Need a New Gaming/Work PC for Monday

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  spackbace on 04/07/2024 - 19:12

  +2

  Why not find a basic Dell SFF, ex-lease pc for work (<$300), and put together the gaming pc you desire?

  Surely you can wait a lil while longer to play games if it means you get the better pc?

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    pharkurnell on 04/07/2024 - 19:13

    New work starts Monday dont want to put them off.

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      spackbace on 04/07/2024 - 19:13

      +1

      Use: Admin Work

      Find ex-lease PC from FB marketplace etc

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    spackbace on 04/07/2024 - 19:15

    +1

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/tag/desktop-computer?noexpired=…

    RTX 4070 should be what you're looking for in your budget

    Again, if you hold off on the proper gaming PC side of things

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      pharkurnell on 04/07/2024 - 19:18

      +1

      yea been going through the OzB listings.. havent found any pre-configured- in Melb… There are in other states.

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    Randxyz123 on 04/07/2024 - 22:33

    Agree with this. Shoot out a message to friends and family ask if they have anything you can borrow. Offer dinner/$$ compensation/a few pints depending on the person. You never know someone might have upgraded recently and still have something usable sitting in their office that would be fine to use for work.

    In parallel, look on Dell/lenovo refurb and other sites; as well as gumtree marketplace etc for ex lease laptops and find something that can handle work, I assume this is contract work right or are they just allowing BYOD?

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  barge-in hunter on 04/07/2024 - 19:22

  +2

  If I can be honest, it’s super unlikely most computer shops worth their salt will have a machine prebuilt, tested and ready to go tomorrow. There will be a build and 24hr load test delay, even on advertised models

  This leaves you in a tough spot tbh - I like the second hand temporary option, if you can get away with it.

  Otherwise, are you handy? It’s not too difficult to plug the pieces in together- you just won’t have beautiful cable management or a ready to go windows install

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    pharkurnell on 04/07/2024 - 19:30

    My concern with buying interstate etc is delivery times… Some reports "in stock" yet go into weeks or longer..

    Or totally disappearing which can happen anywhere i guess.

    I've used to build my own, but don't have the eyes for lining up pins and shit these days plus CBF and time limitations. Shit spot to be in to be honest.

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      meong on 05/07/2024 - 07:23

      For best deals you can go to BPC or Evatech in Melbourne but none of them will have anything ready in stock.

      Last time i bought from BPC in March this year, they took about 3 business days to build it.

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      barge-in hunter on 05/07/2024 - 13:30

      How did you go @pharkurnell? Find a friendly shop?

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        pharkurnell on 05/07/2024 - 16:35

        +1

        Went with Nebula who do gigs on here… will take more time, but shit happens.

        happy with the service and communication so far.

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        pharkurnell on 23/07/2024 - 15:21

        +1

        New PC showed up today. So far very happy

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          barge-in hunter on 23/07/2024 - 16:10

          @pharkurnell: Glad it worked out

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  scrimshaw on 04/07/2024 - 19:31

  +1

  Can you not phone a friend or family member and ask if someone has a spare laptop you can loan for a while?

  You're not going to find a computer store that has a RTX 4070 gaming PC built ready to go in their store, and even if there are they will be ex-demo, or some really tragically overpriced or under-spec build that was made to rip off unknowing customers or the ones desperate to need it on the same day.

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    pharkurnell on 04/07/2024 - 19:40

    +1

    You're not going to find a computer store that has a PC built ready to go in their store,

    You maybe totally correct.. But the ones i linked are apparently all in stock… But would call em before going there to see if they are lying.

    … or some really tragically overpriced or under-spec build that was made to rip off unknowing customers or the ones desperate to need it on the same day.

    This is why I asked about if the ones linked are decent value.
    Also several years since I've put one together, I just wanted info on specs these days…

    My head is fried from googling most of the day looking into intel/amd, reviews on makes/models of GPU, ram etc..

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      scrimshaw on 04/07/2024 - 20:03

      +1

      Centrecom does appear to be selling "ready to go" systems here.

      This section in particular
      https://www.centrecom.com.au/gaming-pcs

      The 2 least crappy options that I can see are this

      Core i5 12400F RX 7800 XT $1,699

      and
      Core i5 14400F RTX 4060 Ti $1,759

      Option 1 has a higher tier graphics card (7800XT) with more VRAM (16GB) but it has an older generation CPU with DDR4 memory

      Option 2 has Nvidia graphics card (RTX 4060ti) less VRAM (8GB) but newer generation CPU with DDR5 memory

      However option 1 will give you better gaming performance anyway despite the older generation Alder Lake processor, the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB is significantly lower end than the 7800 XT.

      And you also get 2 free games with the AMD card..

      Keep in mind this is still worse value than the builds NebulaPC are selling. For instance, their 7800 XT pc is $1488 and it comes with AMD AM5 + DDR5 memory.

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        pharkurnell on 04/07/2024 - 21:04

        Thank you… sort of advice I was after

        I've tried for fun the PC parts picker gig… and got lost on GPUs on whats what.. :(

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        pharkurnell on 04/07/2024 - 21:37

        +1

        I've taken everyones advice and PM' Nebula to see what times they can do.

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          BLAIL on 05/07/2024 - 09:34

          @pharkurnell: These guys do next business day shipping or Store pickup same day (West Melboune)

          https://www.aftershockpc.com.au/products/rapid-dual-lvl-5-r5…