i like building computer...cheap setup that can out perform any MAC computers

[hmgROCK]

show you guys a PC
ive built a few years ago
still kicking and growing strong today
no lag

play great game
graphic is decent

cost less than around $350  ( i think , been a while)

p=pebhmong

[hmgROCK]

dirt cheap built that can out perform and play games
is one of those pre built dell optiplex on ebay with an i5 and 8gb ram
you add good graphic card than you are all set

something like this, this one has 4gb but find one with 8gb

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-790-Tower-Intel-Core-i5-2500-3-30GHz-4GB-RAM-500GB-HDD/173583295945?hash=item286a5ee5c9:g:mL0AAOSwpFhbl7 HV:sc:USPSPriority!54401!US!-1:rk:19:pf:0

than get yourself a graphic card, and you got yourself a gaming PC
 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MG0733A/

can probably do this for less than $300

[Yebleng]

My youngest wants a pc for gaming. Should I buy from a big box retailer or build one? I don't know anything about gaming and pc

[DuMa]

We have a Fry's electronics here.  It is like a candy store for computer nerds.  I used to live with 2 computer nerds in college.  On weekends, they would catch the light rail system to these stores and window shop.  They were my IT guys.  I'm some what of a computer illiterate because of them.  I buy, they install and boot it up for me.  Both guys ended up getting their masters. 

[hmgROCK]

My youngest wants a pc for gaming. Should I buy from a big box retailer or build one? I don't know anything about gaming and pc

Definitely built one
Its pretty easy
Even if you don’t have the OS
You can buy them off eBay for $5-10
YMMV but you can even use old keys

Tons of resources

Need a good CPU, graphics card,
Those are the two most important

The rest you can cheap out

[hmgROCK]

Good graphics card goes for 300+

Add in quality mouse and keyboard. That's another 2-300.

The graphics card I link above is pretty
Only $130
Should be able to play games in high setting
60 FPS


Them bitcoin/crypto currency
Jacking up graphics card price


Lol

[hmgROCK]

We have a Fry's electronics here.  It is like a candy store for computer nerds.  I used to live with 2 computer nerds in college.  On weekends, they would catch the light rail system to these stores and window shop.  They were my IT guys.  I'm some what of a computer illiterate because of them.  I buy, they install and boot it up for me.  Both guys ended up getting their masters.

No fry near me

Newegg is pretty nice
You can get some nice SSD

[hmgROCK]

if you just want to play games

hands down the best system is.....


THE PS4

you can find them for around $150-200
don't need to do anything
maybe upgrade the harddrive

[hmgROCK]

just bought this used dell optiplex for $67.50
going turn this baby into a gaming pc for my nephew

probably going add another 4gb of rams
put in a 500 SSD
and a GTX 750 TI 
new power supply

trying to get this baby under $200