I am currently looking to help a friend out, they have kids with really old laptops and are looking to buy two new PCs but I have recently upgraded mine and have an old RTX 3070 just sitting around that I don't need and I feel like if I give them my old PC then they can spend more on a single PC.
The problem is that I have very little knowledge of hardware and the kids may get jealous if one PC is way better than the other. I was hoping some smart forum goer could point me towards an equivalent PC so I can suggest the PC to my friend.
Old PC specs(pulled from old invoice)
Dell XPS 8940
1TB M.2 PCIe NVME SSD + 2TB SATA 7200RPM HDD
10th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K processor(8-Core, 16M Cache, 3.8GHz to 5.1GHz)
NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) RTX 3070(TM) 8GB GDDR6
16GB, 2x8GB, DDR4, 2933Mhz
Thank you in advance.
Additional Info:
Doesnt need windows as I have some licenses I can use.
We have keyboards\mice and SSDs so only the NVME is needed
$950 Delivered for Ryzen 5 5600 + RTX 5060 8GB. 16GB DDR4 RAM
$1100 Delivered for Ryzen 5 7500F, RTX 5060 8GB, 32GB DDR5 RAM (My recommendation)
8GB VRAM RTX 5060 has basically identical performance to a 8GB RTX 3070, but it uses less power.
Techfast was offering a RTX 5070 12GB + Ryzen 5 7500f + 32GB RAM rig for $1340, and that's actually far better value but unfortunately its out of stock.
They also might want to pull the trigger sooner rather than later because there is a DRAM and NAND shortage caused by AI datacenters buying up the majority of the global supply. Prices are trending upwards for all things memory related, and retailers are stockpiling whatever they can. Price increases observed for DDR4 memory even though it's old