Buying not building

[stugotsv10]

Sooo I'm looking to buy (lazy way) and get into a decent gaming PC, I dont need an absolute monster that can do 8K etc...

But I dont want an RX 570 either.

So if you can put aside for a second the building is better (I know it is) and look at what im looking to buy and give me an honest opinion for the price

HP OMEN Gaming PC 40L GT21-1490XT Core i7-13700K (16GB RAM DDR5/1 TB) RTX 4070 | eBay

It supports 1 PCIe x16, 1 PCIe x4, 3 M.2, 2 PCIe x4 for SSD, and 1 for WLAN expansion slots. Certified refurbished.

www.ebay.com

1k isnt bad right 4070 Ti , 16GB, Bad a$$ processor

what you think?

 

[COLGeek]

Sure. That is a decent enough prebuilt PC.

 

[stugotsv10]

Now a 4070Ti can play most AAA games right? or will I run into "Well I Want this game but my system cant cut it"

 

[COLGeek]

Now a 4070Ti can play most AAA games right? or will I run into "Well I Want this game but my system cant cut it"

Yep. Should perform well.

There are always stronger options. More expensive , too.

 

[stugotsv10]

If you don't mind me asking, whats your rigg?

 

[COLGeek]

Custom built, by me.

Ryzen 9 7950X, Radeon RX 7900XTX, 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5, Samsung 990 Pro 2TB primary SSD and 4TB 970 EVO storage drive. GIGABYTE X670 AORUS Elite AX motherboard. Fractal Design case. 4k Samsung display.

Nothing too fancy for my game rig.

 

[stugotsv10]

Nothing too fancy he says....... LOL that is a monster brother!!!! I heard those 7950's are beast

 

[COLGeek]

Nothing too fancy he says....... LOL that is a monster brother!!!! I heard those 7950's are beast

It does okay. Nothing I've thrown at it makes it sweat.

That is my game rig. I have a couple others for other uses. My AI/LLM rig sports 128GB of memory.

 

[stugotsv10]

Do those need monster GPU's as well?

 

[COLGeek]

Do those need monster GPU's as well?

Yes. It helps. Mine has a RTX 3080 Ti in it.

 

[stugotsv10]

what do you do with it exactly?

 

[COLGeek]

Experiment with LLMs mostly. That machine runs Linux Mint. Not a game rig.

 

[stugotsv10]

Always wanted to build a media server

 

[COLGeek]

Go for it. Not hard to setup. Many NAS models can perform those functions, as well.

You could also use as a backup system. Many lose everything when suffering failures due to lack of backups.

 

[stugotsv10]

it doesnt need to be super powerful right? just alot of storage if I understand correctly

 

[COLGeek]

it doesnt need to be super powerful right? just alot of storage if I understand correctly

Correct.

 

[stugotsv10]

Stupid question but what are your thoughts on a Chia mining farm?

 

[COLGeek]

Not worth the expense of powering a system, in most cases.

 

[stugotsv10]

Ahhhhh ok so waste of money lol got cha

 

[stugotsv10]

Wowww you are just like a wealth of knowledge lol I wanna just pick your brain LOL

 

[COLGeek]

This is a great site for PC Gaming questions, obviously.

Our sibling site, Tom's Hardware, is a great source for all things PC. You should check it out.

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[stugotsv10]

I already love it here, I'll deff check that out as well!! Thanks so much