Is this good enough as a gaming PC for a 14-year old?

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BalTheProtogenFox@reddit

I’d go for a 12 gb of vram on top of other suggestions too

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ShinyJaker@reddit

This is mental. You're suggesting he upgrade from a 5050 to a 5070. At that point just tell him to get a 5090 and 9800X3D.

An entry level build is absolutely fine with a 5050. That's literally why the 5050 exists.

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ShinyJaker@reddit

That's a solid entry level build for a teenager. Are you building yourself or getting pre built?

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QuadSplit@reddit (OP)

Its pre-built on sale right now. 700 Euro

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ShinyJaker@reddit

That's a good price to be honest. You might want to upgrade storage down the line depending on the games to be played.

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MountainWoodpecker55@reddit

Not a bad price, the storage is low, I'll go with 1tb instead of 512gb

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PINEAPPLECURDS3@reddit

700 euro??? That sounds suspiciously cheap

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No_Guarantee7841@reddit

512gb storage is too low nowadays, get at least 1tb. Also dont need ddr5, just get ddr4 which is also cheaper.

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Karkinosu@reddit

You can’t just “get ddr4” though, you have the change the whole motherboard and chip don’t you? It’s like that with am motherboards

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No_Guarantee7841@reddit

Just need motherboard change, not cpu. 14400 supports both ddr4 and ddr5.

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That’s like building a whole new pc, though. It’s basically changing the skeleton on a prebuilt. Definitely not worth it, and if you’re buying those parts anyway, why not keep the significantly faster ram? 32GB DDR5 > 64GB DDR4

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No_Guarantee7841@reddit

Not when using just a 5050, thats for sure. And swapping to a same chipset different ram type board certainly doesnt feel like building a new pc. In fact its probably gonna cost cheaper compared to a ddr5 board.

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Karkinosu@reddit

But it’s a prebuilt. There’s already a DDR5 board. You’re just buying another motherboard and then you’re stuck with that (and good ddr5 ram too) that no one will likely want because it’s from a prebuilt. That’s literally a waste of money if you’re already getting the superior DDR5 ram in the prebuilt. Who buys something and then makes it worse intentionally? The price of the prebuilt does not change because you want to put another part set into it.

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No_Guarantee7841@reddit

Well, he didn't mention it was a prebuilt and whether he already bought it, at the time of my original message...

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Karkinosu@reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/s/50NdAdwMX5

Literally a reply to like the second comment I saw on the post lol

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No_Guarantee7841@reddit

That's 1h after my original message.

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Karkinosu@reddit

So just downvote everything I said as if that still invalidated my original points. Ok 👍

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misteryk@reddit

*and change mobo to the one supporting DDR4

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prank_mark@reddit

The 5050 is pretty weak. If you spend a little more you can get a much better 5060 or even a 9060 XT

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Far_Telephone_8655@reddit

I still got a 3rd gen i5 😭 it'll be good

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puchi2701@reddit

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/ it seems like you are from germany https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/47KNck

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QuadSplit@reddit (OP)

I got you link to work now! It's for half the price on sale now pre-built compared to the cost stated by the link.

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Riipp3r@reddit

Yeah no. That pc is not worth 1400 euro.

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Weekly-Bluebird-4768@reddit

I will say one thing to be careful with when buying pre-builts, depending upon the company, they tend to cheap out on side components which may result in needing to replacing or upgrading those parts earlier. The main two I usually see cheaper out on are SSDs and PSUs, which failure of such can be catastrophic.

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QuadSplit@reddit (OP)

Okey. I've never changed a PSU. Is it hard?

I can handle an SSD upgrade and I want to give him 1-2 TB extra storage anyways

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Weekly-Bluebird-4768@reddit

It can be, especially a non modular, PSU, but if you have a modular one it’s should be pretty easy to remove and getting a modular PSU to replace makes the install pretty easy. With modular PSUs it might be on of the easiest component swaps, but if it isn’t it becomes quite a bit harder, because then you hav to unplug the power cables from all you components and snake them out with your PSU. But if it’s modular all you do is unscrew the PSU from the case unplug the cables from it, remember which cables were plugged into which spots and then plug them in the same spots on the new one, and screw it in.

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QuadSplit@reddit (OP)

Nope.

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puchi2701@reddit

you are from usa?

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QuadSplit@reddit (OP)

Europe

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puchi2701@reddit

austria?

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Mravac_Kid@reddit

Depends on what he wants to use it for, but it's a decent computer especially for that price.

However, the 5050 is a pretty weak GPU, and will likely need upgrading pretty soon so keep that in mind.

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