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

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JEMC said:

1) Will you use the PC for something else other than gaming? 2) What is the resolution/refresh rate of your monitor? Or is that also part of your build?

In any case, since you want a computer that can be used for a long time with the option to be upgraded, your only course of action right now is going with an AMD AM5 motherboard and CPU.

1) The sole purpose of the PC will be for gaming. Microsoft Word is the most demanding non-gaming application I would use on this system.

m0ney said:

It's not the specs that matter but the RGB

Could you elaborate? What do you mean by this? RGB referring to something with the monitor or the PC itself?

Tober said:

This might sound weird. But if the rumors are true and the next XBOX will be essentially a PC for about Eur 1000, this could be an option if indeed it will have access to other stores like Steam. If e.g. you're a bit anxious of building and upgrading parts (I would).

I am not interested in Xbox PC nor any prebuilt PC, unfortunately. Plus, seeing how ROG X has come out to be an underperforming $1,000 handheld, I wouldn’t take that risk regardless.