First PC, advice?

Posted by benis4909@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 9 comments

so im a baby gamer. i play 2 games max on my laptop and ive wanted a pc for years. i need to get one bc this is my school laptop and i dont really want to ruin it. i found a set up on facebook market place that seems like a really good deal!! im just super nervous and 2nd guessing if i should get it bc it is a lot of money and im not really a hardcore gamer that needs something crazy. everything in the listing is below all for 1300. is this worth it? should i get it? or should i wait to build my own when i have the money. im super nervous about big financial stuff bc im just a girl and this is my first pc

3070ti graphics card
12th gen i7 processor
32gb ram
1 tb ssd
2tb ssd(not installed but have it and the screw to put it in)
850 watt power supply

Built in June 2023

one 180 HZ 27in monitor 1080p
one 60 hz 27in monitor 4k

razor keyboard 60%

HyperX honeycomb mouse

Corseair headset(no mic)

Yeti microphone with arm

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Groundbreaking_Ship3@reddit

Which two games do you play? This setup should be more than enough for light gamers,.

CombinationOk8425@reddit

It’s just ok, not great. Not a ripoff either. If I had $1300 I would be going for a pc with a 3080ti. I bought a 3080ti pc last year for $1200. A 3070ti doesn’t do 4k very well and you will probably want to play other games some day

ShredGuru@reddit

It's alright. The price is kinda high considering those are some older parts.

Spicynoodlez@reddit

Price is def not high when you're including a mouse, keyboard, microphone, and monitor. Lol. The GPU, RAM, and SSD pretty much cost this price, if not -- more, depending on how you get the hardware.

benis4909@reddit (OP)

i have exactly nothing. first pc ever. and i only play valorant on pc. everything else is console

Interesting_Meat6265@reddit

Verify your monitor IN SETTINGS is set to whatever max Hz your monitor goes to.
Turn off a lot of the games/stuff that boots up when you boot (makes it take longer to start up and have heard it deteriorates the parts quicker somehow)
Get wired internet (ethernet) fs
Download these Game Browser/Booters, Steam, Riot Games, Epic Games, Battle.net and thats prolly about it
Get a vpn even if its free right away too many people gonna be tryna hit you offline or whatever on games
Prolly most important don’t mess with the windows files much unless shown an entire uncut vid of someone doing it first (and watch it completely before doing so) many people like to make fake stuff like that to get you to ruin your pc etc and don’t download any files that someone sends you directly. (Also another secret tip they don’t tell you, def and I mean def don’t use steamunlocked and such to download free single player games)