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Is getting a 4060 prebuilt in 2026 a bad idea? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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I'm looking at this deal for a prebuilt:

Lenovo LOQ 17IRR9 Tower PC — $749.99

  • Intel Core i5-14400F (10 cores, 16 threads, up to 4.7GHz)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (8GB GDDR6)
  • RAM 16GB DDR5
  • 512GB SSD
  • PSU 500W

For some context, my PC has a 1070 in it. I'm a budget conscious gamer, usually playing at 1080p. With ram prices skyrocketing and steam betting on steam machines with low vram going forwards, I feel like it's an okay deal for a guy who upgrades basically never.

It seems like a nice deal to me. Anyone want to talk me out of it?

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[–] [S] 6 points 9 months ago (4 children)

From that I can find online the steam PC will be less powerful than the desktop 4060 and probably be comparable in price to this PC. I do intend on installing Linux on this computer.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    Go with AMD for the GPU, life will be easier. I regret not doing this.

    Also, go with AMD for the processor. The 7800X3D is stupidly good for gaming and not THAT much more than the i5-14400F (well, okay, it’s like $150ish more, but so much better). You can also find other AMD CPUs closer in price to that one which will outperform it. Intel’s kinda gone to shit.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I do intend on installing Linux on this computer.

    In that case I strongly suggest you look at an AMD GPU. Nvidia is usable on Linux, but not pleasant.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    I haven't had trouble with Debian

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    I've also used Nvidia for years without issues, that doesn't mean there aren't pain points. For example the open source driver is severely worse in performance than the proprietary one, but the proprietary one lacks some features used by some Wayland compositors, which is why for example sway requires a special flag to be passed if you're using Nvidia proprietary drivers.

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