I’m on a $1,500 budget - Help me purchase my first gaming PC

[Bofferbrauer2]

I made you a little comuter in PC Part Picker: Link

Since I wasn't sure if you had already an Windows license or if you wanted to go Linux, I left out the OS. Also not included are any peripherals like Mouse and keyboard. Without the OS, we're at $1491.

µThe 7600X was dirt cheap at over $100 less than the 7700XT or 9600XT, so I saw no reason going bigger for now. The 9070XT was also only $60 more than the 9070, so taking the non-XT version didn't make any sense. NVidia even less, as per HU testing just yesterday (link below) the 9070 is 13% faster than the 5070 at the same price, and the 5070Ti too expensive to compete with the 9070XT.

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 19 October 2025