Question Help with a gaming computer - is this good enough?

[Erasculio]

I have to say, I love this forum. I made my first post here more than a decade ago, asking for advice about the first gaming computer I bought for myself, and after all this time this community is still here, as valuable as ever. Hopefully, this will be my last gaming computer.

I'm not in the USA; here, part sellers are often unreliable and likely to sell defective pieces, so my safest option is to buy from a big manufacturer. The one with the best warranty around here is Dell, so I usually buy from them. They (and everyone else, to be honest) have few options, though.

My current computer is:

XPS 8920

• Intel Core i7-7700K 4.5 GHz
• Windows 10
• RAM: 16GB, DDR4, 2400MHz
• Hard disk 01: 256GB M.2 Solid State Drive
• Hard disk 02: 2 TB (7200 RPM)
• Graphics card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080, 8GB GDDR5

I'm still gaming happilly with this computer, but it's unable to run some of the more modern games (...to be honest, Baldur's Gate 3 is unplayable already). For a computer bought in 2018, that's still a pretty impressive longevity, IMO - the 1080 just keeps going and going.

Right now, the best thing I could get from Dell would be:

Alienware Aurora

• Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285K, 24 nuclei
• Windows 11 Home
• NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070
• 64 GB DDR5
• 1 TB SSD

Is that good enough? Would it be enough to run well games for the next 7+ years? I wish I could get a better graphics card, but that's the best they offer here.

Answering questions from the sticky:

1. What YOUR PC will be used for.

Gaming, and working. My work is very bare-bones, I just neee Microsoft Office for it.

2. What YOUR budget is.

Whatever, I'm not in the USA, and currency conversion between there and here is insane. The issue is not really how much money I have, rather what's available here.

3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.

Brazil.

4. IF you're buying parts OUTSIDE the US, please post a link to the vendor you'll be buying from.

Dell: https://www.dell.com/pt-br/shop/com...Q..*_gs*Nw..&dclid=CNz42Nn7044DFSgaBwYd0KgOEQ

5. IF YOU have a brand preference.

I don't really care.

6. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.

Nope.

7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.

Default speeds.

8. What resolution, not monitor size, will you be using?

Just 1.900x1.200.

9. WHEN do you plan to build it?

Now.

10. Do you need to purchase any software to go with the system, such as Windows or Blu Ray playback software?

Windows.

Thank you for all your help!

 

[manly]

Welcome back!

Any chance someone could bring in a better GPU for you to self-install? The 5070 is good, but since you want great longevity, I'd recommend something with 16GB VRAM:
RTX 5070 Ti
Radeon RX 9070XT

 

[mikeymikec]

If you're looking for optimal gaming, then lose the Intel processor and get an AMD X3D in there.

 

[biostud]

If by any means you could not buy a prebuild system it would be much better.

Which country are you buying from? (ah Brazil)

What about something like this:

https://www.pichau.com.br/pc-gamer-pichau-highflyer-amd-ryzen-7-7800x3d-radeon-rx-9070-xt-16gb-32gb-ddr5-ssd-m-2-2tb-57536

 

[DAPUNISHER]

If you are running the games off that old HDD, that's what is causing the worst of your gaming issues currently. If you replace it with an SATA SSD you may find you can get a bit more life out of your setup. While you wait for the holiday deals (I presume Brazil does something like black Friday?)

 

[Rigg]

I'd be much more inclined to buy from MSI if I was going for a prebuild from a large OEM. Even if it has a less comprehensive warranty, I think you're much more likely to get better component quality from MSI vs Dell. MSI uses motherboards, GPUs, power supplies, SSDs, coolers, cases, PSUs, ext. in their prebuilt gaming machines that they also sell as individual parts for the DIY market. Unless things have changed in recent years, those components from an OEM like Dell or HP would be absolute garbage compared to the DIY quality stuff you'd get from MSI in a prebuilt. I also agree with the others that something with a 7800X3D/9800X3D and a 5070 Ti or 9070 XT would be preferable for a system that's likely going to be used for 5+ years.