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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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[–] 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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