Where's the budget sweet spot for gaming?

[Sinjai]

At what price point do you get the most value?

[Senzelian]

$0

You are spending nothing and you don't gain anything. Couldn't be any better.

 

Srsly tho, that depends on where you live. But most likely around 800-1200 USD.

If you want to build a new gaming PC you should ask yourself what you want and how much money you have to achieve that goal and not just how much money you're able to burn.

[TrigrH]

buying new?

g4560 

gtx 1060 3g

8gb of ddr3

a cheap d3 mobo

[Sinjai]

On 9/28/2017 at 1:56 AM, Senzelian said:

$0

You are spending nothing and you don't gain anything. Couldn't be any better.

 

Srsly tho, that depends on where you live. But most likely around 800-1200 USD.

If you want to build a new gaming PC you should ask yourself what you want and how much money you have to achieve that goal and not just how much money you're able to burn.

 

$0 is great except you get 0 value, thus being worse than even a ten year old computer for $1000 dollars.

 

I know it depends how much I have, but that doesn't affect something like, say, a GPU being 10% more powerful than another while costing 30% more money.

[TraskJ]

I'd agree. 800-1200 USD, because you'll get decent longevity without overspending. Spending twice that doesn't get you twice the lifespan, more like 1.5x. 

[Senzelian]

3 hours ago, Sinjai said:

$0 is great except you get 0 value, thus being worse than even a ten year old computer for $1000 dollars.

 

I know it depends how much I have, but that doesn't affect something like, say, a GPU being 10% more powerful than another while costing 30% more money.

I'm not quite sure what you're trying to tell me.

I stand by my original comment saying "spending nothing and gaining nothing" is the sweet spot, if we were to ignore our goal of actually beeing able to play games. 

 

 

 

[Sinjai]

18 hours ago, Senzelian said:

I'm not quite sure what you're trying to tell me.

I stand by my original comment saying "spending nothing and gaining nothing" is the sweet spot, if we were to ignore our goal of actually beeing able to play games. 

 

 

 

If you could divide by zero, my rambling would have made sense.  Of course, the inability to do so defeats your (admittedly silly) argument as well.  

[Loot]

id say in the $500-700usd range

[Senzelian]

17 minutes ago, Sinjai said:

If you could divide by zero, my rambling would have made sense.  Of course, the inability to do so defeats your (admittedly silly) argument as well.  

No it doesn't o:

[minervx]

On 9/28/2017 at 2:43 AM, Sinjai said:

At what price point do you get the most value? [for gaming]

 

ryzen 3 1200

8 gb 3000 mhz ram

gtx 1060 3gb

hyper 212 evo cooler

2tb hard drive

fractal design focus case

 

[minervx]

On 10/23/2017 at 2:24 PM, TraskJ said:

I'd agree. 800-1200 USD, because you'll get decent longevity without overspending. Spending twice that doesn't get you twice the lifespan, more like 1.5x. 

 

1000-1200 can be good for gaming if that's including a gtx 1080.  otherwise, a lot of money will just end up being spent on luxuries that dont improve gaming

[Serpius]

My recommended budget would be in the $800 to $1,000 USD range.

 

Sure, you can go lower, but you will sacrifice performance and/or speed of certain computer components.

 

Again, like others have said... it depends on your budget.

 

A better thread would have been like... "I want to spend no more than $800 for a gaming computer build."

 

Then, you will get a lot of users chiming in on their recommended computer builds.

 

You pick one build or mix and match computer builds to fit your needs.