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$668 Cheap Bastard’s Gaming PC Build Guide (gamersnexus.net)

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Now is a terrible time for building a PC, but you should absolutely be looking for good deals on used, non-Windows 11 compatible PCs if you're even remotely technical.

I've found 2 different pre-build systems with a chunk of DDR4 and 3080s on the various local marketplaces for cheap (given current RAM/GPU prices).

Windows 11 may not run on them, but with a USB stick, a Bazzite ISO and a little bit of your time you can have a great mid-range PC who's interface is exactly the same as the upcoming Steam Machine (i.e. it boots up and launches Steam in Big Picture Mode, you never see anything that looks like Linux)

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Amen. An Intel 7000 or 1st gen Ryzen CPU will play any modern title surprisingly well.

Its windows 11 thats is the problem.