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I recently decided to start saving for a new computer and my wife surprised me by shifting stuff around so I could get about $1600. I have never built a computer before and want to build something that can play new games since I haven't had a good computer since 2010.
I am being discouraged by a friend who claims that it's not enough money to build anything worthwhile. Honestly I have no idea if he is right because I don't know where to begin.
Any thoughts would be very appreciated.
You can build a pretty damn good PC for $1,600.00. It won't play everything on 4K at the highest settings, but you don't need that in order to build something worthwhile.
Yeah, I don't know about that.........after Windows, you'd have $700/machine. You're not getting enough power for 1440p gaming with that kind of budget unless you're buying everything used, which comes with all kinds of risks.
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Still need an OS and peripherals, so that's around $200 more.
Don't know why people ignore the fact that you need to buy Windows for a new PC, but that is a $100 cost that you need for things to be functional.