Good buy?

Hey hey, so idk much about computers nowadays, but since i "need" a new one, i decided i'll have a look into it. Finding the optimum ratio between price/value is my pet peeve too.

So, i've come up with this.....

6 core processor (i read it's new tech, so i'm anticipating it's gonna be current standard for a while)

16gb ram

nvidia 1060 gtx

17 inch screen

for 1650€'s.

https://www.bigbang.si/prenosni-racunalniki/fx705gm-ew029t-i7-875016-asus-2561gtx1060w10-616041

I'm pretty sure it's gonna run World of tanks, the only game i want to try out rn tbh, but am generally interested in gamers' opinion if i picked out a good choice.

Thanks for any opinions 😄

Posted by Gobby

While six core processors have been around for a little while, eight core processors have just come onto the market (9th generation).

Personally, I think you've made a good choice, but the main concern with this configuration would probably be the graphics card. However, it really depends on your gaming/computing needs, so only you can address that.

Here's a recent guide on the best graphic cards around (the GeForce GTX 1060 is mentioned as well):

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2019-02-13-best-graphics-cards-2019-7001

tbh i don't really expect to do much of gaming, i picked it like that just so that i don't feel limited if i ever do decide to play something. And yes, i know if that wasn't the criteria i could get a decent laptop for half that price or an office laptop for 400€'s.

But i want freedom of choice!

I just bought a €500 laptop with a geforce940mx (equal to MX130) with 2gb vram,8gb ram (ram is the most important for gaming these days) and a shitty core i3, and it runs every game flawlessly. The monitor is a bit shit but I hook it up to the TV anyway.

In our time there is no point buying or building "gaming" PCs anymore, unless you're doing something really fancy for multi-monitor simulation or pro-gaming. Just take a good mid range laptop and don't bother with the hype.

Posted by PostHuman

What’s the most intensive game you run?

Nothing really atm, but im a member of some political/military forum that has a post a screenshot from the games you play thread and ive been looking at them for a while, liking what i see. They play world of tanks and some warship related game, both simulations and a arma3 a soldier simulation thats an offshoot of real military training software.

Its probably an overkill for my needs atm but i like to think of the future!

... quickly backs out of thread

The PS4 and Xbox one have octa-core 8 cpus running @ 1.8ghz. Both have an AMD GPU which is lame. I would go for 8GB RAM, 4 GB GPU NVIDIA, 22inch monitor and i7 Processor with 750w PSU. That should play the recent games.