend $400 on a basic computer, might as well get this.
texhnolyze
Banned
Daaamn. This is exactly the build that I was going to get before getting the PS4 in early December last year. I'm still saving up for my PC upgrade (or new build) and this is so tempting.
Does it ship to Indonesia? Of course not, doesn't it.
Does it ship to Indonesia? Of course not, doesn't it.
Aztechnology
Member
If your friend doesn't jump on this with your offer, then there's no chance. Sorry.
To be fair to him he bought a Pro recently and due to his work he travels all the time so he takes he console on the road with him. Ideally if he got a pc it would have been in a smaller form factor but I'd say fuck for 400 bucks and steam sales just use the pc when your home or to play older games with free online to something and still take your pro with you for other games like bloodborne or NioH. I'll seee what he says. Maybe he will even respond to this post haha.
Art Vandilay
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Damn. Tell him about remote play, assuming he has internet where he is traveling.
HP doesn't even show the back of the case on the pictures
Beerman462
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A quick build on Newegg was over $100 more without OS or KB/M. Seems like a great starter PC.
Aztechnology
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I've just don't that old song and dance so many times. Only to find out later after a little poking some friends hide it. But are absolutely just diamaterically opposed to PC gaming. Through misconceptions, or otherwise.
Aztechnology
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What's your poison? The only thing I really know about you is you like Comics/universe/lore.
Cow Mengde
Banned
I agree with everything except the PSU part. At least partially. OEMs actually come with good PSUs. Only issue is they might be a bit small.
I'm not sure. He definitely wouldn't like so much fucking around with settings or whatever, nvidia has GeForce to do that stuff for you, not sure what AMD has in that regard. He also would only game using a controller which is fine because steam supports dual shock 4 now or he could use ds4windows. The most compelling argument I give him usually are games are cheaper, online is free, and he can game at higher FPS which is something he is becoming more interested in. He had read the thread at least so that's a start.
dickroach
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that's what I got too. is this a sizable enough of an upgrade?
Corronchilejano
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Is there international shipping for this?
Aztechnology
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Isn't the 860m in the gen 1 alpha? If so yes it's a massive upgrade. And unlike the alpha which is basically a laptops internals it can be upgraded later on!
Aztechnology
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http://www8.hp.com/us/en/contact-hp/ww-how-to-buy.html
Maybe? Check this out. There may also be other avenues. I really haven't ever had to deal with it, sorry I can't be more help.
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
With a PC like this, there won't be much to mess with in settings. Set everything to the highest setting, and if that doesn't run too well then maybe lower one or two of the most intense settings. Pretty easy. A lot of modern games will pick the optimal settings for you.
You can even set up the PC to load Steam in Big Picture mode when it boots. So you get a Steambox-like experience in Windows.
I think for me it was the higher FPS that sold me. I played Ryse: Son of Rome in 60 fps and seeing that game looking at good and playing that well, it was just an incredible experience. The game sucked, but that better framerate on such an incredibly good looking game really does feel like a next-gen upgrade.
I'm seriously considering this but I'm hesitant for a few reasons. I don't like that the GPU is the 4GB version and I don't like that it's just 8GB of ram for this whole system. The computer I built 4 years ago has 16gb, I don't want to go backwards. I really wish this was configurable on the website, I'd pay to have those both upgraded.
Aztechnology
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That's the trade off. Just keep looking on Slickdeals, search for Desktop. The deals will inevitably show up on there. Like the deal for this desktop showed up maybe an hour? After I posted about it. So you won't miss out if you just check sporadically.
Okay I read through this thread and people are saying they'll switch out everything to a new case and upgrade that way.
I've also read that upgrading the power supply might be a no-no cause of propietary mobo.
But how is it right out of the box (at least based on the specs on paper)? I've been looking for a new PC forever and this thread is giving me high hopes I've found something good.
I've also read that upgrading the power supply might be a no-no cause of propietary mobo.
But how is it right out of the box (at least based on the specs on paper)? I've been looking for a new PC forever and this thread is giving me high hopes I've found something good.
AlimNassor
Banned
I got the HP one from the deal last year. I can run TF2 on ultra with 60FPS and it's niiiice. Only issue: the fan is garbage. Anything that's intensive will cause the fan to go crazy. My temps are normal even during TF2.
Aztechnology
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The Mobo is a 24 pin, the only thing stopping someone from swapping the PSU might be that it doesn't fit in the case. There are slim PSU's that would if a standard wouldn't though AFAIK.
You aren't going to be CPU limited by many games. Certainly nothing that would run on a console.
As for the GPU, the The 480 is a 480.
The drivers have improved since this video generally with the 480. But the performance difference between 4/8GB isn't generally a huge deal, especially if you're playing at lower/res framerates and don't mind dropping a few post processing features, or texture levels slightly.
https://youtu.be/JjTUtUF6gxg
MadJackChurchill
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I don't think it's the 24-pin that's the problem, it's all the others.
Also, the standoffs might not line up to stock Micro-ATX design.
Ok sweet. Would upgrading the ram overload the powersupply? Or does that not have any power consumption? Thanks for your help, really appreciate this
MadJackChurchill
Banned
RAM never draws more power unless you add more sticks.
Aztechnology
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Take a gander. Let me know if you can spot any potential issues.
http://support.hp.com/us-en/product...s/12079680/model/14444182/document/c05325469/
blame space
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can someone buy me this