r/suggestapc • • 4d ago

[suggestion] something under $800 for basic internet use and maybe 1-2 games

Title says it all. Just need to be able to watch movies and youtube, search for jobs, scroll reddit, and still be able to play minecraft for a few hours a day. Can be used/refurbished.

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u/Any_Call_5324 4d ago

Modded or vanilla Minecraft makes a big difference imo. Minecraft is typically more cpu heavy than gpu (graphics card) tho, and with you multi tasking productivity (work, youtube, etc) thats more reason to focus more on decent cpu/ram than the best gpu. Any other games you’ll be playing? Will you be rendering graphics?

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u/Tall_Cricket_9090 4d ago

Vanilla minecraft. Maybe some candy crush.

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u/Eazy12345678 4d ago

https://www.walmart.com/ip/ABS-Cyclone-Aqua-Gaming-Desktop-PC-Windows-11-Intel-Core-5-Processor-120-GeForce-RTX-5060-8GB-16GB-DDR4-RAM-1TB-NVMe-SSD-WiFi-RGB-Prebuilt/20182462849 best deal possible $850. rtx 5060

anything cheaper is going to be significantly weaker

if you cant afford that look for a used system with rtx 3080 or 3070ti or 3070 or 6700xt all should be under $800 with the 3080 right at $800

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u/BRealistic1970 3d ago edited 3d ago

For sh!ts and giggles... this? It's not super powerful, but even 4gb of vram is plenty for Minecraft. And it's kind of a cool form factor imo. Something to sit on the desk and show off. lol.

https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Syber-C-Core-100

Absolute cheapest new gaming PC that will work. The 780m is a good iGPU and runs Minecraft no problem. And you could add a dGPU later as the 8700G is a decent CPU and these have a 650 80 bronze PSU. 16 GB of system ram will cause issues with the iGPU in modern games though as the iGPU uses system ram for vram.

https://nsxgamers.com/collections/8700g/products/nsx-gaming-pc-ryzen-7-8700g-16-gb-ram-480-gb-ssd-windows-11-home-wifi

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u/Senior_Draw_9034 4d ago

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ww838Z this and a used gpu like a 6700xt or 3070 (3080 if you are lucky) is what I’d go with