My daughter's gaming PC needs an upgrade as it overheats and hangs sometimes whe
n playing graphic intensive games, like https://store.steampowered.com/app/13775
90/The_Island/
She currently has a 2015-era quadcore AMD APU (I think it's 3+ GHz) with 16GB of
RAM and a Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1050 Ti OC Low Profile 4GB GDDR5 128 Bit PCI-E G
raphic Card. I don't think the graphics card is an issue, but rather the CPU/chi
pset and possibly cooling. Being a proprietary (HP) slim-line case and motherboa
rd, GPU upgrade options were limited, but I think that 1050 Ti is actually handl
ing the job pretty well.
Anyway, for her birthday, I want to replace the system with something (even) bet
ter suited to gaming, like this:
https://www.costco.com/dell-xps-8940-tower---11th-gen-intel-core-i7-11700---gefo
rce-rtx-3060ti.product.100773674.html
I could just build a new system from puchased parts and re-use her existing GPU
(the 1050 Ti), but being a low profile card, that could be tricky in a full-heig
ht case and being a gift, I don't want it to be something I may have to troubles
hoot (e.g. buying the wrong RAM for the CPU/motherboard... again?).
The Costo Dell deal looks pretty good, $1600 for:
- Core i7-11700 (8-core) CPU
- 32GB DDR4 RAM
- NVIDIA GeForce RTS 3060Ti GPU w/8GB RAM
- 512GB PCIe M.2 SSD
- 1TB 7200RPM HD
- DVD/CD reader/writer
- Windows 10
Stuff it comes with but likely wouldn't use:
- keyboard and mouse
- Wifi and Bluetooth adapters
I didn't want to spend that much, but seems like it'd last her several years wit
hout any need to upgrade (much). Thoughts?
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