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Entry level PCs costing less than $500 ‘will disappear by 2028’, research firm predicts (www.videogameschronicle.com)

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[–] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Sure, but they tend to be low-end mini PCs with older CPUs, very weak iGPUs, a tiny SSD and something along the line of 8 GB RAM.

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[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Here’s an 8-core N305 mini PC w/ 16GB DDR5 and a 512GB SSD for $400.

https://www.amazon.com/i3-N305-Desktop-Computers-Windows-Display/dp/B0DGGGQPH1

Similar build with the N305 swapped for a Ryzen 3500U available at the same price as well. Perfectly serviceable and capable of light gaming.

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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

And sometimes even 10/100 ethernet cards assuming they still have an ethernet port.

I can't imagine how many 1/10ths of a penny Dell was saving on those POS.

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 8 months ago

And still blazingly fast for web-browsing, e-mail and office applications, as long as you don't put Windows 11 in it.

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