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17part categories
6budget builds, $500–$3000
October 2026last updated

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Which GPU for your monitor?

Match the graphics card to your resolution and refresh rate first — it decides the rest of the build.

1080p · 144Hz RTX 5060 · RX 9060 XT Esports & high-refresh 1080p $700 build

1440p · 165Hz RTX 5070 · RX 9070 The mainstream sweet spot $1000–$1500 build

1440p 240Hz / 4K 60 RTX 5070 Ti · RX 9070 XT Competitive 1440p or entry 4K $1500 build

4K · 120Hz+ RTX 5080 · RTX 5090 Max settings, ray tracing $2000–$3000 build

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Pick parts by category

Curated roundups for every component in your build.

🖥️ Gaming PCs 323 guides 🪑 Chairs 301 guides 🎮 GPUs 261 guides 🖼️ Monitors 256 guides 🧠 CPUs 196 guides 🛏️ Desks 170 guides 🧩 Gaming Laptops 159 guides ⌨️ Keyboards 141 guides 🧴 Thermal Paste 138 guides 🖱️ Mouse 132 guides 💾 SSD 130 guides 🎧 Headsets 129 guides 📶 Routers 118 guides 🔧 Motherboards 103 guides 🔊 Speakers 101 guides 📺 Gaming TVs 95 guides 🔌 PSUs 91 guides

This week's top picks

The components our guides recommend most right now.

ARCTIC

ARCTIC MX-4 (4 g) - Premium Performance Thermal Paste for All Processors

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Samsung

Samsung SSD 990 PRO 2TB, PCIe 4.0 M.2 2280, Up to 7,450…

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STORMCRAFT

STORMCRAFT Phantom RTX 5080 Gaming PC Ryzen 7 9800X3D 32GB DDR5 2TB…

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ARCTIC

ARCTIC MX-4 (incl. Spatula, 4 g) - Premium Performance Thermal Paste

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ARCTIC

ARCTIC MX-7 (8 g) - Ultimate Performance Thermal Paste, Long Durability

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AMD

AMD RYZEN 7 9800X3D 8-Core, 16-Thread Desktop Processor

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Thermal Grizzly

Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut - 1 Gram Thermal Paste Extremely High Performance |…

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MXZ

MXZ Gaming PC,AMD Ryzen 7 7700, GeForce RTX 4060Ti,16GB DDR5, NVME M2…

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How we pick parts

Every recommendation follows the same three steps.

Research the specsManufacturer data sheets, independent benchmarks and compatibility (socket, PSU headroom, case clearance).
Match it to a budgetMost of the money goes to the GPU; the rest is balanced so nothing bottlenecks it.
Keep it currentGuides are revisited as new hardware launches and prices shift.

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