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Bought a new pc about a week ago and I'm so happy to run newer games (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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So I had a laptop with Intel pentium silver n5030, intel uhd 605 graphics and 8gb ddr4 ram and it struggled to run Far Cry 2 from 2008 and mafia 2 at 720p low but here is are my new pc specs Intel core i5 3470, rx 470 4gb and 8gb ddr3 ram and I know it's not perfect but it's so much better than laptop I had, I played read dead redemtion 2 1080p high to medium settings at average 45 fps.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

180€ prices are very high in my country, I might upgrade it when I have more money

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Here in America, people will pay $1000, sometimes more for basically the same thing except a little thinner. There's no incentive to make better laptops because "crappy specs except a little thinner" is what sells. It makes it hard to find actually good laptops without paying an absolute fortune.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But that's a waste of money. I know, I know "My money, I do whatever I want" but to upgrade it, you basically have to throw away the whole pc (no mouse, monitor, keyboard, etc). To upgrade the GPU, you need a better Power supply, for a new CPU, you need a new Motherboard and probably RAM. I was curious and you can do what you want with your money, of course, I'm only saying you have to change the whole pc for the upgrade. Happy gaming tho!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It may be more productive to layout an example of how you could make a better build with the same budget. Your critique may be accurate, but it doesn't really help them build a better system next time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

And most importantly provide examples from their area (which currently we don't know other than in the euro area).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

The budget is very low. You can maybe find some deals around the web for some parts but not a whole "gaming" pc for 200€