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Which prebuilt system is better?

1 hour ago, Matt255 said:

https://deals.dell.com/en-us/productdetail/a8qp

or

https://www.ebay.com/itm/304032708760

With gpu prices so ridiculous rn, I rather not build a pc. Which of these is better or is there anything definitively better for my budget?

Ugh, curse this current market preventing people from building systems.

 

Honestly they're both not great. Proprietary hardware through and through. If you wanted to buy one and use it for a year til things stabilize, that'd be fine, but keep in mind you're essentially buying a 1660 Super for $800 with an expensive paperweight attached. 

 

If I were in your shoes; and I actually just was in fact, I'd just build a quick system using similar components (use PartPicker to find the best deals) and aggressively hunt for a GTX 1060 6GB or even a 1070 for a decent price in the used market. They're out there, trust me.

 

I just didn't do the 1060 thing. I scored a 2080 Ti for a relatively decent price and walked away happy. But I got lucky this time. 

The New Machine: Intel 11700K / Strix Z590-A WIFI II / Patriot Viper Steel 4400MHz 2x8GB / Gigabyte RTX 3080 Gaming OC w/ Bykski WB / x4 1TB SSDs (x2 M.2, x2 2.5) / Corsair 5000D Airflow White / EVGA G6 1000W / Custom Loop CPU & GPU

 

The Rainbow X58: i7 975 Extreme Edition @4.2GHz, Asus Sabertooth X58, 6x2GB Mushkin Redline DDR3-1600 @2000MHz, SP 256GB Gen3 M.2 w/ Sabrent M.2 to PCI-E, Inno3D GTX 580 x2 SLI w/ Heatkiller waterblocks, Custom loop in NZXT Phantom White, Corsair XR7 360 rad hanging off the rear end, 360 slim rad up top. RGB everywhere.

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