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

[firebush03]

Davy said:

firebush03 said:

There isn’t a PC I could merely upgrade the GPU(?) of to get PS6 games performing decently smooth? Can others confirm or deny? I’m not a fan of playing the “wait two years for next gen” because that’ll turn into “wait two years for it to not cost an arm and a leg.” This PC at the 2025-purchased should last me at least through the first few years of PS6.

You said you have 1500 usd budget.

Even if the cpu you can buy now will survive next gen , are you ready to pay 500 usd more to upgrade the gpu for next gen ?

$500 for next gen sound like a solid deal to me. That’d be less expensive than a PS6, I’d imagine. Maybe I should clarify that it’s only $1,500 for the initial purchase…

And the reason I’m looking to upgrade to PC is mostly for older games. I feel very restricted in the PS/NSW ecosystem when it comes to playing any game I’d want: For instance, where’s Sonic Unleashed 4k 60FPS on my Switch 2 or PS5? I’m gonna open my unused Xbox for that one game. Similarly, where can I play the highest quality, up-res’d, 60-120FPS version of Mario 64? And that’s not even mentioning all the fan games and mods I’d have access to.

All in all: I’m better off just letting go of my >$1,000 worth of PS5/XBSX hardware alongside their online annual subscription and jumping over to PC ASAP.

Last edited by firebush03 - on 20 October 2025