Is this build possible?

[exploder]

Budget (including currency): 700 dollars

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Nothing extraordinary other than perhaps some AAA games at current gen equivalent graphics power, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro/other video editing software.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I would like small form factor, as small as possible.

 

So here's the deal, I got an M1 Macbook Air but I'm a little jaded by the underwhelming battery life. I got the Air because it seemed good for what I wanted it for, which was mainly for web surfing and some video editing (nothing too extravagant) but now I'm wondering if I can maybe refund this thing and use some of the money instead to build a PC that is small and capable enough for good video editing and maybe some gaming quality that is not too far off from what a PS5 could do.

 

I'm not looking for anything extravagant, just pondering if I can build something that is capable of performing at least at similar levels to the Air and with enough juice to very casually play a modern AAA game at 1080p for example. 

 

 

Thanks. 

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Id call apple support for the new laptop, they might be able to swap the battery in it or get a different model.

 

Its a great laptop for its use case, like web browsing, and most other consumer tasks. Not great for games htough.

 

Id normlly not say a desktop pc is really competion as it is a much different form factor, but you can get a reasonble gaming pc for $700 if you want.

[Downkey]

3 minutes ago, exploder said:

Budget (including currency): 700 dollars

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Nothing extraordinary other than perhaps some AAA games at current gen equivalent graphics power, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro/other video editing software.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I would like small form factor, as small as possible.

 

So here's the deal, I got an M1 Macbook Air but I'm a little jaded by the underwhelming battery life. I got the Air because it seemed good for what I wanted it for, which was mainly for web surfing and some video editing (nothing too extravagant) but now I'm wondering if I can maybe refund this thing and use some of the money instead to build a PC that is small and capable enough for good video editing and maybe some gaming quality that is not too far off from what a PS5 could do.

 

I'm not looking for anything extravagant, just pondering if I can build something that is capable of performing at least at similar levels to the Air and with enough juice to very casually play a modern AAA game at 1080p for example. 

 

 

Thanks. 

 

Are you okay with buying used parts?(like GPUS).

if not, then you should wait. Nothing new is in stock right now.