I initially planned to spend around £500 on a gaming PC, but I learned that I might not get anything decent at that price. If I increase my budget to £700, would the following prebuilt PC from Costco be a good buy: CyberPower with an AMD Ryzen 5 5500, 16GB RAM, a 1TB SSD, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060? There's also a similar option for £730 that features an Intel Core i5 instead. What do you think?
3 Answers
Honestly, for that budget, you might want to explore used options. You could score a way better setup for the same price. Plus, new parts can sometimes stretch your budget thin.
Since it's prebuilt, it saves you the hassle of building your own PC. But are you not interested in building? It really gives you a better understanding of the components. Also, I'd recommend checking which specific Ryzen 5 model it comes with. If it’s the 5500, that’s decent but make sure the overall setup fits your games.
If you're leaning towards new components, you could try something like this build [https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/rQGzzP](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/rQGzzP). Just a heads up, the motherboard is not the best, the SSD is on the lower end, and the price of the RAM is high. Don’t forget to specify which i5 or Ryzen 5 you're comparing, but I assume it's the Ryzen 5 5600 or Intel i5 12400f? And remember, the RX 9060xt 16GB basically matches the RTX 5060Ti 16GB, which is better than the regular RTX 5060.
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