Is this worth it?

[MiaKica]

https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/acer-nitro-n60-640-eb24-desktop-gaming-pc-intel-core-i7-14700f-32gb-ram-2tb-ssd-nvidia-geforce-rtx-5070-windows-11/19339620

 

$1900 CAD (~$1350 USD)

 

I was looking to build, but with current prices of RAM and NVMe's, it became way too expensive.

 I can't really find a 100% certain info about the components, but it looks like NVMe is a Crucial, MB and GPU are Gigabyte.

This will be my first prebuild since 1995, lol

[Eigenvektor]

You can always try spec'ing a similar system in PCPP (and use pre-AI-madness RAM prices) to see how this would compare if things were normal.

 

Question marks for me would be: what's the actual RAM configuration (Acer also does not list it) and what model is the PSU? Intel 14th gen also means there's no CPU upgrade path in the future. I'd rather try and find an AM5 system for that reason alone.

[Mark Kaine]

I think the pricing thing is overblown, I just recently found 2x8gb DDR5 for like 60 bucks and was *laughed at* because it's "only" 5200... bro it's like people want their cake and it it too...  Like what's the point is it overpriced now or are people just whales lol...?