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Thoughts on this desktop

Aug 25, 2016 10:38PM PDT

Hey guys! So I have a quick question for the gamers out there! I'm looking into getting me a prebuilt desktop PC that is affordable and powerful enough to play just about any game on the market right now! I came across this thing and it's looking good to me! What do you think? Can you find a better one in this price range?

Link: iBUYPOWER Gamer WA563R7 Black Desktop PC with AMD Six-Core FX-6300 Vishera Processor, 8GB Memory, 1TB Hard Drive and Windows 10 Home (Monitor Not Included) - Walmart.com

Someone had said that only having a 400w power source, that you may need a new power source just to drop a more expensive GPU in it, thoughts? And thanks again all! Grin

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For me I don't get AMD any more.
Aug 26, 2016 8:54AM PDT

I'm not writing they are bad, just I saw too many in the service area. They seem fine then a few years later a lot of BSODs and work to get them working. It's the perils of working in the business.

As to the 400W PSU, it doesn't kill the deal. Almost all models come with a PSU sized for the machine.

The AMD Radeon R7-250 ( http://gpuboss.com/graphics-card/Radeon-R7-250 ) finds a GPU that will run games. Not on high settings most of the time. The trouble I see is that a gamer would be upgrading and pouring more money into the box.

Read https://www.reddit.com/r/PCMasterRace/wiki/builds to see what you can build for about the same and get more bang for this amount of dollars.

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Gaming
Aug 26, 2016 10:27AM PDT

If your serious about gaming and want decent perf while gaming you don't want that machine.

The machine you want will depend on how high up the gaming perf ladder you want to go and what your budget is.

I'll take a wag that a pre-built medium level gamer will go for a 'K' buck.