What Gaming pc can I get for an 1200$ US Budget?

[TechRochetMan]

If I want to buy myself a prebuilt gaming pc, what is my best choice for 1200$ budget.

I found that one which I find good:

https://www.amazon.com/iBUYPOWER-Computer-Element-9260-i7-9700F/dp/B07V34QQ3C/ref=sr_1_18?imprToken=4.1b.t3PoM5x9AVgoX7A8w&keywords=GTX%2B1660&linkCode=sl2&linkId=e5a681f6dc35f7d22e6ff1bc41f7e9ff&qid=1572307880&s=electronics&slotNum=8&sr=1-18&th=1

is there any better for the budget offered that I can get?

 

[Zach_01]

Other than the fancy case and the RGB lights that hardware not worthing 1000$...
Why do you want a prebuilt PC?

 

[Deleted member 185158]

Yea, I'd build one too, but for some people it's easier to just buy it, plug it and run it.

So on that note, I browsed Newegg. For gaming, you want to budget in mostly into the GPU. This rig comes with an RTX 2070 Ryzen 5 3600, 16GB memory ect.

Are you a human?

www.newegg.com

 

[phanbuey]

Yea, I'd build one too, but for some people it's easier to just buy it, plug it and run it.

So on that note, I browsed Newegg. For gaming, you want to budget in mostly into the GPU. This rig comes with an RTX 2070 Ryzen 5 3600, 16GB memory ect.

Are you a human?

www.newegg.com

You're not gonna get much better than this for a prebuilt.

Might find a used 8700K system on sale cheap somwhere and throw a 2070 super in it to shave off some $$ but not really. That's a nice build.

 

[TechRochetMan]

I don't know really how to download windows 10 and when I checked the price, all the compnents price added up was higher than the actual prebuilt pc , the prebuilt was cheaper for the parts that were inside
Thanks for the support, I'm having trouble deciding my pc, building one is easy to assemble but afterwards Windows 10 is harder, a perassembled one, you can already have it all built and afterwards modify it from the built one

Yea, I'd build one too, but for some people it's easier to just buy it, plug it and run it.

So on that note, I browsed Newegg. For gaming, you want to budget in mostly into the GPU. This rig comes with an RTX 2070 Ryzen 5 3600, 16GB memory ect.

Are you a human?

www.newegg.com

thx great deal!

its just that the power supply is cheap a bit with only 550W, only 500gb SSD, just for that I'll have to upgrade it afterwards and so makes it more expensive

 

[potato580+]

with those budget you can probably chose this prebuilt brand, isee the promotion event even include gaming chair for free, not sure if this product avaiable on your country tho

its digital alliance or known well as palit brand, i think it also sell product on ebay

 

[TechRochetMan]

with those budget you can probably chose this prebuilt brand, isee the promotion event even include gaming chair for free, not sure if this product avaiable on your country tho
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do you think you could send me link of it pls

 

[potato580+]

do you think you could send me link of it pls

hmm i think this is local brand only, cant find else where, i will check it again wait
okey sry, forget abt this, its indeed for local marketplace, has oem partnership with palit
anyway if you are fine with 1660ti, you can just get msi prebuilt one, perharps trident 3 series
sample

for the model of msi trident 1660/rtx2060 prebuilt, it cost around $800 here
ot came with window home 10 aswell, so worry not abt download

ready for gaming

 

[Zach_01]

I don't know really how to download windows 10

Downloading and installing windows 10 nowdays is one of the most simple things plus you can buy a win10 key for real low price but... as you wish

 

[Hyderz]

I don't know really how to download windows 10

U need a 16gb usb stick as well. You can buy official oem windows 10 pro keys online for like $12 usd.
There are plenty of guides online, have a look. Took me like less than an hour to get new pc all set up including buying.

 

[ne6togadno]

System Builder

pcpartpicker.com

 

[cucker tarlson]

System Builder

pcpartpicker.com

Ditch x470,fancy RGB memory and drive,get faster GPU.

 

[ne6togadno]

Ditch x470,fancy RGB memory and drive,get faster GPU.

care to show me cheaper ram and mb that can free budget for faster gpu?

 

[cucker tarlson]

care to show me cheaper ram and mb that can free budget for faster gpu?

Cheaper than x470 and trident z?
B450 and non-trident z.

 

[silentbogo]

Cheaper than x470 and trident z?
B450 and non-trident z.

That's not much of a difference. You'll save maybe $30 if you go absolute low-end with something like my TForce Vulkan DDR4-3000 or 3200.
Switching cheap x470 board for cheap B450 board will probably net you zero dollars in savings. If anything, I'd put some savings off RAM and other fancy components towards a better board, like Gigabyte X570 AORUS Elite WiFi (it's just over $200, but miles ahead of previous-gen x470 clusterf#$k from all OEMs). That's especially important, if OP has plans to upgrade to something like 3950X in the future.

is there any better for the budget offered that I can get?

That's probably as good as it gets for prebuilt PCs.
The only thing I would suggest, is checking out iBuypower website. With $1200 you can take a base Ryzen5/Core i5 rig and switch a few things in configuration to make it even better and still fit within your budget.
But if you have someone who can build a PC for you, that would be the best possible scenario. For $1200 you can get some decent parts and possibly have enough for RX5700 or even XT.

 

[ne6togadno]

Cheaper than x470 and trident z?
B450 and non-trident z.

Choose Memory

pcpartpicker.com

Choose A Motherboard

pcpartpicker.com

https://i.redd.it/dzbx9fdkxv731.png
show me mb with at least average quality vrms (including vrm cooling) and cheaper ram that combined will free enough $ for better gpu

 

[cucker tarlson]

Choose Memory

pcpartpicker.com

Choose A Motherboard

pcpartpicker.com

https://i.redd.it/dzbx9fdkxv731.png
show me mb with at least average quality vrms (including vrm cooling) and cheaper ram that combined will free enough $ for better gpu

this kit,3400 c16,save 30 bucks,won't make any difference.in fact it's faster cause that 3600 rgb was cl18 this is cl16.

Patriot Viper 4 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3400 CL16 Memory

pcpartpicker.com

fatality b450 k4,85 dollars,recommended for 3900x stock or 3700x oc just like that x470 pro,27 dollars saved

ASRock Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard

pcpartpicker.com

AM4 Vcore VRM Ratings v1.4 (2019-11-07)

docs.google.com

60 dollars saved on mobo and ram,better ram with no rgb just less recoginizable brand and lower tier chipset on same quality board.


$500 buys you 2070 super FE or AIB,14% faster stock and more oc headroom

and this is just mobo and ram,without the drive.

save $20 and get a much better drive

Corsair MP510 960 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive

pcpartpicker.com

or save $34 and get something entry level too

Mushkin Enhanced Helix-L 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive

pcpartpicker.com

same micron nand sm controller,just no stupid rgb and xpg branding.


if you include 2060 super instead of 5700xt red devil (-$40),you can save $180 bucks altogther and that'll make 3% difference that is the distance between 2060S and 5700XT.

 

[Splinterdog]

Those two pre-built PCs are vague when describing many of the components like the PSU and motherboard and as the OP has said, he feels it's easy to assemble one himself, which is what I would recommend, as others have. At least then he'll know exactly what he's getting.

 

[GorbazTheDragon]

@cucker tarlson Going from 1800FCLK to 1700FCLK will make more impact than the timings.

 

[cucker tarlson]

@cucker tarlson Going from 1800FCLK to 1700FCLK will make more impact than the timings.

proof

 

[GorbazTheDragon]

Look up anyone testing those speeds at XMP+auto on intel which is more memory dependent than ryzen... 0 difference in performance (surprise because the timings in ns will be almost exactly the same for a given board when the board is setting the timings)

Compare to ryzen FCLK tests and interpolate between 1600 and 1800.

 

[cucker tarlson]

Look up anyone testing those speeds at XMP+auto on intel which is more memory dependent than ryzen... 0 difference in performance (surprise because the timings in ns will be almost exactly the same for a given board when the board is setting the timings)

Compare to ryzen FCLK tests and interpolate between 1600 and 1800.

Lower latency is better and these Viper sticks are thirty dollars cheaper.
Also,3400/2 is 1700,we are taking 3400 here.

 

[phanbuey]

it's pretty crazy how much you can actually get for $1200. That's a no compromise rig, regardless of if you assemble or buy prebuilt... can even do streaming with Nvenc w/o issues.

 

[GorbazTheDragon]

...

Secondary timings? XMP profile only contains CAS/RCD/RP/RAS...

RFC (and REFI), which have one of the biggest performance boosts, aren't going to change from stick to stick.

 

[cucker tarlson]

Secondary timings? XMP profile only contains CAS/RCD/RP/RAS...

RFC (and REFI), which have one of the biggest performance boosts, aren't going to change from stick to stick.

3400 16-18-18-36

vs

3600 18-22-22-42

those viper sticks must be better.they're the cheapest samsung b-dies.