~700$ prebuilt gamign pc advice

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Either of those your friend will enjoy. Just depends on the budget. Shame he won't build one. Have you offered to build one for him?
 
Here is another option for you that's $800.

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell...spd/inspiron-5680-gaming-desktop/ddcwblsk103h

  • Intel® Core™ i5 8400 (6-Core/6-Thread, 9MB Cache, up to 4GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology)
  • 8GB, DDR4, 2400MHz;
  • 1TB 7200RPM 6Gb/s
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 with 3GB GDDR5

Has a standard hard drive, but the processor is WAY better than that HP and is more future-proof. Can always add a SSD later.

One more that stuck out to me:

http://a.co/bCArg9L

Honestly OP I think that HP is the better deal I have seen out of all the pre-builts I looked up. It was interesting to search through the pre-builts since I would never have considered that, but there are viable options out there.
 
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zamardii12 said:
Either of those your friend will enjoy. Just depends on the budget. Shame he won't build one. Have you offered to build one for him?
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I believe the reason quite a few pc gamers are buying now instead of building (even though they are quite capable of building themselves) is that in recent months prebuilts are actually cheaper due to crypto mining driving prices of certain components up (pre-build companies get wholesale deals directly from the manufacturer, bypassing inflated market prices)
 
Drexion said:
I believe the reason quite a few pc gamers are buying now instead of building (even though they are quite capable of building themselves) is that in recent months prebuilts are actually cheaper due to crypto mining driving prices of certain components up (pre-build companies get wholesale deals directly from the manufacturer, bypassing inflated market prices)
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I get that. In either case the HP that OP posted is a pretty good deal for a 1060 equipped desktop.
 
zamardii12 said:
Here is another option for you that's $800.

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell...spd/inspiron-5680-gaming-desktop/ddcwblsk103h

  • Intel® Core™ i5 8400 (6-Core/6-Thread, 9MB Cache, up to 4GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology)
  • 8GB, DDR4, 2400MHz;
  • 1TB 7200RPM 6Gb/s
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 with 3GB GDDR5

Has a standard hard drive, but the processor is WAY better than that HP and is more future-proof. Can always add a SSD later.
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Get this. that processor is the best value from Intel right now.

If he really wants an SSD, buy the system and then put an SSD in it. You can get a 512GB for $120 or less. Or pinch for a 256Gb.
 
zamardii12 said:
Either of those your friend will enjoy. Just depends on the budget. Shame he won't build one. Have you offered to build one for him?
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We lived states apart.

Gis old desktop is actually my old one i sent to him years ago from the EU. But the budget is not for it today
 
zamardii12 said:
Here is another option for you that's $800.

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell...spd/inspiron-5680-gaming-desktop/ddcwblsk103h

  • Intel® Core™ i5 8400 (6-Core/6-Thread, 9MB Cache, up to 4GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology)
  • 8GB, DDR4, 2400MHz;
  • 1TB 7200RPM 6Gb/s
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 with 3GB GDDR5

Has a standard hard drive, but the processor is WAY better than that HP and is more future-proof. Can always add a SSD later.

One more that stuck out to me:

http://a.co/bCArg9L

Honestly OP I think that HP is the better deal I have seen out of all the pre-builts I looked up. It was interesting to search through the pre-builts since I would never have considered that, but there are viable options out there.
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thank you. really liking the 6 core system there.

I need to check up on rx580 vs 1060 to se what is the better of those deals
 
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