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Looking for advice for purchase of Windows gaming PC (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Many years ago I used to take apart and put together personal computers. However, it was not for gaming purposes.

The last machine that I 'plug-and-play' put together was back in 2007. I imagine a lot has changed since then.

My sons want a Windows gaming PC for this upcoming Christmas season.

Would it be more cost effective to purchase all the components and build a tower or purchase a prebuilt machine?

Also, I'm not looking for a high-end machine. Something in the middle should work fine since they aren't hardcore gamers.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

AMD's APU, and Intel's UHD graphics are marketing terms for integrated graphics processors. It just means that the CPU has a built-in GPU.

When purchasing components, or choosing a prebuilt system, you can simply select a CPU that has "integrated graphics".

Even a modest graphics card will drastically out perform any integrated graphics chip, but if your sons are not playing hardcore resource intensive games then you can save a lot of money not buying a GPU. You can also always purchase a GPU later for a birthday / next Christmas to enable them to play more intensive games.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Excellent! Thanks so much.