Is this a good gaming PC?

[bubbles26]

Hi there,

I am a total noob at this whole gaming thing. I am wanting to buy a gaming PC for my son. He mostly plays Fortnight.
Can you please tell me if this is a good one?

Thank you in advance

 

[sneekypeet]

It is not horrible. What sort of a price are they asking for that kit?

 

[bubbles26]

Asking $2400...

it's not horrible...but it's not good either?

Give me some advice if you are willing?
Thanks

 

[BiggieShady]

6 core Ryzen R5 and GTX1060 ... it's a good mid range combo and Fortnite is going to fly ... however, there's nothing about power supply on the list (pretty important) and you could do with a better motherboard (listed model doesn't exist but I suppose it's MSI B350M PRO-VH)

 

[enxo218]

What kind of games are you looking to play and at what monitor resolution?

 

[bubbles26]

Thank you BiggieShady...

Mostly to play Fortnight and a bit of Csgo.
The monitor that comes with it is a ASUS VG245H 24" 75hz FHD

 

[flmatter]

for $2400 usd you can buy a gaming laptop with a 1070 or 1080 in it for less(I am using a Acer Helios 300 predator for $1700). If it is a desktop and you are looking for pre built, as much as I hate to send you there but cyberpowerpc.com has much better rigs for less, PC
so locality unknown I assume US. Some of our UK members may help better with partspicker and a budget.

 

[bubbles26]

for $2400 usd you can buy a gaming laptop with a 1070 or 1080 in it for less(I am using a Acer Helios 300 predator for $1700). If it is a desktop and you are looking for pre built, as much as I hate to send you there but cyberpowerpc.com has much better rigs for less, PC
so locality unknown I assume US. Some of our UK members may help better with partspicker and a budget.

Thank you but I am In Australia and we get ripped off...everything costs more here lol

 

[enxo218]

Mostly to play Fortnight and a bit of Csgo.
The monitor that comes with it is a ASUS VG245H 24" 75hz FHD

then you have enough horsepower for a smooth gaming experience but as mentioned above the psu model and capacity will determine the system stability and sanity of asking price

 

[Nuckles56]

If you're willing to build it yourself, I'd go with this instead, it has mostly similar specs, but a few nice upgrades like a 144Hz monitor, larger SSD, faster WiFi and RAM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($248.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: ASRock - X370 GAMING X ATX AM4 Motherboard ($149.00 @ Umart)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($255.00 @ IJK)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.00 @ Shopping Express)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($73.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING X Video Card ($479.00 @ IJK)
Case: Inwin - 303 Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.00 @ Umart)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($123.00 @ IJK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - Archer T6E AC1300 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($68.00 @ Shopping Express)
Monitor: AOC - G2460PF 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor ($349.00 @ Centre Com)
Keyboard: Corsair - K66 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($89.00 @ Skycomp Technology)
Mouse: Corsair - Sabre RGB Wired Optical Mouse ($74.00 @ Shopping Express)
Total: $2254.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-23 16:40 AEST+1000

 

[Toothless]

Man whoever selling that rig is trying to rip you off.

 

[bubbleawsome]

Sure you could build one yourself for cheaper, but maybe having someone else take care of that and still getting a 3 year warranty is worth it.
Power supply is very important, and if you could I’d check to see what kind of monitor is included (might be a weak point) and try to bump up to a 250GB SSD for that same price. Internet-wise I’d bed you’ll never see 300Mbps wireless anyway but newer standards are usually faster so I’m not sure why it’s slow.

Basically I’d say it’s fairly overpriced, so getting the price down would be nice, but it’s a fairly solid build.

 

[INSTG8R]

Man whoever selling that rig is trying to rip you off.

Don’t forget it’s Aussie dollars

 

[Arrakis9]

Consider this,

From the above listed part averages and retail partnerships it more than likely cost that company around $1600 to $2000 to build and market for sale. consider the retail price of $2400 and you get a complete package with monitor and basic mouse and keyboard. If you take a look at the pricing, the place your shopping at is asking around $400 to $800 depending on margins to build, install windows, update and install all your drivers and verify that everything is working out of the box. They are also offering you a free 3 year warranty and technical advice if anything ever goes wrong. It's also nice to have someplace to physically take your machine if anything goes wrong. It may seem expensive at first but peice of mind is worth a lot, at least that's my two cents. Either way it's not the greatest deal but it's not the worst either considering what they're offering.

 

[ASOT]

Overpriced,but pc is good enough for today games and next one's

 

[DarkOCean]

Or you could jut get an xbox one x with similar hardware for a 4th of the money...
This is the worst time ever to buy/build a pc, prices are literally insane.

 

[bubbles26]

Thank you all very much for putting in the time to reply. I appreciate all of your help. All the advice has given me lots to think about and consider before buying. In the end either way I am going to have one very happy son

If you're willing to build it yourself, I'd go with this instead, it has mostly similar specs, but a few nice upgrades like a 144Hz monitor, larger SSD, faster WiFi and RAM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($248.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: ASRock - X370 GAMING X ATX AM4 Motherboard ($149.00 @ Umart)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($255.00 @ IJK)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.00 @ Shopping Express)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($73.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING X Video Card ($479.00 @ IJK)
Case: Inwin - 303 Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.00 @ Umart)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($123.00 @ IJK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - Archer T6E AC1300 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($68.00 @ Shopping Express)
Monitor: AOC - G2460PF 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor ($349.00 @ Centre Com)
Keyboard: Corsair - K66 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($89.00 @ Skycomp Technology)
Mouse: Corsair - Sabre RGB Wired Optical Mouse ($74.00 @ Shopping Express)
Total: $2254.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-23 16:40 AEST+1000

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this for me

 

[jboydgolfer]

Thank you all very much for putting in the time to reply. I appreciate all of your help. All the advice has given me lots to think about and consider before buying. In the end either way I am going to have one very happy son

a good rule of thumb for buying a capable gaming or media use PC is as follows.

a minimum of 4 cores
minimum or 8Gb's system RAM
a Good quality Power Supply (a quick google search will give results to answer that) seasonic, Corsair, EVGA, NZXT, etc
a Proper CPU cooler,

a GPU is pretty easy to pick
minimum of 2Gb's Vram, preferably 4Gb's
a GTX 1060+
or a Rx 570+
this doesnt mean older Gen GPU's wouldnt work, but since these are current GPU's, its easier to mention them.

 

[Deleted member 67555]

Newegg OZ has 1070ti z8700 systems for $2400 oz money

https://www.newegg.com/global/au/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883152375

1080-8700k
https://www.newegg.com/global/au/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883230316

 

[jboydgolfer]

There's a lot of reasons that I'm grateful & proud I live in the United States ,but pertaining to computer related matters, I am so thankful when I go to buy a computer I can do it for under $1000 (minus the jerky miners ruining the market ). threads like this remind me how truly lucky i am.

Almost 30 years of computer enthusiast level hobbying, and I still haven't paid over $1000 for a complete computer build.

 

[Durvelle27]

Asking $2400...

it's not horrible...but it's not good either?

Give me some advice if you are willing?
Thanks

Price makes it not worth it

 

[eidairaman1]

for $2400 usd you can buy a gaming laptop with a 1070 or 1080 in it for less(I am using a Acer Helios 300 predator for $1700). If it is a desktop and you are looking for pre built, as much as I hate to send you there but cyberpowerpc.com has much better rigs for less, PC
so locality unknown I assume US. Some of our UK members may help better with partspicker and a budget.

Shoot there is a byo kit coming from AMD/MSI for 600 that has a RX 580

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...eir-combat-crate-bundles.243595/#post-3832775

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Wireless N 300 Mbps. WHAT!? Makes me wonder what other cheap piece(s) of junk they threw in there.

He mostly plays Fortnight

This system will do just fine for that, and for AUD$1,453.00: MSI Desktop Computer INFINITE X 8RB-046AU Intel Core i5 8th Gen 8400 (2.80 GHz) 8 GB DDR4 1 TB HDD 128 GB SSD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Windows 10 Home 64-Bit

 

[bubbles26]

Wireless N 300 Mbps. WHAT!? Makes me wonder what other cheap piece(s) of junk they threw in there.

This system will do just fine for that, and for AUD$1,453.00: MSI Desktop Computer INFINITE X 8RB-046AU Intel Core i5 8th Gen 8400 (2.80 GHz) 8 GB DDR4 1 TB HDD 128 GB SSD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Windows 10 Home 64-Bit

So is this one that you recommend as good as the other one?

 

[Leothelesser]

Try Pccasegear
https://www.pccasegear.com/category/1411_1917/pccg-gaming-pcs/ready-to-ship-systems
or Umart
https://www.umart.com.au/Umart-Gaming-PCs_466C.html
1060 systems for around $1700 and a monitor for $200+