I’m looking to buy a computer that will run 7dtd but don’t have a budget to speak of. Any recommendations

[RushDoggg]

My girlfriend needs a computer to play with me but I don’t know what to get. I’m sure the console will be available when I finally get both of us over to pc but I’m still going to get her one. Any recommendations for a budget pc or laptop?

[Gamida]

I think when you say budget you will have to give them a number to work with. I am sure they will be able to help you.

I use a fairly old system to play it on and it runs half decent.

[Fox]

If you're on a really tight budget and live in a big enough city, go with used parts if you can. Just be careful about GPU crypto miners. It they're selling a bunch of used GPUs, they're probably a miner. Do not buy a pre-built system, 95% of them are all garbage. Building your own system is and always will be far cheaper than buying a prebuilt anyway.

 

Also, I recommend against laptops as they almost always struggle with heat and therefore have issues with gaming (not to mention heavily overpriced for what little performance they offer).

 

If you can manage: Ryzen 2500x, or 2600, or 2600x, etc (or Intel equivalent) or better (avoid AMD APUs (xxxxG series) as they lack gaming performance), B450 motherboard (or Intel supported board), 8 - 16GB of ram (16GB recommended for stability), any ssd, and either a GTX 1060, or GTX 1660, or RTX 2060, or RTX 3060, etc (or AMD equivalent or better). Make sure the computer case has proper airflow, never get sucked into that clear glass front and side panel nonsense as most of those all have terrible airflow. A system like this should be able to get you medium graphics settings or better at 45+fps. The only reason I don't recommend a Ryzen 1600x or a B350 motherboard is because it's first gen which is a pain in the butt with ram support.

Edited January 5 by Fox (see edit history)

[Riamus]

Take a look at the recommended specs for the game. Try to get at least that if possible.  If not possible, then make sure you are at least over the minimum specs as much as possible.  CPU is very important for this game, and you need enough RAM.  I run it with 8GB, but I don't really recommend doing that.  Also, you should have a SSD drive for the game.

[Laz Man]

You can also go the GeForce Now route if you have a relatively good internet connection.  I tested it a while back and was surprised how well 7d2d ran through it.  You can try it for free if you don't mind waiting in a queue and don't mind for playing for only 1 hour sessions at a time (maximum session time for free).

 

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/memberships/?ncid=pa-srch-goog-180712&gclid=Cj0KCQiA5NSdBhDfARIsALzs2EBiEIk8WLo6aOAC6lMj4GAZ8E7L3gD8iPnACNNIbM_sW2K6F1sddtIaAsOPEALw_wcB#cid=ct0005_pa-srch-goog_en-us

Edited January 5 by Laz Man (see edit history)