Current Buying Advice: The New Ideal Gaming PC Build from 550 to 2,300 Euros 16 comments
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The reader item “The Ideal Gaming PC Itself” in the PCbase community has been providing answers to the question: Which gaming PC should you get for what budget since 2006? After the new presentation marathon, there was now a larger update with RTX 5000 and RX 9000.
Table of Contents: The New Ideal Gaming PC Build from 550 to 2,300 Euros Gaming PC: Recommendations for Overview Configurations from 550 to 2,300 Euros Only the Wish List? Nvidia GeForce RTX offers price comparisons and recommendations for housing, power supplies, SSDs, and helpful tips for buying used components for 19-year-olds.
Gaming PC recommendations presented.
Recommended configurations have been starting at €550 for some time, showing that a favorable entry is also possible in today’s world—albeit with drawbacks like an older Radeon with only 8GB of VRAM. But starting at €850, care was taken to ensure that this often no longer exceeded FHD in current titles.
Configurations from €550 to €2,300
The ideal gaming PC for approx. 550 euros with AMD-CPU: Wish list with Ryzen 5 5600 and Radeon RX 6600 MIT Intel-CPU: Wish list with Core i3-12100F and Radeon RX 6600 The ideal gaming PC for approx. 850 euros with AMD-CPU: Wish list with Ryzen 5 8400F and Radeon RX 7600 XTMIT Intel-CPU: Wish list with Core i5-12400F and Radeon RX 7600 XTDER Ideal gaming PC for approx. 1,000 euros with AMD-CPU: Wish list with Ryzen 5 7500F and GeForce RTX 5060 TIMIT Intel-CPU: VOL LOCK WITH CORE I5-14400F Gaming PC for approx. 1,400 euros with AMD-CPU: Wishlist with Ryzen 5 9600X and Radeon RX 9070 MIT Intel-CPU: Wishlist with Core i5-14600kf and Radeon RX 9070 The ideal gaming PC for approx. 1,700 euros with AMD-CPU: Wishlist with Ryzen 5 7600x3d and Radeon RX 9070 XTMIT Intel-CPU: Wishlist with Core Ultra 7 265k and Radeon RX 9070 XTDER PC IDEAD GAMING PC for approx. €2,300 with AMD CPU: Wishlist with Ryzen 7 9800x3D and GeForce RTX 5080 MIT Intel CPU: Wishlist with Core Ultra 7 265k and GeForce RTX 5080
Just the wishlist?
And should I stick to the wishlist? No, because even though the recommendations are mostly linked in this article, the people responsible make the effort and also look for alternatives, so there’s a configuration available for every gaming core. So you don’t have to stick to the cramped wishlists, but you can also see what the market has to offer left and right.
The €550 configuration
Nvidia GeForce RTX is back
During the last major update, there was no NVIDIA graphics card for the first time in the €2,000 configuration. The €3,000 gaming PC variant even failed completely. Because the RTX 4090 was almost sold out and the newcomer RTX 5090 (review) was officially on the market but almost not available or could only be obtained over €3,000 at extreme prices, the price range has already been blown apart by GPUs. In the lower price segments, it also seemed to be a MAU in terms of GeForce recommendations. Only the GeForce RTX 4070 made this list.
The new configurations now also include recommendations for the GeForce RTX 5080, 5070 Ti, and 5060 Ti 16 GB, although the price-conscious overview often favors a Radeon RX 9070 (XT). But there is another choice. Compare prices and offers
The price comparison linked to the FAQ already provides a good overview, but it doesn’t always have to reflect the best price.
In Techastuce’s Technik offers, there are always current offers that don’t necessarily have to be listed on price comparison portals. In addition, there are offer pages from individual stores, for example Mindfactory with Mindstar* or NBB (Notebooksbilliger) with weekly offers*. Browsing can be worthwhile.
And if you want to get one of the new graphics cards at the best price, checking the publishers’ availability is recommended:
Availability, prices, and offers: Here are the RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 (TI), and 5060 TI to buy. Availability, prices, and offers: The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 can be purchased here.
Recommendations for housing, power supplies, SSDs, and coolers
The CPU and GPU are the central components of a gaming PC, but the FAQ also provides help with components such as the housing, power supply, SSD, and cooling. There is also a current innovation in the field of monitors. Currently, no specific model is recommended, but interested buyers should consult the appropriate sub-forum for their needs.
Tips for Buying Used Components
Since not everyone has purchased or (at the same time) may want to switch to consoles, there are other tips for the used or console market, as well as for cloud gaming.
Gaming PC Buying Tips for 19 Years
Meanwhile, this extensive reader article is entering its 19th year and offers those seeking help one of the best points of contact on the topic of “which gaming PC should I buy?”, created completely independent of external influences. Once started by user _dj2p-ser, the responsible users changed over time. Via Campino219, responsibility was then passed to the three users Mark-Von_ork, Silver4Monsters, and former moderator Na-Krul.
Additional buying advice from the community
The following buying advice can also be found in the computer-base-forum:
The ideal desktop PC for Mini-ITX systems
IDEAL MINI-ITX GAMING PC
IDEAL OFFICE OFFICIAL
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A lifelong video game enthusiast, Julien reviews the latest releases and explores the technologies transforming the gaming world.
