I am looking for a good place to buy a new computer. My old one overheated and (almost) literally exploded on me, I narrowly avoided being killed!Jokes aside, here's what I need:- Support for 32 gigabytes of RAM (I have 16)- Support for 3 m.2 drives- Windows 10 support (everything supports Linux Mint so I ain't worried about that part)- USB ports, obviously USB A but if it also has USB C that would be acceptable, FireWire is a bonus- A CPU that can handle Game Boy Advance emulationA friend suggested I research these before paying for an expensive computer. Any help finding a place to assemble something like what I want for at most $500 will be appreciated.
There's a difference if you are building it yourself or buying it prebuilt from a store.at $500 prebuilt you are looking for utter crap. It would be better to try to buy something second hand. (at risk of being scammed)at $500 DIY you are looking for something that would do the bare minimun but forget about using any game beyond fortnite at 30fpsthe diferrence between bad and good comes at $1k DIY. Where you actually get a good PC that will do anything for years as long as you play at 1080p or 1440p of resolution.Here's a basic guide of builds: https://pcmasterrace.org/buildsSince it seems yo don't know much about PCs, you could try to reach a microcenter store and ask for help there. Even if they would scam you, you'll still get a better PC than at any other store.Or you can go around checking the different places where they hunt for PC deals and wait for something you can afford.
>>1560083NTA, cool site, thanks
Look around on Walmart or Costco, you can find decent clearance PCs.I picked one up in Dec, a $3200 down to $2300, has a 5080 and 32gb of ram, couldn't ask for a better deal. DIY is only getting more expensive as time goes on due to stupid shit like RAM.
>>1560071>>1560071>- A CPU that can handle Game Boy Advance emulationGyat DAMN that's a low bar. A better benchmark would be gamecube emulation / dolphin or something. I can't give the best advice but checking pc part picker could help you get an idea of what people in your price range spend on:https://pcpartpicker.com/builds/#X=0,47513The problem is though, it's hard to get a "balanced" PC without dipping into used parts. But if you put your requirements into pc part picker that should at least help you narrow down what you COULD get away with. Here is a sloppy example
>>1560071>A CPU that can handle Game Boy Advance emulationyou're looking for about a pentium 2 or newer. make sure to filter builds from 1996 or earlier.
Like another anon said, pcpartpicker is a good site if you can build it yourself.>First Person View POV PC BUILD Guide! | Linus Tech Tipshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC-Xn2C_L1UNot sure why you need support for 3 m.2 drives unless you ended up using them for storage, but you can pick up a mobo that supports 1 as your main and use PCI cards that you can slap the other two into.For cheap, you can browse through used PCs and add parts as needed if you aren't looking for anything fancy.>This $269 Gaming PC can play any game!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PldqVePztMThere's other tech youtubers out there if you really want to look, but this is the most starter-friendly I'm aware of.>>1560480kek
