I am not a tech savvy person - and my son needs a new gaming desktop that can run Monster Hunter Wilds. Could you please help me figure out if either of these two options will work? Option 1 is significantly cheaper, so I’m holding my fingers crossed for that one.

Thank you all in advance!

Specs for Monster Hunter Wilds:

  • CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-11600K or Intel® Core™ i5-12400 or AMD - Ryzen™ 5 3600X or AMD Ryzen™ 5 5500
  • RAM: 16 GB
  • VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 Super(VRAM 8GB) or NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 4060(VRAM 8GB) or AMD Radeon™ RX - 6700XT(VRAM 12GB)
  • DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 8 GB (AMD 12GB)
  • PIXEL SHADER: 6.0
  • VERTEX SHADER: 6.0
  • FREE DISK SPACE: 140 GB

OPTION 1:

OPTION 2:

  • Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    I can see very little difference between the two, then again my PC refresh period is roughly eight years.

    Both will run Monster Hunter Wilds with possibly 15% difference in framerate, but very manageable whichever you choose. I’ve listed below some ideal components to look for in a PC - if you can find a desktop with most of them your son will be set for a decade:

    CPU:

    • Intel Core Ultra 265K/F or higher
    • AMD Ryzen 7900X3D or higher (X3D > X)

    GPU:

    • Nvidia 4080, 5070 or higher (but if you can wait one month, Super variants are going to be released soon - October-November is always a huge time for tech releases)
    • AMD Ryzen 9070XT or XTX

    RAM:

    • Minimum 32GB, DDR5, 5200MHz.
    • Brands: Corsair, Crucial, Kingston and PNY are the top

    SSD:

    • Minimum 2TB, M.2 NVME, 6000MB/s sequential read.
    • Brands: Samsung, Western Digital Black/Blue, Seagate, Corsair and, again, Kingston

    PSU (Power Supply):

    • Brands: Corsair, MSI

    Preference: Performance over RGB lighting aha