Recent content by Gezzer

TBH you won't be happy with any PC you build at that price. As I mentioned on another post you end up going down the "I need more performance so I'll just upgrade xxxxx" rabbit hole. GPU sucks... get an better one. CPU now bottlenecking the GPU... new CPU. Power supply isn't sufficient for the...

Mind if I ask why you don't plan to use it for that long? The problem is you can build a really cheap "gaming" PC, but that's what you end up with, a really cheap PC that is at best marginal at running games. And the big problem with a PC that's too marginal is you can easily end up going down...

The i7 is a slightly better processor https://www.techspot.com/review/2492-ryzen-5700x-vs-core-i7-12700f/ But the truth is neither CPU will hamper games once you turn up the settings to any great degree. Modern games are GPU limited in most use cases, and those that aren't are usually pumping...

I became really leery of "just enough" PSUs after an experience I had. It was around 2006 and while the name of the company escapes me, they were a reputable well known 3rd party seller. The PSU I bought exceeded my needs by about 100 watts so I thought I was fine. Until my GTX 8800 died, twice...

As others have said a $1000 "gaming" laptop won't be much of a real gaming system. Laptops have to consider heat and power envelopes in their design, so I really don't think you'll find one that is both worth the hassle and will give you a better gaming experience than your current system. My...

Your CPU is just shy of the minimum, so maybe. I'd be inclined to think it's your HDD before the CPU. Don't get me wrong other than 24GB of RAM you just slide under the minimum Steam specs. But a 50GB install usually means pretty big textures and as we saw with the PS4 version of CB2007, slow...

Some games might pitch a fit if they were installed as a stand alone program and have system files that windows needs. But if they use a platform you should be fine. I don't know about Origin but Steam will let you run games off an external drive. The main thing is to use a USB 3.1 enclosure...