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I feel like f you are going to build a PC build it a strong and "future proof" (*notice the quotes*) as you can. If not, you might as well buy a console, that's if you want the PC for gaming purposes. My thinking is that you put $1000 on a PC, that will be slowish in a few years and won't be able to run good games, then you are going to want to upgrade, which means more money. With a console, you should be set for a longer period of time, with less money.

I build my PC in 2015, intel 6700k, with 2 MSI 980ti and 16 GB of DDR4 RAM and I expect that setup to last me a few more years before I need to upgrade.