Budget?

budget/currency?
location?

anything you need?
monitor, k/m, controller, speakers?

any preferences?
amd/intel/nvidia

can you build it yourself?

I would suggest an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 or RTX 5060 Ti, or an AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT graphics card, paired with an Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 series processor, at least 16GB of RAM, and an NVMe SSD for storage. Liquid cooling is preferred.

Originally posted by ✨Saint✨:

I would suggest an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 or RTX 5060 Ti, or an AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT graphics card, paired with an Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 series processor, at least 16GB of RAM, and an NVMe SSD for storage. Liquid cooling is preferred.

:saint:

honestly at this point, the 4060 makes no sense (kinda didn't already) 5-6 months ago i would have said sure.. because it was about the price of a 7600 and preformed abit better on average. And everything above it (unless going used) was nearly twice the price, hell the 4060 ti was a good 70% more expensive for a 30% uplift, Now though the 5060 is the same price and 15-20% faster then a 4060

Even then both these cards don't make much sense because if lack of vram. But if strapped for cash, then the 5060 and 9060xt aren't bad cards and will play anything at high settings at 1080p 60fps for now.

All that said, if you can go used or are willing to pay nearly double what those cost, there's far better options.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6LzsNz

Check micro center for processor bundles. Find a new card that doesn’t break bank. 60//1080 can be done with any in-store brand new card.

Intel i5 245k/ Ryzen 5 9600X or a Ryzen 7 9700X. Depending on price. The Intel Core Ultra 200 series sucked on release, but the sales can be pretty good so they are now worth considering.

GPU: 9060XT 16 Gig or 5060 Ti 16 Gig. Note, get the 16 gig version if you can. The 8 Gig versions can perform significantly worse in terms of 1% lows/ stuttering in certain situations when they run out of Vram.

Cooler: A budget air cooler should suffice, like the Peerless Assassin 120.

Make sure you get a NVME SSD if you don't already have one.

PSU any quality 750W+ should suffice.

Case as long as it fits your motherboard. ATX case for a ATX motherboard. MATX case for a MATX motherboard. Since MATX is smaller than ATX, you can go with an ATX case with a MATX motherboard. Basically you want a case that fits a smaller or equal sized motherboard it is rated for.

Motherboard CROSSHAIR X870E EXTREME
Ram Kingston KF580C36RLAK2-48
CPU Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU 11350-03-20G Basic gaming High ultra somewhere around that
or
GPU GeForce RTX 5090 32GB 512-Bit VR or Ultra wide screens

there is a mid ground AMD Radeon RX 9070XT RNDA 4 This is the 5.0PCI version

not a clue about
tower(whatever fits the Motherboard)
powersupply (probably 1200+)
UPS (probably 1500)
Fans/cooling (placement in the space is important)
keyboard+mouse(the most basic wired for the time being)
Monitor(should run on anything with a hdmi port)
pizza oven

It all depends on your budget but for what you say you need it for, it'll be around $2,500 ish

Originally posted by Kobs:

It all depends on your budget but for what you say you need it for, it'll be around $2,500 ish

for 1080p 60fps? wtf. you can build one for alot cheaper then that.
like Rumpelcrutchskin added above, which is around 1100$ USD

Liquid cooling is not needed, I have a 9800x3d with the peerless assassin 120 that will not go above 76c no matter what I do to it.

Hp / dell make good entry level pcs. Or you can build your own if you know what your doing

PC parts picker. My favorite place.

Originally posted by Illegal immigrant:

Iam interested in having a gaming PC that can at least run every modern game in high settings at 1080p/60fps. I havent build a gaming PC in over 10 years.

You've been locked in your house for 10 years, playing intently, ignoring the rest of the world , While the world churning out more stoves than processors and computers. But now they're bringing out frame generators, poorly optimized titles that require unearthly power.

Simple options so you can even leave the house, SteamDeck.

If you'd rather expand your personal dungeon, now's the time, "until you understand the American tariffs."

Ryzen 9000 series or higher, non-Asrock motherboards. Although we owe a lot to Asrock for finding flaws even in the Ryzen 9000s, it's not their direct fault but the overly high-performance heatsinks, which aren't necessary for the 9000 series.

I think Nvidia or AMD for graphics cards are now even.

Use pcpartpicker to choose parts, or drive to MicroCenter and ask for help.

Either way, wait for Labor Day sales.