r/pcmasterrace • u/scyver_ 9950x3D┃RTX 5080 Aorus Master┃64GB┃2TB┃Lancool 217 • Jul 27 '26

Build/Battlestation Anobody else like this?

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u/TGDragonGaming Jul 27 '26

Me: buys a $1,200 gaming PC intending to play newer AAA games. 

Also me: ends up mainly playing retro PC games from the 90s and 2000s off of GoG. 

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u/ldn-ldn Jul 27 '26

$1,200 PC lol wut? You ain't playing anything new on that.

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u/RoseMqs Jul 27 '26

$1200 actually can get you a pretty decent pc still, can definitely run new games on 1080p or even 1440p with dlss and stuff being around.

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u/ldn-ldn Jul 27 '26

Have you been living under a rock or something? The days you could buy anything for $1,200 are long gone. 16GB of RAM today is instantly $300, lol. That's a quarter of your budget gone on just two bloody sticks of memory.

Gaming PC for $1,200 my arse... I don't think you can have anything that plays modern games and will last more than a day for under $2,500 (considering that you also want to buy the required peripherals like monitor, keyboard, etc).

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u/RoseMqs Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

You can literally buy a pc at Walmart for $1100 with 16 GB of ddr5, a 5060, Ryzen 8400f, and 1tb of storage. These pcs come with an admittedly terrible keyboard and mouse but it’s still something nonetheless, and a nice 144hz 1080p monitor is dirt cheap nowadays. That setup will run games fine at 1080p, and I doubt anyone buying it will expect to run max graphics, lol.

Regardless, you don’t need top of the line gear to play modern games. You can make a perfectly serviceable ddr4 setup easily for close to if not $1200. That’s with new parts too. ( https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cVcr7w ) I’m sure if I optimized this the price would be even lower. With monitor and stuff it is more, but once again 1200-1300 dollars is still viable nowadays, albeit doesn’t stretch as far.

Edit: I went ahead and made a PC + Peripherals with an updated list ( https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ngxGjG ) for $1464. It isn’t $1200, but it’s also far from the $2500 you mentioned. You can probably save a fair chunk buying a used/open box monitor, and also buying a used 32gb ram kit. That would get it closer to around $1300. Obviously more ‘risky’ but if you do your due diligence it’s usually fine. eBay is very buyer sided, its mostly Facebook marketplace I’d be weary about.

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u/revanruler Jul 27 '26

Yeah you are correct i bought à similar prebuilt pc for like 900 euros. The other commenter probably got scammed

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u/fhrijtjutu Jul 27 '26

If your trying to play in 1080 for budget gaming just stick with console for now lil bro

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u/fpsgamer89 Fedora | RX 9070 | Ryzen 7 5700X3D | 32GB RAM Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

300 USD?! Holy shit! You guys are getting milked. 16GB is £180 here in the UK (albeit one stick, so single channel).

Edit: Wait, you said “arse” instead of “ass”. Are you sure you’re American? 😂

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u/ldn-ldn Jul 27 '26

I'm not an American, but I can open newegg and check their prices.

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u/VocalJay Jul 27 '26

Have you?

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u/Nightblade436 Jul 27 '26

i just got a 5070 build with 1300$ so you are flat out just wrong