Quo Vadis Nvidia: an ideal new gaming PC built for up to 2,000 euros only with Radeons?

Quo Vadis Nvidia: an ideal new gaming PC built for up to 2,000 euros only with Radeons? 61 comments

The reader article “The Ideal PC Gaming PC Itself” in the computer base community has always given gamers good clues, but recently there is the curiosity that is only available with Radeons.

Summary :

Advice for 19 years

In the meantime, this extensive Reader article is going into its 19th year and offers those seeking help one of the best points of contact in the Computer Base forum.

The topic was once started by user _dj2p-ser, while Campino219 continued to maintain it later. In the meantime, the responsibility goes to users Mark-Von_ork, Silver4Monsters and community member Na-Krul.

Recommended game PCS from 550 to 2,000 euros

Although the division into individual price classes has hardly changed, there is a curiosity for the first time in the 2,000 euro configuration: there is no NVIDIA graphics card to be elected. The 3,000 euro gaming PC variant is not even completely necessary anymore. Since the RTX 4090 and the newcomer RTX 5090 (test) are officially on the market, the prices of the RTX 4090 currently start from 3000 euros according to the price comparison and the 5090 is unique At least 3000 euros to have. This is heavily inspired in the context of configuration prices. In the lower price segments, it also looks good when it comes to GeForce recommendations. Only the GeForce RTX 4070 is still on this list.

There is actually an RTX 5070 Ti for 900 euros (RRP), but its availability is still severely restricted and the retail surcharge is sometimes high, which is why it cannot be found in the list yet. If you want to purchase an NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 5090, 5080 or 5070 TI, the real-time updated availability list is suggested in German stores.

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Entry level PCS recommended from 550 euros

In this segment, little has changed compared to previous years and the inclined PC enthusiast can continue to use a Radeon RX 6600 with 8 GB. From the even cheaper RX 6500 (test), also in the rarer 8 GB variant, the RX 6400 (drive test) or even the Intels ARC A310 (drive test) is advisable. AMDS Ryzen 5 5600 is recommended as the CPU. Combined with 16 GB of RAM, these components form a solid basis for many older titles or current titles in FHD with reduced details (without scratching).

3DMark results with beginner GPUs

New intermediate stage with 1,250 euros

The 1,250 euro variant has been added, but it still undercuts an AMD Radeon.

The ideal gaming PC for approx. 550 euros with CPU from AMD: Wishlist with Ryzen 5 5600 and Radeon RX 6600 MIT CPU from Intel: Wishlist with Core i3-12100F and Radeon RX 6600th Ideal Gaming PC for approx. 750 euros with CPU from AMD: Wishlist with Ryzen 5 5600 and Radeon RX 6750 XTMIT CPU from Intel list: Wishlist with Ideal Core i5-12400F gaming PC and Radeon RX 6750 1,000 to 1,500 euros with processor from AMD and 1,000 euros: wishlist with Ryzen 5 7500F and Radeon RX 7700xtmit CPU from Intel and 1,000 euros: wishlist with CORE i5-14400f and Radeon RX 7700xtmit CPU from AMD and 1,250 EUROS: Wishlist with Ryzen 5 5 9600x and Radeon RX 7800 XTMIT CPU from Intel and 1,250 euros: Wishlist with CORE I5-14600KF and RADEON RX 7800 CPU from Intel and 1,500 EUROS: Wishlist with Core I5-14600k and Kid RADEON RX 7900 XTDER Gaming ideal PC for approx. 2000 euros with CPU from AMD and 2000 euros: wishlist with Ryzen 5 7600x3d and Radeon RX 7900 XTXMIST CPU from Intel and 2000 euros: wishlist with Core i7-14700kf and Radeon RX 7900

The full overview of the configurations can be found here: PC configurations of the individual price ranges.

Recommendations for housing, power supplies, SSDs and coolers

The CPU and GPU are the central components of a gaming PC, but also for components such as housing, power supply, SSD or cooling, “the FAQ” provides help. Also in the monitor area the overview offers a great wealth of suggestions which currently vary from 163 to 625 euros.

Tips for purchasing used components

Since not everyone has bought or (at the same time) may want to fall back on consoles, there are further tips for the used or console market as well as cloud gaming.

Not just use price comparison

But also in the technik offers from Techconseil there are always current offers that do not necessarily have to be listed for price comparison portals. In addition, there are offer pages from the various stores, for example Mindfactory with Mindstar * or NBB (Notebooksbilliger) with weekly offers *. The navigation may be worth it.

Chinese manufacturers still outside

And although it has already made the first MTT graphics cards in the form of the S30, S70 and S80 (test) in Germany, they are still lacking due to incomplete driver support and disappointing performance.

The corresponding processors, whether x86 with zhaoxin processors or based on the MIPS architecture, Loongson CPUs, are even more difficult to use on the European market and sometimes only make the Office rail with specially adapted Linux distributions and coverage.

In a separate test, Techconseil has already tested the latest available Loongson and certified it as a rather below-average performance.

Conclusion in advance: Only those who want to try a system far from standard goods should consider purchasing a mini-PC with Loongon’s processor.
Windows is and will continue to be left behind, but it also seems MAU to Linux distributions for these processors. And still: the system runs and can perform everyday tasks – without processors and graphics cards, even without licenses from the “west”.
Because if the user is accustomed to “Western systems” which, for example, YouTube can run in the background without any problems thanks to the hardware decoders, in this case a lot of work in the software is also outsourced to the CPU cores, which is immediately available in the inertia of the system makes it visible. The subject of games should be left completely to the left.

The following purchase consultations can also be found in the forum: the PCRISTER Ideal Office for MINI-ITX Systemeder Mini-ITX Gaming-Pcder Ideal Office-Laptoppc-Build and configuration (link to Google Maps) with help from Techconseil (Corresponding thread) Additional rules regarding cheap keys for Windows and Office

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