I'm serious. You won't have ray tracing shenanigans or whatnot, but you'll run everything 1080p at max settings smoothly. You just need to wait for components to be on sale (especially the gpu and the cpu). Like I said, it doesn't include peripherals. That's what I did, it totally can be done.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Since you're serious, I'd be very curious to see the part list for this if you have the time. I am quite aware of current prices and GPU prices are currently still rather bonkers, even with sales.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I've double checked and while I think it's still perfectly reasonable, it would be more something between $700 and $800. I've made two mistakes: I slightly overestimated the conversion rate from CAD to USD and I didn't factor in the fact that I didn't have to buy a pc case and a power supply.

Ryzen 5 ($140) on amazon

Radeon 6650xt ($229) on canadacomputers

Msi B550-A Pro ($111) on canadacomputers

T-Force Vulcan [8gb x 4] ($80) one pair on amazon another one on canadacomputers

I checked quickly and I was able to fit the rest (SSD, case, power supply) for something around $760ish.

The cpu and the gpu were bought during a Christmas sale and the rest was bought later. This was bought about two years ago (a bit after the time gpus were insanely overpriced).