I used to hate Acer as a company… but then I realized their Predator line is pretty bad ass. I bought a 27" 4K Predator Monitor with 144hz for $1200 a few years ago and it was incredible… but I moved my desk one day and it dropped on the floor and it shattered the panel. I was heart broken.
future proofing is such a slippery slope laughing at my own mistakes there.
keeping c drive and games separate is very underrated in my opinion.
no fancy lights flashing in your build means no need for bulky software, also underrated. also much easier to sleep at night if youre in the same room.
i have HDR600, i dont use it, if you want real HDR basically youre going to buy an LG monitor (as far as i know).
lots of things to look up if you want to do it right, like if youre going to do AMD you want to use the proper ratio for clock speeds in your hardware, etc.
I’ve been an AMD fan since the dx4-100. Up until about a year ago. These days I would go Intel i7 12th gen because you can use DDR 4 ram and PCIE gen 4 is fast enough for good M.2’s and a dedicated vid card
i just did a search for gaming computers. looked up a cyberpowerpc with an rtx 4070, i7 13700k, 32gb ram, 2tb ssd, and 800w power supply. i looked up the cost of the components and got to around 1800, but you could probably find a deal on the items and the ones installed on the pre-built may be cheap. honestly i did not know how cheap ddr5 ram is, i am on ddr3 i think.
hell, my next computer is going to be about five core duo computers in parallel with 3070’s in each. about 16gb each unless i make some custom slots and that is just way too much trouble. but i’m using it for work as a password cracker and need the added security you cannot get with modern cpus. i may just change my mind on that for the ram alone.
this one had a 1 year parts and 3 year customer service, not sure what the details were. i bought a laptop from cyberpower pc in 2011 with no os on it. no logos and it was pretty fast at the time. spilled a cup of coffee on it (the 9 year old son did) after three months and they replaced the motherboard. it lasted about 6 years, maybe 7. the desktop i use now is frankensteined and needs upgraded bad from the 1030 and 3d gen i5.
the old amd gpus were so sturdy i wonder if my new one will get to 7 years even. i have an old 240 from a decade ago plus that with a dusting and thermal application could probably still work.
new parts dont neccesarily come with good warranties either. people moan a lot about gigabyte’s rma policies but it also is worth noting ive used their products for a decade and never sent anything back.