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Every year for my birthday I get $200 or so, last year I build a good gaming pc I think but its a little low on specs, but it can still game. This year I was wondering to build a new gaming pc or just go with an oldish MacBook on eBay. And yes I know you cant game on a MacBook, that not what I will need it for. Thanks

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Well, what do you need it for? And what's your budget and specs of your old machine?

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CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X Motherboard: MSI B450-A Pro Max RAM: 32GB I forget GPU: MSI Vega 56 Storage: 256GB NVMe boot, 512GB Samsung 850 Pro, 1TB WD Blue SSD, 1TB WD Blue HDD PSU: Inwin P85 850w Case: Fractal Design Define C Cooling: Stock for CPU, be quiet! case fans, Morpheus Vega w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 2 for GPU Monitor: 3x Thinkvision P24Q on a Steelcase Eyesite triple monitor stand Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3 Keyboard: Focus FK-9000 (heavily modded) Mousepad: Aliexpress cat special Headphones:  Sennheiser HD598SE and Sony Linkbuds

 

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What are the specs of your current machine..?

Ion (Main Build)                                                                                        Overall Setup

i5 6500 3.2 GHz                                                                     -Blue snowball (White) thanks goodwill

MSI Mortar Arctic                                                                   -Logitech K120

Asus 1060 6GB Dual                                                             -Logitech Daedalus Prime G302

PNY CS1311 120 GB                                                            -Mousepad I made in 1st grade with my name on it                                                 

WD Caviar Blue 1 TB                                                              

Crucial Ballistix Sport LT White 16GB (8x2GB) 2400

NZXT S340 White

Corsair CXM 450W 

 

Lenovo H320 (Old Pre-built PC)                                      Possible upgrade for H320          

i5 650 3.2 GHz (heh)                                                                                    Xeon X3470

Motherboard unknown                                                       Same Motherboard

iGPU                                                                                   GT 1030 (MSI Low Profile Half Height)

Crucial 240GB SSD                                                           Crucial 240GB SSD

6GB DDR3 (4+2GB)                                                           8-10GB DDR3 (4+2+2GB/4+4+2GB)

Lenovo H320 case                                                             Lenovo H320 case

Unknown PSU (210W?)                                                     Same PSU (210W?)    

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1 minute ago, Leg_Licker said:

I would like just a mac just to play around with mac os and just an everyday laptop, Core 2 quad q660 8Gb ddr2 GTX 550 TI

I'd get a laptop, but not a macbook. I'd also just buy a new/used GPU.

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Just now, Himommies said:

Get a chromebook

IMO Chromebooks are a very niche market. They are for people who do EVERYTHING online and always have a good connection. Besides that, they are pretty useless IMO.

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CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X Motherboard: MSI B450-A Pro Max RAM: 32GB I forget GPU: MSI Vega 56 Storage: 256GB NVMe boot, 512GB Samsung 850 Pro, 1TB WD Blue SSD, 1TB WD Blue HDD PSU: Inwin P85 850w Case: Fractal Design Define C Cooling: Stock for CPU, be quiet! case fans, Morpheus Vega w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 2 for GPU Monitor: 3x Thinkvision P24Q on a Steelcase Eyesite triple monitor stand Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3 Keyboard: Focus FK-9000 (heavily modded) Mousepad: Aliexpress cat special Headphones:  Sennheiser HD598SE and Sony Linkbuds

 

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Just now, kelvinhall05 said:

IMO Chromebooks are a very niche market. They are for people who do EVERYTHING online and always have a good connection. Besides that, they are pretty useless IMO.

There still more useful then the older Macbooks

My life

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Just now, Himommies said:

There still more useful then the older Macbooks

That I agree with.

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if you do get a old macbook get one that you can open up so later you can put a SSD in it. 

macOS and 5400 rpm drive does not play well together... unless you go with older version (mavericks and more previous ones) 

If it is not broken, let's fix till it is. 

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16 minutes ago, mrchow19910319 said:

if you do get a old macbook get one that you can open up so later you can put a SSD in it. 

macOS and 5400 rpm drive does not play well together... unless you go with older version (mavericks and more previous ones) 

Thanks so much i might still haven't made up my mind

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