Title. I've been wanting to build one for a long ass time and never really committed because I haven't had the money/have been moving around a lot the past couple years, but I just got my first big job offer and I'm in a more stable spot now so I was thinking of investing in a new computer. My 2012 Macbook I got secondhand a few years ago has been wheezing for a minute now and the s*** I'm doing in school (CE) is just getting way too demanding for this computer. Ideally I want to dual boot a Linux/PC or Linux/Hackintosh machine since some of the s*** I do is more convenient within Linux and I'm pretty interested in starting to develop/play more games on PC once I get a better machine. Should I hold off or should I go for it? If so, I'm looking for some advice where to start given today's prices.

join a pc part discord server thatll alert you as soon as a 3000 series gpu drops, start with that and build around it. haven’t really been keeping up with part prices in a while but everything else should still be decently priced

I say wait until the RTX 4090 etc. and the Intel i9 13900K/13900KS is out and then start building that PC... So wait until late 2022 famo

It's not going to be any easier when the next series comes. I'm in favor of get what you can.

Do it now

If you know where to look you can find good parts for decent prices

U dont need the most high end s*** to play new games

Tbh just buy parts off aliexpress

new stuff is expensive asl

At minimum you need
6 core cpu
4GB VRAM
16GB RAM

I feel you... But shouldn't it be possible for him to still get the stuff he wants if he's fast enough? If not... Well the i9 12900K or i9 12900KS is good too and a RTX 3080 Ti is good too as well

prebuilts are actually cheaper than building them yourself

i bought an ibuypower with a 2080 super and ryzen 5600x for $1200 last year. the 2080 super still goes for at least $800 by itself

😐 don’t do this

power supply gonna blow you up one day

is that a concern with prebuilts? i have a 700w psu and i dont overclock anything. i just play csgo a couple hours of a month and browse the internet lol

there is a concern with the rest of the systems parts being cheap quality and potentially crapping out but i mean it’s not really a common thing so you’ll be alright

I'm buying used

Best time was during the very beginning of the pandemic honestly. Everything is super expensive now.

What u suggest then

and to clarify, I really only meant get the cpu from aliexpress

i don’t recommend any thing of ali express they’re gonna sell u some fake s***

i literally have a 3700x from aliexpress it works just fine

its a marketplace so just gotta buy from a reputable seller

What he said.

Join r/buildapcsales discord, make a pcpartpicker account, start picking out your stuff.

If you can afford it, go for it. I built a 3080 build a few weeks ago and haven't looked back

Fun experience for my first time building, and my s*** look sexy as f***

Need pics to assess

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(Fan in the back is a placeholder til I order a matching one)

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(I had just started building here but I was testing out my GPU feature where the lights sync to music )

PC parts be having drops that sell out too?? Wtf is the world on

3000 series gpus are very hard to come by because of miners and resellers (at least thats how it was a few months back when i was keeping up with it)