Newegg's new ChatGPT-based AI PC builder has some funny ideas about cheap gaming PC builds

pcgamer.com:

Newegg, one of our go-to online retailers for acquiring PC components, has decided to integrate ChatGPT into several of its online features. Not only has it gone into the company's customer service chatbot, and into optimising search, but we're now seeing ChatGPT being used as an official AI PC building tool. 

I was over here preparing to redact my position that you shouldn't trust an AI with vital PC building questions(opens in new tab), but I'm not so sure I can stretch to a full backtrack just yet.

According to the press release(opens in new tab), this newfangled AI PC build generator «helps customers discover compatible parts so they can build a desktop PC system with their preferred specifications and budget.»

Alrighty, we thought. Let's put it to the test. It seems our jobs as tech journalists have turned into vetting artificial intelligence's potential to take over said jobs. So, is Newegg's AI PC builder tool about to oust us into oblivion? No. No it is not. 

Already on the PC build homepage we're off to a bad start.

It suggests an «entry-level» gaming PC build should be sub $1,500. Now, we know for a fact you can get an entry-level gaming PC for less than $1,000. Of course, if you only plan to play next-gen games with ray tracing on full blast, at 4K, and with all your graphics settings on ultra, then $1,500 won't get you far right now. That's partially down to this being a somewhat transitional period after a round of GPU and CPU releases at the start of 2023, though its already settling down.

But the bottom line is, if you only want to play «entry-level» games like Stardew Valley(opens in new tab) or The Sims 4(opens in new tab) on a 1080p monitor, a $500–$800 cheap gaming PC(opens in new tab) is going to be