Markakakk Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 I've been thinking about buying a pc for ark and other games cause of mods and my ps4 barely pulls 25fps on gen 2. My budget is about 1200 usd. I want medium settings on 1440p and 60 fps normally and around 30-45fps when I'm riding fast creatures like the new astrodelphis. I don't care about fancy leds or fancy cases I just don't want it to sound like a jet engine but run ark smoothly as possible. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero064 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Build your own if you can -- it'll always be a better rig. If that isn't an option, look for something with these specs: CPU: Ryzen 5600 or better GPU: RTX 3080 or Radeon RX 6800 XT RAM: 32GB For storage, a 1TB NVMe drive is your best bet, but at least get something with an SSD of 1TB or larger. Avoid mechanical drives at all costs (I can't believe prebuilt PCs even still come with these.) Your Ark load times will be horrendously slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMaas Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 18 hours ago, zero064 said: Build your own if you can -- it'll always be a better rig. If that isn't an option, look for something with these specs: CPU: Ryzen 5600 or better GPU: RTX 3080 or Radeon RX 6800 XT RAM: 32GB For storage, a 1TB NVMe drive is your best bet, but at least get something with an SSD of 1TB or larger. Avoid mechanical drives at all costs (I can't believe prebuilt PCs even still come with these.) Your Ark load times will be horrendously slow. Do you think those options will be in his $1200 budget? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DauntingBeef08 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 i dont know about US but in uk websites like https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/ is good thing to look up, put in what specs you want and it can show you the parts and how much new it will be, then look up those products for yourself. linus tech tips is a great youtuber who can help you build it yourself. can get one with 2 hard drives, a hybrid for your main os and general files and then a smaller SSD to store ark or other games on so you get the good boot speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yggdrassil Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 1 hour ago, MMaas said: Do you think those options will be in his $1200 budget? With the difficulty in getting a GPU at the moment, a 3080 alone could cost that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusty974 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 20 hours ago, Markakakk said: I've been thinking about buying a pc for ark and other games cause of mods and my ps4 barely pulls 25fps on gen 2. My budget is about 1200 usd. I want medium settings on 1440p and 60 fps normally and around 30-45fps when I'm riding fast creatures like the new astrodelphis. I don't care about fancy leds or fancy cases I just don't want it to sound like a jet engine but run ark smoothly as possible. Thanks in advance. You should go for your own custom build. Pre-build PC are generaly less powerfull for the same price. CPU, mobo and RAM won't be hard to find, personnaly I would go with an AMD zen2, any mobo goes, and 16Gb of RAM. GPU will be another story... stock are limited and prices are currently inflated, even in the used market ! For your budget you will probably get something close to a gtx 1660. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markakakk Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 3 hours ago, DauntingBeef08 said: i dont know about US but in uk websites like https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/ is good thing to look up, put in what specs you want and it can show you the parts and how much new it will be, then look up those products for yourself. linus tech tips is a great youtuber who can help you build it yourself. can get one with 2 hard drives, a hybrid for your main os and general files and then a smaller SSD to store ark or other games on so you get the good boot speed I've been thinking on buying the surviver pc from apex. It seems to be a good price but I don't know that the stats are good for the price can anyons let me know. I boosted it up to 32 gigs of ram tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusty974 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 44 minutes ago, Markakakk said: I've been thinking on buying the surviver pc from apex. It seems to be a good price but I don't know that the stats are good for the price can anyons let me know. I boosted it up to 32 gigs of ram tho. Until you plan to do heavy multi tasking on your PC, 32Gb of RAM is overkill. Here : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vFYPp2, took me 2 min to pick the parts and it's way better than the pre-build your are looking for. A decent PC case will add an extra 100$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero064 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 6 hours ago, MMaas said: Do you think those options will be in his $1200 budget? Ha, definitely not. I missed that part. The 3080 alone will cost most of his budget. With lower settings, a GTX 1660 would do 1440p at a decent framerate. Throw in a cheaper CPU like a Ryzen 3600 and 16GB of RAM for a budget gaming rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markakakk Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 On 6/24/2021 at 7:53 PM, kusty974 said: Until you plan to do heavy multi tasking on your PC, 32Gb of RAM is overkill. Here : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vFYPp2, took me 2 min to pick the parts and it's way better than the pre-build your are looking for. A decent PC case will add an extra 100$. Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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