Finally buying my very first gaming pc

After not having a runnable pc for about 2+ years, I've finally broke down to buy one instead of building my own from scratch.

So here it is: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883272180

I haven't dug around pc parts for the longest time, so I had to relearn what I previously knew plus more. Before I started looking for PCs, I had no frigging clue what a SSD was, or how it will considerably speed up my load times. I've never used Windows 10 before, so I'm a little bit nervous about trying it. When I first looked at it I swear it only had 8gb RAM, it's really all I need I think. 16gb is just a bonus. :P

The graphics card I had much trouble finding satisfaction with. The one I had in mind was (and I'm gonna butcher this) Radeon RX 480 8gb. I guess I can always upgrade later down the line, however the R9 380 4gb should hopefully be fine. Really, the only major games that will be played on it are all the Sims games for my girlfriend, emulators up to PS2 and Wii, and games through Steam apparently, which is also gonna be a new thing for me.

Wish I could have gone with a different color besides red on the case, but at least it'll match my N3DSXL. Another thing that stuck out to me in one of the reviews was that Win10 comes installed on the HDD and the the SSD, so if anybody who happens to reads this knows of a safe, reliable way to migrate Win10 from my HDD to SSD just in case would be really helpful and I will thank you kindly.

I may just make a follow up blog for how everything goes. I'm ordering it as early as tomorrow. I just hope it comes with all of its pieces. I'm excited as fuck.
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If you need a computer right now buy a cheap laptop for like ~$100 from a local pawn shop - and then build one in a couple weeks when you have the time.

This way you'll have two computers, and the one you build will still be better than whatever prebuilt ripoff you can find.
 
Screw it if OP wants to blow all tha money then let him. He will be crying here again once his shit fails or he needs an upgrade. I bought a 1070 for 355. You can get an i5 at like 200. Case like 50 ram 80. PSU 60 mobo 80. Optical drive 10 os 20 on kinguin. I'm sure you can find all this cheaper on sales.

The fact that you are ok with spending so much on garbage is baffling.
 
I am another vote for "Build it yourself if you can" That said, if you don't want to build it yourself that's fine, but those old AMD chips... Dunno, I wouldn't go with that. You can easily get a nice i5 business class unit for $300-500, and then replace the PSU, and video card if needed. It's not specifically a "gaming unit" but would be better than what you've got picked out there.
 
If the OP is fine with low end gaming then this is fine for just that no need to go with the old "PC master race 4k 60fps or go home" attitude besides the high price, it will get the job done.
 

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