Comments on: Is a 500 GB SSD enough for gaming?

By: CubicleNate

CubicleNate — Mon, 29 May 2023 22:42:08 +0000

FWIW, I got the 512GB SteamDeck and that is more than adequate for my gaming tastes but truth be told, I am not much of a AAA title gamer, I like the more simple, not-first-person-shooter titles in my more advanced age.

By: Dave Farquhar

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 27 May 2023 02:39:33 +0000

In reply to cozappz.

Thanks! Good question. I priced something at the computer store near me based on a Ryzen 5 CPU and an inexpensive Asrock motherboard, 32 GB RAM, and a 500 GB SSD and kept the price below $400. CPUs are more expensive now but SSDs and RAM are cheap, so that makes it easier to stay in that kind of budget.

I’m lucky to have someplace near me that deals in surplus machines cheaply so I frequently end up just buying a secondhand office PC these days. But it would be fun to build something again, it’s been a few years since I’ve done that.

By: cozappz

cozappz — Mon, 22 May 2023 13:38:16 +0000

I remember a nice post of your from a while ago about a $500 pc.
https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-make-a-really-nice-500-computer/

I wonder can we still have a nice one nowadays in the same budget?
Parts getting cheaper by the years but in the same time inflation make balancing it a fun game.