Help me choose between these PC's!
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Help me choose between these PC's!
Note: My gaming will be done at 1920x1080, if that affects your choice.
Option 1:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspi ... Id=5948610
Option 2:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/ibuypower- ... Id=6180825
I believe the 8GB RX580 is slightly better than the 3GB GTX 1060--but I just can't make up my mind on whether that tips the scales enough. Help me!
Option 1:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspi ... Id=5948610
Option 2:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/ibuypower- ... Id=6180825
I believe the 8GB RX580 is slightly better than the 3GB GTX 1060--but I just can't make up my mind on whether that tips the scales enough. Help me!
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Re: Help me choose between these PC's!
AMD Ryzen 7 processor is also slightly faster than the i7 (3.6 vs 3.2gHz).
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Re: Help me choose between these PC's!
Id get the ibuypower mainly because its intel and nvidia but more importantly not a Dell
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Re: Help me choose between these PC's!
Why would you avoid the Dell?
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Re: Help me choose between these PC's!
Never cared for their proprietary stuff or pricing. But that may be a thing of the past. Just the way they do business over the years was not for me. Used to put used parts in new systems too.
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Re: Help me choose between these PC's!
CPU/GPU performance for those two should be nearly equal, so I would go with the Dell, because it has a larger SSD. With the iBuypower's small SSD, you'll quickly run out of room for game installations. I know from experience -- my first SSD was that small, and I couldn't keep more than one AAA game installed at a time.
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In both the SSD should just be used for the OS like Windows.
I hear good stuff on Origin PC and my pick of Digital Storm pcs. I think DS may have a box with the same price point...not sure.
I hear good stuff on Origin PC and my pick of Digital Storm pcs. I think DS may have a box with the same price point...not sure.
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Re: Help me choose between these PC's!
I split my games depending on type. PUBG goes on the SSD. Far Cry 1 can live on the spinny disc.
It's almost as if people are the problem.
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Re: Help me choose between these PC's!
Man I loved Far Cry. Are you actually replaying it? How does it look?
Also, I do roughly the same thing. TBS games.... platter drive. FPS with a tendency to crash a lot (looking at you Fallout 3), SSD so I spend less time waiting.
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It looks ok. The game looks better than the cutscenes, which are movies rather than rendered. My issues are with the gameplay rather than the graphics. I gave up at a certain point and gave myself an ammo cheat when I gut stuck on one level.
It's almost as if people are the problem.
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I don't recall the ammo issue. I do remember the INSANE AI that could see you creeping through heavy foliage from 2 miles away. That was a pain. Frackin' guard towers...
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That, too. The jeep level was not fun.
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