Pre-built Desktop advice.

Ethann·12/22/2014, 9:38:23 PM·1 votes·400 views

iBUYPOWER SOURCE SERIES NE653FX Desktop PC AMD FX-Series FX-6300 (3.50GHz) 8GB DDR3 1TB HDD Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit - Newegg.com

Looking into picking up this computer for someone who is starting out in the gaming world (Nephew likes to play things like Minecraft and CS:GO on console) And I want to introduce him into games like league with a machine that works well but I don't want to spend too much on it. I am a little daunted by building my own so that is out of the question for now. Does this look like something that will play these games and League at high quality?

6 Comments

Dr Clueless PhD12/22/2014, 9:41:19 PM1 votes

Define "high quality".

FarRockBF12/22/2014, 10:05:34 PM1 votes

Then just buy a refub brand name system on eBay. It will be cheaper and of better quality. I have been doing this for the past 10 years and can play ALL current games at max settings.

How about this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/DELL-XPS-8700-DESKTOP-Intel-4th-Generation-i7-4770-3-90GHz-12GB-1TB-GT635-WIN8-1-/181621998623?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item2a4983c41f

I Garen tee this will play LoL at max setting without so much as a hiccup. And its $250 cheaper.

Or this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-ENVY-700-056-Desktop-PC-WIRES-NEW-KEYBOARD-NEW-MOUSE-SPECS-IN-DESCRIPTION-/171596960329?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item27f3f9d249

SeCKS Egai12/22/2014, 10:17:28 PM1 votes

Right now I'm managing to run LoL with a 2005 Acer laptop - albeit at lowest settings and prone to fps drop.

In comparison the machine above would run circles around my "ancient" device.

Pricing wise you're not in a bad spot - In the 90s I invested over 3k in a pentium 2 400 with bells and whistles galore (for the time).

I think it's a bit overkill personally - Newegg has been great to me in the past, but ibuypower doesn't particularly inspire confidence.

If you're planning to build a "series" computer, you're investing a bit much into that one, as that one should be solid unless you want to start getting into overclocking and running dual video cards and all that mess.

If anything my biggest concern whenever building a pc from scratch are the potential compatibility issues - but the keyword is potential. Since you're planning to buy a fully built system that should eliminate most of that worry and as far as LoL goes its plenty powerful.

Poptart Evelynn12/22/2014, 10:32:15 PM1 votes

I'm just going to be honest. Why buy pre-built when you can just buy the parts and put it together? Just do a little google searching it's like lego's. Only thing that you have to do right is match part types.

Pre-built = overpriced setup that someone bought the parts and built to resell.

If you really insist on buying pre-build just know that you don't need over 8gb ram, you don't need over 2gb video card, and you don't need more than 1tb hard drive space. Pretty much all video cards can run anything these days. Nvdias go for 600 series or higher and for Radeons avoid R9 series if you aren't good with computers, aim for 7000 series and up. (R9 series has terrible drivers and requires updates all the time while the 7000+^ series have great drivers, I own an R9 series so this is from personal experience)

Aerothal12/22/2014, 10:56:47 PM1 votes

dude, for $900 i can spec you a machine with quality parts, an i5 and a decent graphics card. Why would you ever buy prebuild and pay a $300 premium while getting outdated, cheap components. I will never understand. 10 years ago building a computer was hard (doable, but hard) Today its plug and play and if you get stuck you google or youtube and find a solution.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7KCwHx here is that exact build including a monitor. without the monitor its roughly $100 cheaper.

i would go for different parts altogether though. here for instance http://pcpartpicker.com/user/sirsanio/saved/t8YdnQ this one is a serious gaming computer, upgradeable and very fast. doesnt include peripherals though

DONT BE SCARED BUILDING YOUR OWN!!! Actually, best present would be to include your nephew on the build, learning together how to do it! (its really not hard and tomshardware.com and youtube are your best friends!)