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Is getting a 4060 prebuilt in 2026 a bad idea? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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I'm looking at this deal for a prebuilt:

Lenovo LOQ 17IRR9 Tower PC — $749.99

  • Intel Core i5-14400F (10 cores, 16 threads, up to 4.7GHz)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (8GB GDDR6)
  • RAM 16GB DDR5
  • 512GB SSD
  • PSU 500W

For some context, my PC has a 1070 in it. I'm a budget conscious gamer, usually playing at 1080p. With ram prices skyrocketing and steam betting on steam machines with low vram going forwards, I feel like it's an okay deal for a guy who upgrades basically never.

It seems like a nice deal to me. Anyone want to talk me out of it?

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[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago

That's a pretty good price for components from the future, if that includes shipping. You have to keep in mind Wormhole Post has really high fees.
You could try Blackhole Express, but they tend to always stretch things.

[-] in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago

Can you wait until the current bubble crashes and prices come back down?

[-] themachine@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Can you build it yourself for cheaper?

Also, IMO 16GB is bare minimum in 2026 if you are using Windows. I'd really go to 32GB.

[-] peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

It's a bit of a toss up. If I go with ddr4, I can probably build something with a similar cost, maybe just a tiny bit more. I guess it might be silly to buy now. I'm kind of anxious about the price of PC parts.

[-] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

who has $1000 extra to spend on 32gb of RAM... (joke, but not really..)

[-] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

10 cores, 16 threads. How does that work out, is it some bigLittle system?

Just curious, last intel I used was like gen 8.

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

Yes. Intel now splits their CPU's with "P" cores (performance) that function like normal x86 processors with hyperthreading, and "E" cores (efficiency) that are lower clocked, less feature rich cores without HT.

Most OS and background tasks can be loaded on E cores while P cores work strictly on high performance programs. Its not bad, except for the fact that its Intel building them.

[-] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Depending on how quickly you need a PC it might be worth waiting for the Steam PC that's not out yet and we have no idea on price or availability.

[-] peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 months ago

From that I can find online the steam PC will be less powerful than the desktop 4060 and probably be comparable in price to this PC. I do intend on installing Linux on this computer.

[-] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I do intend on installing Linux on this computer.

In that case I strongly suggest you look at an AMD GPU. Nvidia is usable on Linux, but not pleasant.

[-] Dadifer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I haven't had trouble with Debian

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