Build ideas for around $900?
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Stay away from that AMD build.
In two years, you won't be able to run any decent games because the processor will be a total bottleneck.
It’s smarter to grab an Intel i7 now and pair it with a weaker graphics card, then just upgrade the GPU in a year or so...
These budget AMD setups are basically short-term gaming solutions.
I usually tell people that the CPU is the most critical component for gaming, but they rarely listen... Graphics cards come out constantly, and processors do too, but the CPU is the foundation everything else depends on. You can swap a GPU easily, but the processor isn't that simple...
A friend of mine picked up an i5 a while back, and now he’s looking at replacing his entire rig because he wants dual 1080ti cards for UHD performance.
He wouldn't listen to me; instead of getting a better processor and a 970, he opted for a weaker CPU and a 980 card.
Now, that decision to save a few hundred bucks is going to cost him several thousand.
In two years, you won't be able to run any decent games because the processor will be a total bottleneck.
It’s smarter to grab an Intel i7 now and pair it with a weaker graphics card, then just upgrade the GPU in a year or so...
These budget AMD setups are basically short-term gaming solutions.
I usually tell people that the CPU is the most critical component for gaming, but they rarely listen... Graphics cards come out constantly, and processors do too, but the CPU is the foundation everything else depends on. You can swap a GPU easily, but the processor isn't that simple...
A friend of mine picked up an i5 a while back, and now he’s looking at replacing his entire rig because he wants dual 1080ti cards for UHD performance.
He wouldn't listen to me; instead of getting a better processor and a 970, he opted for a weaker CPU and a 980 card.
Now, that decision to save a few hundred bucks is going to cost him several thousand.