Need advice for best gaming pc under $1000 without getting ripped off

Saving u hours of youtube rabbit holes: literally buy anything with 4060/4060ti + i5 or ryzen 5. Thats it. Done. Gaming at 1080p is EASY now. Stop overthinking. Prebuilt, custom, whatever. Just get that gpu + that cpu tier and ur golden for 3-4 years minimum

$1000 gets you nothing worth buying new in this economy lmfaooo 😭 my little brother just dropped $1200 and still had to compromise on garbage tier peripherals + no rgb. used market only real option these days unless you're cool with potato graphics and 45fps

Gaming laptops actually decent now?? Got asus tuf a15 (ryzen 7/3050) for $849, literally plays everything i throw at it. Portable for college too. Desktop elitists will attack me but whatevs, not everyone has space for huge gaming setup

dawg forget these pc nerds obsessing over fps... CONSOLE. get xbox series x ($399 now) plus game pass. boom, done, under budget with hundreds of games instant access. PC "master race" in shambles bc consoles straight value kings this gen and everyone knows it

Grabbed that CyberPowerPC Gamer Master (AMD Ryzen 5 5500/RX 6400 4GB) when it hit $699 at amazon. Nothing special but runs everything smooth af at 1080p. Added 16gb ram myself (easy upgrade even for noob) and now its perfect. Thermals suck but like...who cares at this price point lol

Look at microcenter if anywhere near you!! Their in-house powerspec brand like $200-300 cheaper than identical specs online because they make $ on accessories/warranties

yall typing paragraphs about cpu/gpu combos meanwhile im playing elden ring max settings on office optiplex ($180 refurb) + rx 6600 ($220) + ram upgrade ($50). Ugly beige box goes brrrr while yall comparing rgb patterns lmaooo 💀

Careful buying prebuilts without understanding their proprietary motherboard limitations - many use custom form factors preventing future upgrades forcing complete system replacement instead of component upgrades when single part becomes outdated

u realize starfield minimum specs ALONE basically eat ur entire budget right??? Like bruh moment expecting $1000 to run newest titles smoothly 💀 Not trying to be mean but either save more $$ or prepare for potato graphics/choppy gameplay. Bethesda games optimization = straight doo doo water

Snagged the skytech gaming chronos (i3-10100F / GTX 1650) during flash sale. regrets? ZERO. Thing absolutely SLAPS for 1080p gaming. Ignore haters saying prebuilts trash - this thing cable managed better than i ever could lol

U know what nobody ever mentions?? NOISE. My "amazing specs for the price" prebuilt sounds like jet engine 24/7. Spent another $100+ fixing cooling just so gf wouldn't murder me. Cheap = loud af usually, factor that in if shared living space

we gatekeeping pc gaming so hard with these comments... TRIX literally just wants decent 1080p rig coming from LAPTOP MINECRAFT. almost ANY modern setup will blow their mind

Just...use pcpartpicker?? Literally plug in $1000 budget, sort by completed builds, copy someone else's parts list with good reviews. Why reinvent wheel? Thousands of proven builds with benchmarks right there

ngl feels like half these responses from people who haven't actually bought pc since like 2022... gpu prices went stupid again last month, $1000 barely gets entry level gaming setup now unless black friday miracle or microcenter bundle

Start with CHEAP SETUP THEN UPGRADE. Better strategy than blowing whole budget at once. Get decent cpu/mobo/case/psu now with whatever gpu fits remaining budget. Then upgrade gpu next year when prices hopefully drop. Smart long term strategy

did everyone miss where he said STUDENT LOANS??? forget new pc entirely with that financial situation my dude. xbox series s ($250) + gamepass will scratch gaming itch without throwing money away during debt payoff. pc gaming luxury that can wait till loans handled. speaking from experience. 10000% not worth