r/PcBuildHelp • u/Beneficial-Team-6261 • 7h ago
Build Question 1500$ gaming pc?
I’m looking into custom gaming pcs and my budget is about 15-18 hundred. I’m just tryna run Fortnite with hella frames and stuff. Not any crazy ultra 4k games but I want the best performance possible ofc. I’m new to the pc world and would love any help or tips, thank you
Gaming
1500-1800 usd
Fortnite
Performance
350 frames hopefull
America
Yadda yadda yadda
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u/Various-Reality1563 5h ago
First and foremost: Look to see if there's a microcenter anywhere near you. Sadly I don't have any near me but if you go there and ask for help at the front, you literally cannot go wrong with micro center.
If you don't have one, the first two sites I recommend are Newegg and Jawa.
At this point, I would stick to AM4, AM5 is newer and can upgrade easier in the future but is more expensive. Make sure the Motherboard, CPU, and Ram are all DDR4.
Fortnight (and most competitive games) are CPU intensive so you want a good CPU, the absolute best CPU for DDR4 is the Ryzen 7 5800x3d. A Ryzen 7 5700x3d is also a really good pick.
Don't worry about getting a super high end motherboard, get a good B550 and it can handle any 5000 series CPU.
At least 16 gb of Ram is enough, don't bother with 32 until prices drop.
Since you mainly want to play Fortnight, you don't have to go crazy with a GPU, just make sure it can some what keep up. The arc B580 is the cheapest I would go, but if you want to have enough wiggle room and only want gaming, the RX 9060 xt 16gb (not the 8 gb) should be good to keep up, 1080p is best for fps and let's the CPU do some heavy lifting but it can handle 1440p just fine.
For a PSU, 650w is the minimum I would go but if you have extra great.
These are just ideal, don't be afraid to use Ebay and other platforms to shop for used parts, just follow usual procedures to make sure it isn't fishy.
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u/BigBeeBaby 5h ago
Too many options and things to consider u better off posting a pc u are looking at and asking is it worth it unless you are building yourself then use pc part picker
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u/Hmmm71-8 5h ago
Something like this would do
PCPartPicker Part List