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Best gaming PC builds: budget, mid-range and high-end recommendations

By Jacob Ridley last updated

DIY Component prices are rising, but it's still possible to put together a great DIY build for less than many prebuilts.

DIY
Arctic's Xtender PC case on a white desk with various parts being installed to build a functional gaming PC.

I build loads of gaming PCs and this is the first to make me regret my decisions with my own personal rig—here's what you need to build it yourself

By Jacob Ridley published

Chilly Tinted glass makes everything look better.

Chilly
A gaming PC build using the Be Quiet Shadow Base 800 FX chassis, an Intel Core Ultra CPU and an RX 7900 XT GPU.

The kit filter: The perfect parts for building your first gaming PC

By Dave James published

These are the components we think offer the best bang for buck today.

Gaming PCs
A gaming PC in the process of being built, using Radeon and Ryzen components and an Asus Pro Art PA401 PC case.

Moody and wooden, this PC and I have a lot in common: Asus ProArt Case PA401, Ryzen 7 9800X3D and RX 9070 XT build

By Jacob Ridley published

Build it Who says you need rainbow RGBs for a good time?

Build it
A white gaming PC built using a Thermaltake PC case, Cooler Master fans, and an AMD CPU.

I've taken a proper bargain of a case from Thermaltake and built a gorgeous white PC with it

By Jacob Ridley published

Build it A mighty air cooler from Cooler Master is the star of the show.

Build it

I build a PC every month: these are my 5 worst PC building gripes

By Jacob Ridley published

Gripes Week It's Gripes Week at PC Gamer, and I'm taking aim at the thing I enjoy the most in my job: PC building.

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Gripes Week
A gaming PC lit up with neon-style lighting and using an RX 9070 XT graphics card.

The RX 9070 XT might not be the truly mid-range graphics card I'm still dreaming of but it turned my latest sci-fi PC build into a frame rate menace

By Zak Storey published

Tron-style Quiet, cool collected, Tron-themed (sort of), thanks to the Evolv X2 and a ton of Lian Li fans, this machine slaps.

Tron-style
A gaming PC sat on a desk with purple RGB lighting on the fans and light bar enabled.

This nearly budget gaming PC build made me realise availability is just as important as affordability when building a cheap machine

By Jacob Ridley published

Budget-ish A budget part is only as good as its price on the shelf.

Budget-ish
A gaming PC with RGB lighting enabled on a desk.

This gaming PC build smashes together the very latest components but if I did it again, I'd do it differently

By Zak Storey published

OTT The H9 Elite looks glorious, but with an RTX 5090 plus AMD's 9950X, it makes for a toasty little number.

OTT
A gaming PC build using the Be Quiet Shadow Base 800 FX chassis, an Intel Core Ultra CPU and an RX 7900 XT GPU.

This no-vidia gaming PC is a great example of how small design decisions can make it feel like you're building a PC on easy-mode

By Jacob Ridley published

Simple All thanks to a roomy case, fan controller, and incredibly simple NVMe slots.

Simple
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