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    First Time Gaming PC Buyer - Advice on What to Buy?

    Thanks. No thoughts on the beer money? :( Any worthwhile replacements for this guy - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PXL3ZZB/ref=crt_ewc_title_oth_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER ? Not sure I want to wait until March 13-16 for it (although Amazon is often wrong on those ETAs)
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    First Time Gaming PC Buyer - Advice on What to Buy?

    Again, thanks so much. This was super helpful and I'll be buying probably tomorrow. I did had a couple more questions - Any idea about how much I should expect to pay to the local mom & pop for the build (I'm in a major city in south US for context)? Maybe ~$100-150? What would you do if you...
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    First Time Gaming PC Buyer - Advice on What to Buy?

    This is amazing - thank you for the insight and for taking the time to put this together! Will stay tuned for the higher end build, maybe I split it down the middle and use some parts from each of the two groups.
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    First Time Gaming PC Buyer - Advice on What to Buy?

    Thanks for the welcome and the reply, Brian! Definitely see how these are key pieces of information that I've left out. To answer your first four questions -- 1) yes and yes, I'm eager to start gaming more so would like the new PC in the next week or two. 2) ideally last 3-5 years (or whatever...
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    First Time Gaming PC Buyer - Advice on What to Buy?

    Didn't even realize this was a consideration. I have some cheap ones that my company bought for me at the start of covid for WFH. Likely going to have to upgrade those as well, so I guess assume something good and any recommendations on that front would be welcome as well.
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    First Time Gaming PC Buyer - Advice on What to Buy?

    Hi All, New to the forum so apologies if I'm posting in the wrong place. Any and all help on the below is much appreciated! I'm fairly new to the world of gaming PCs. Growing up I played on my old man's PC, but I'm now in a position to afford a pretty solid system for myself. I am looking to...