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Hello. This forum has been super useful my last couple posts so i was hoping for some more advice. My sister needs a laptop. She wants it for school purposes primarily but also wants ti have something that will be able to play an upcoming game called 'planet zoo'. I found a laptop at Best Buy that looked ok to me but I was wondering if you all had any better ideas or laptops you know are good. The budget is technically $800 CAD but ideally below that. I found the 'system requirements' for 'planet zoo' : Here are the Planet Zoo System Requirements (Minimum) CPU: Intel i5-4460/AMD FX-8320 CPU SPEED: Info RAM: 8 GB OS: Windows 7 (SP1+)/8.1/10 64bit VIDEO CARD: nVidia GeForce GTX 760 / AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2GB) PIXEL SHADER: 5.0 VERTEX SHADER: 5.0 DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 2048 MB Planet Zoo Recommended Requirements CPU: Intel i7-6770K / AMD Ryzen 7 1700 CPU SPEED: Info RAM: 16 GB OS: Windows 7 (SP1+)/8.1/10 64bit VIDEO CARD: nVidia GeForce GTX 1080 / AMD Radeon RX 580 (4GB) PIXEL SHADER: 5.1 VERTEX SHADER: 5.1 DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 4096 MB And here are the specs of the laptop we were thinking of: AMD Ryzen 2200U 8GB DDR4 2400 SDRAM 1TB HDD AMD Radeon Vega 3 graphics I have a link to the Best Buy ad as well if you need more info https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/hp-15-6-laptop-black-amd-ryzen-3-2200u-1-tb-hdd-8gb-ram-windows-10/13028789 Thank you so much for the help. I'm still new to the scene

@fasauceome Yea I can wait; it's not really urgent. @trevb0t Thanks for the list

Hello. I Recently completed a 2000$ pc build and after a month realized I didn't need anywhere near that much fire power. I sold it, but still would like a decent computer that runs better than my current potato. I already have a monitor etc from my previous build so no worries there. I found this part list on the mega thread and was wondering if anyone had suggestions. PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor $124.99 @ Amazon Canada Motherboard ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard $105.76 @ Vuugo Memory G.Skill - Aegis 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $49.99 @ Newegg Canada Storage Kingston - A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $39.99 @ Amazon Canada Video Card MSI - Radeon RX 570 8 GB ARMOR OC Video Card $199.00 @ Canada Computers Case Deepcool - TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case $59.99 @ Amazon Canada Power Supply Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $69.99 @ Amazon Canada Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $689.71 Mail-in rebates -$40.00 Total $649.71 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-18 16:19 EDT-0400 Ideally id like it to be under 600$ but if that's not possible ill do what I have to Thanks for the replies

@Slottr Yes for gaming. I was hoping for 1440p and whichever refresh rate makes sense for that price range. If I can get significant improvement in the GPU for an extra $100 (meaning 700 CAD total) I may consider it. @Turtle Rig Don't have a preference as this is my first build and am un-familiar with the brands. My case is going to be black and white if that makes any difference. Thanks guys

I'm currently ordering parts and have most of what I need. I still need the GPU and since there are so many on the market I was wondering what you guys think is the best option for around 500-600 CAD I'm making an AMD build with the 2700x with the ASUS X470 MOBO Thanks

@Spotty to be honest, I don't really know what I'm going to need. As it is now I don't play very graphic heavy games; nor do I have very many games on my current computer at all since I was a console player for most of my years. I just wanted to make a system that would be good enough to play any of the titles that come out at high quality for the next couple years. Also I don't quite know the difference between motherboards and what that means for future upgrades. Thanks again

@fasauceome and @Spotty wow; you guys/girls (hey its 2019, can't be too careful) are awesome. My current computer is a piece of crap pre built from 5 years ago and I can barely play rocket league at the lowest settings lol. I'm sure anything is going to be a significant upgrade. Thanks for your lists! If I do decide to spend a little more; what do you think are the things I could change from the $1269 list you provided?

the 1500 CAD is not super firm. If you guys think spending even an extra 300$ will make a significant difference, I'm willing to put in a little extra money Also thanks so much for the replies already!

So I've never built a computer before but after some research and watching plenty of Linus videos; I couldn't be more excited. Based off of one friends advice and some of my own research I made a list of parts that I was planning on purchasing within the next two months as I save up money. I'm hoping someone with more experience could offer some advice for if I should swap something out, get a different case etc etc. My budget is around $1500 (CAD) Will be used primarily for gaming I don't need to be playing at Ultra setting at 4k, just well enough that I can enjoy it ideally the computer won't need any replacement parts for awhile. Thanks to everyone who replies Here's my list so far: CPU: Intel Core I7 8700K 3.7 GHz 6 Core Cooler: Cooler master - master liquid ML120R RGB Motherboard: MSI Z-370 A Pro Memory: Vengeance LPX 16 (2 - 8 GB) DDR 4 3000 Storage: Crucial MX 500 - 500 GB ssd (and?) (Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD) Video Card: MSI G-force rtx 2060 Case: Deep Cool Tesseract Power Supply: Corsair CXM 650 W 80+ bronze (no idea what bronze means lol) (I mean, obviously the grade of something but idk what) (well just realized posting the link brings up the whole list...... whoops) PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Type Item Price CPU Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor $379.99 @ Newegg CPU Cooler Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML120R RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $89.89 @ OutletPC Motherboard MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $106.79 @ Amazon Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $102.99 @ Amazon Storage Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $63.99 @ Newegg Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $59.89 @ OutletPC Video Card MSI - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS OC Video Card $359.99 @ B&H Case Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case $44.99 @ B&H Power Supply Corsair - CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $69.89 @ OutletPC Monitor Asus - VG245H 24.0" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor $189.19 @ Amazon Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $1497.60 Mail-in rebates -$30.00 Total $1467.60 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-21 20:54 EDT-0400 Thanks again :):):):)