Reference prices · October 2026 · USD

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Tell us how much you want to spend and what resolution you play at. We put together three options with a CPU, motherboard, RAM and graphics card that work together, plus a link for each part to find it in U.S. stores, sorted from cheapest to most expensive.

$ USD
$500$5,000
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Catalog prices are estimates in U.S. dollars based on typical street prices. Confirm the final price at the store before you buy.

Performance by game

How many FPS would it run at?

Pick a game and see how many FPS each build above would give, at your budget and resolution. If you change either one, the numbers update.

Graphics settings

Models taken from the guides at Tom's Hardware. FPS figures start from the Tom's Hardware GPU hierarchy and are estimates. Each build's performance percentage is an approximate relative index.

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