I don't know much about PCs, I'm looking for one that can maybe run games like rdr2. Thanks to anyone who decides to answer this.
I don't know much about PCs, I'm looking for one that can maybe run games like rdr2. Thanks to anyone who decides to answer this.
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No
No, this is terrible for gaming.
It’s an office PC, and even then, 8 gigs of ram is too little even for office PCs these days.
Nope
No
Short answer: no
Long answer: nnnoooooooooo
you can build a really capable system with used parts for dirt cheap if money is a concern. like an old b450 board, a used 5600g, 500gb sata ssd and 16gb ddr4 and play most esport and indie titles. this machine will struggle booting up windows on 8gb slow memory and a hard drive.
No way.
No don’t waste your money on this
Definitely not
Edit: The ssd barely has enough space for a triple a game, let alone the computer be able to run one.
I also suppose if you count the Chrome Dino game as gaming, then you could use it for that. Even then, it’ll struggle.
If you play Hidden Object games, also classic “Painkiller” runs on anything. Other then that, no, no, NO.
Hell no
No. It won’t play many games at all.
Like, it could do Minecraft with the setting down.
No. No GPU.
[https://www.newegg.com/p/3D5-002P-00044?Item=3D5-002P-00044&SoldByNewegg=1](https://www.newegg.com/p/3D5-002P-00044?Item=3D5-002P-00044&SoldByNewegg=1) something like this would be a much better pc for entry level gaming.
Search for something like this ..
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You need to buy a computer with double of pretty much every spec on here .
A Nintendo Switch is cheaper and probably will have better gaming performance.
Hey at least it has wifi and Bluetooth.
I3 is already weak, 8gb ram is trash for today’s standards, and you definitely need a gpu, that thing will struggle with 10 tabs of chrome
Yes, you can max out Dragon’s Dogma 2
Yes it’s good for GeForce now
This has to be a bait post
Bless your heart.
Bro, you might lag playing solitaire on this toaster
Sure if you’re playing minesweeper
Specs are not detailed, for example i3? Which i3?
This is a huge red flag
whats your budget OP? we can help you pick parts or a prebuilt possibly to run rdr2
No that thing is for an office
You are looking at a fancy typewriter.
Not in the very least, sorry
No bro
Full spec: [https://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/c08655158](https://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/c08655158)
* Product Number 7Z7A8AA
* Product Name HP Slim Desktop S01-pF2043wb PC
* Motherboard Akali
* Memory **8 GB DDR4-2933 MHz RAM (1 x 8 GB**)
* 512 GB PCIe® **NVMe**™ M.2 SSD
* Intel® Core™ **i3-12100**
* Intel® UHD Graphics 730
* Dimensions 9.5 x 30.3 x 27 cm
* Power Supply Type **180 W** Gold efficiency
Definitely not powerful enough for modern gaming.
It’s unclear what form factor this machine is, but it’s unlikely that it’s physically big enough to put a discrete graphics card into. Also, it only has a 180w power supply. Definitely not enough to add a discrete graphics card.
There a a number of reasons why you shouldn’t buy this PC:
1. It’s built by HP. HP is known for making PCs for making bad prebuilt PCs. Most (if not all) of hteir computers have proprietary motherboards and power supplies, so it’s a whole lot of headache just to replace one component, in case you want to upgrade or something fails.
2. It has an i3 processor. The i3 is a pretty decent CPU all round, but by no means it has capabilities of running modern demanding games. Also, it does not specify the exact model of i3. It could be anything from a first generation i3 (released 2010, although extremely unlikely), to a modern 14th gen i3. Most likely it’s a 11th/12th gen CPU, which is still considered old in the tech industry.
3. It has 8gb of RAM. pretty much all modern games require 16gb. not to mention that this computer most likely has single channel ram (meaning it only has 1 8gb stick instead of 2 4gb sticks), which will further cause issues in modern games. The speed of the RAM sticks is also not mentioned. most likely it’s 2400mhz or 2133mhz. A modern gaming pc has 3200 or 3600mhz RAM in it.
4. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT: It has no dedicated GPU. The GPU (graphics processing unit) is THE most important component of a gaming pc. The GPU is the main reason why the computered are mentioned as office or gaming PCs. The above mentioned HP does not have a dedicated GPU, it uses the integrated GPU of the i3 processor, which is enoough if all you want ot do is write som word documents, browse the web, watch some movies, or play some old game (released 2005 or earlier)
5. It has a 500gb storage drive. It sais it’s and SSD and below it it sais hard drive. Those 2 types of drives are completely different types of storage drives. a 500gb HDD(short for hard drive) is worth around $20 and is considered very old tech nowadays, but a 500gb SSD is aroudn $50-60, it has massively better read/write speeds (around 4000-7000Mbps compared to around 80-160Mbps) and SSDs have a longer lifespan.
6. The included keyboard and mouse are usable, but not recommended if you want to game. The gayboard feels cheap and the mouse has a low quality sensor, meaning it will track weirdly/incorrectly if you want to play any fast paced game (or just while you move the cursor a bit faster). you can get a very good quality mouse and keyboard form logitech/razer/hyperx/steelseries/redragon/whatever gaming peripheral company. If your budget only allows for 1 of the 2 at the moment, the mouse should be more important for gaming.
This is the reason why everyone will tell you to not buy a prebuilt PC. There is a lot of information missing from the specsheet adn it’s easy for a sales rep to oversell you a more expensive computer. I’d recommend you to check out r/buildapc and r/buildapcforme and just browse that subreddit, until you find a pc which fits your budget and is ‘approved’ by the comment section.
Core i3. lol. No.
N. O.
No bro
No, fuck no
No.
PLEASE DO NOT BUT THIS FOR GAMING
to run games, you’ll be needing a graphics card / gpu (which this doesn’t have), more than 8gb of memory, and in 99% of cases a processor better than an unnamed i3.
since you’re clearly new to pc stuff – its probably better to get a prebuilt pc than build one yourself, but if you’re up to it you could definitely learn how.
*inhales*
# for a basic rundown:
the cpu is the computer brain, and an i3 doesn’t necessarily have the speed or multitasking to handle playing games. the generation of it also isnt listed on this box which is a pretty big red flag – they’re probably trying to sell a pc that has an older i3 in it, which is substantially worse than one that could be viable nowadays. there are two important processor brands, AMD and intel, and you could make an argument for or against either depending on nuance. it usually doesn’t matter as long as the price and value are right for you. its also a good idea to buy a newer processor because the price won’t differ a *ton* by age of the generation, and you also get a longer upgrade path for that processor/motherboard “platform” per say. anything intel 12-14th gen or AMD 5xxx/7xxx is a good idea right now, though try for the newest of those preferably. an i5 or i7 in the case of intel is a smart choice, and a ryzen 5 or ryzen 7 in the case of amd. super similar naming schemes, usually the same performance ballbark as well.
your memory is basically the short-term memory of your pc. you have a storage drive, and that’s where your games and apps and all that are stored, but your memory is where big equations and information that needs to be called back *right now* are stored. its also important to note that when the pc is shut down, the memory gets cleared, since it’s volatile. windows 10 & 11 run fine on 16gb, but you might run into some hiccups in gaming, especially on windows 11. 32gb is advisable then (which is what i have right now, works amazing) but its understandable if you go for 16gb since its cheaper and still works fine.
your gpu / graphics card is the thing that displays everything to your screen. in (most) modern processors there is a graphics engine of a sort that can do the bare minimum for displaying stuff but will do terribly at running games. graphics cards are really inflated in price at the moment because of some shitty corporations but there are still some rare good value cards. just as with the processors, it doesnt matter all that much the brand as long as the price is good, and the newer generations are still strongly advisable to buy. your choices are nVidia, AMD, and intel, who just recently joined the fight. its good to note that anything older than AMD radeon 7xxx (similar naming scheme, i know) is dogshit at rtx/raytracing, and anything older than nVidia rtx 2xxx cannot raytrace. intel only has one very new graphixs card generation, with the arc aXXX naming scheme, and it has a feature set pretty much equal to nvidia rtx 4xxx or AMD radeon 7xxx. some general cards that could run rdr2 at ultra easily in the midrange that aren’t outdated (from most preferable buy to least) are the radeon rx 7600 xt, rtx 4060 ti (16gb version), arc a770 (16gb), rtx 3060 (12gb or ti variant good too), radeon rx 6600xt, and arc a750. there are a million variants of graphics cards as well – these are just some notably good value cards that will function smoothly in pretty much anything for a long while that *aren’t* $800+ USD.
a good full pc spec for example might be an i5-13400 (this means i5, 13th gen, base model), 16gb of ddr4-3200 (brand doesn’t really matter – corsair and g.skill are pretty good if you care), and a radeon rx 7600xt.
this is probably super messy and not at all a good explanation of things but thats cause theres just absolutely so much important info that wont fit in this comment. what i wrote here is general specifications to keep an eye out for and some idea of what they mean, but of course do more research if you’re curious.
it´s not even good for computing
Not only is it a bad gaming pc it’s a bad PC in general, even for office work
Is this computer good? Computers themselves are neither good nor bad, but the parts they’re stuffed with can be godlike or garbage for gaming.
> i3 processor.
Garbage for gaming.
> 8 gigs of ram.
Garbage for computing, much less gaming.
> 512 SSD.
Garbage for gaming.
You may be able to fit 3 AAA games on that drive before you have to figure out another storage option.
> No discrete (separate) graphics listed.
Garbage for gaming.
You’ll need either AMD or Nvidia listed Graphics. Onboard graphics slams the processor, shares the system ram, and is generally considered garbage for anyone but grandma checking her mail.
No. Like, absolutely not.
This thing will run minesweeper at 30 fps EASY.
It’s hp, no