I’m looking to buy my first gaming PC from this site.
With so many choices to choose from what is the best build to buy for $1,200 or less.
Thanks for the help.
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This one is on sale for $1300, it is a little over your budget but would probably be a good investment for a prebuilt pc.
https://www.newegg.com/abs-cyclone-ruby-gaming-pc-geforce-rtx-5060-ti-amd-ryzen-7-9700x-32gb-ddr5-1tb-nvme-ssd-cr9700x5060ti3-black/p/N82E16883360854
ThermalTake has a few options also that are very upgrade in the future. At that price range most of the PC will be pretty much the same. You should search for reviews about each manufacture to see who has the best services.
Do you mind if I ask what your use case is? Are you a modern gamer, speed runner, old school gamer? RTS/MMO?
Will you use this for other things like video/audio production, streaming/recording ( pass through ).
Will you use this for work purposes too? ( as in it needs to run a specific program )
Do Peripherals/Monitor do you have already? do you have space for a large or small form factor?
Do you have basic or intermediate knowledge of PC hardware?
Just a modern gamer, wanting to get a PC and stop playing on xbox.
Im not very knowledged when it comes to PC building and the parts included.
Just starting to learn all of these things.
I have a cheap monitor currently but will get a new one when i order the computer.
This is a realy good deal right now.
probably only an 8gig card but at this price point its not bad.
Some other people gave some examples, I can throw in 2 I looked at.
There’s a few things I follow when I recommend builds for others.
- Always build/Buy with the intent to upgrades. Anything from just a simple more beefy power supply to a motherboard than takes the next generation of CPUs and a case that fits more fans or SSD/M.2 space.
- Try not to settle for parts. The budget is $1200, and that’s great, but leave wiggle room. My general range is 20% or $300, whichever is greater.
- Most consumers have their monitor/Power Supply Units for 6+ years, some even 10. So if your buying/building for a game today, you are most likely going to keep those for multiple builds. Every build after that will also take those into effect.
- If you get any recommendations, be ready to purchase within 2 weeks. The longer you wait to purchase, information regarding the products can change; be it prices, stock and or support.
My recs are
Skytech Azure Gaming PC Desktop, Ryzen 7 7700 3.8 GHz (5.3GHz Turbo), NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GDDR7, 1TB Gen4 NVMe SSD, 32GB 5200Mhz DDR5 RAM RGB, 650W GOLD PSU, Wi-Fi, Win 11,Montech XR
This build has a better GPU and a free keyboard and mouse. Free gifts shouldn’t sway your decision but it is worth noting because the processors are within range of each other and the memory freq is lower for this build. I also like this case better ( preference )
ABS Cyclone Aqua Gaming PC - Windows 11 - Intel Core i7-14700F - GeForce RTX 5060 - DLSS 4 - AI-Powered Performance - 32GB DDR5 6400 - 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD - CA14700F50602
This Intel build has a lower GPU but it actually chosen for the rest of the build, where as the other is future proofed for at least an extra generation. This builds memory clock is also a higher freq, but this doesn’t have any free items included. This case is decent and good for starter customers.
Both builds have a 1 year warranty from manufacture.
These builds can handle 1440p gaming, depending on the games, you should get 70+ frames.
TN is faster response time ( hz ) but less quality, are often Cheaper. VA is a middle ground of response time and picture quality. IPS is best quality and often more expensive, however, more monitors are starting to be within $150 range of each other, so there’s no really difference after $250. The difference in price come from Brand or from LED/OLED/QLED. Frames Per Second also make a difference, but that’s pretty much it.
Hope this information helps.
Okay chat I’m upping my price range to $1500 it seems like theirs a big leap in hardware etc from 1200 to 1500.
Please send recommended PC builds around $1500.
Thanks,
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prebuilt only? Because you can get alot more for your $ at this price point.
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does not include windows but you can probably get a key for $50 or less. Plus you gotta build it. It will be right up to date though and is highly upgradable.
