Can I crowd source this? Looking to buy a pre-built PC today! Help Please

[DenverGamer]

Hi LTT Forum I am planning to buy a prebuilt gaming PC under $1000. The help is I want to do this today and haven't really been up on specs since 2007. Given the rapidly evolving life situation right now a prebuilt seems smart. Building my own and getting support if pieces don't work. (Almost every machine I built in the early 2000s had one or two) Between Micro Center and BestBuy in the Denver Area which prebuilt PC would you recommend?

[Theguywhobea]

Probably micro center.

[DenverGamer]

What do you think of https://www.microcenter.com/product/610896/dell-xps-8930-gaming-computer?storeid=181 it looks decent to me? Never mind it is marked as sold out in Denver.

[DenverGamer]

There is this one though:

 

https://www.microcenter.com/product/610898/dell-xps-8930-gaming-computer

[Bombastinator]

1 minute ago, DenverGamer said:

There is this one though:

 

https://www.microcenter.com/product/610898/dell-xps-8930-gaming-computer

I’m not a super fan of intel CPUs these days personally.  The 9700 has the right amount of cores at least. Threads not so much, but the cpu should be able to keep up with a ps5.   With prebuilts though it’s real possible intel is all that will be available.

[DenverGamer]

11 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

I’m not a super fan of intel CPUs these days personally.  The 9700 has the right amount of cores at least. Threads not so much, but the cpu should be able to keep up with a ps5.   With prebuilts though it’s real possible intel is all that will be available.

What about Intels CPUs do you not like? Is it just the threading problem?

 

[Bombastinator]

3 minutes ago, DenverGamer said:

What about Intels CPUs do you not like? Is it just the threading problem?

 

They’re expensive for what they are, and they’ve had a bunch of security things come up lately.  They tend to have better single thread performance core for cor and thread for thread, but the pricing is way out.  A 3600 is 6/12 unlocked. An 8700k is also 6/12 unlocked.  The 8700k is faster than the 3600, but it’s muuuuch more expensive.  A 9700 isn’t even a 3700.  It’s like a locked 3650 or something (AMD doesn’t even sell an equivalent afaik). It’s got higher single thread than a 3700, but a 3700 is 8/16 not 8/8 so it compares more with the 9900k

[DenverGamer]

3 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

They’re expensive for what they are, and they’ve had a bunch of security things come up lately.  They tend to have better single thread performance core for cor and thread for thread, but the pricing is way out.  A 3600 is 6/12 unlocked. An 8700k is also 6/12 unlocked.  The 8700k is faster than the 3600, but it’s muuuuch more expensive.  A 9700 isn’t even a 3700.  It’s like a locked 3650 or something (AMD doesn’t even sell an equivalent afaik). It’s got higher single thread than a 3700, but a 3700 is 8/16 not 8/8 so it compares more with the 9900k

In that case what do you think of this machine? https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-master-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-5-3600-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-ti-1tb-hdd-500gb-ssd-black/6360136.p?skuId=6360136#tabbed-customerreviews
 

[Bombastinator]

3 minutes ago, DenverGamer said:

In that case what do you think of this machine? https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-master-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-5-3600-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-ti-1tb-hdd-500gb-ssd-black/6360136.p?skuId=6360136#tabbed-customerreviews
 

I might be wrong but I think there are actually video reviews of that one. Might do to take a look.

The traditional thing to be Leary of with prebuilts is PSU capacity.  The PSU doesn’t seem to be mentioned at all in the ad.  Also a bit curious about the SSD.
 

 It will have the equivalent of a slow as dirt effectively non overclockable 8700k.  The 3600 is 6/12 whereas the 9700 is 8/8.  The PS5 is apparently also 8/8 while the xbox1seriesx is 8/16 (except more like 7/14 I am given to understand)