What is the best gaming pc for $1500 in 2022 (mainly people who already built a pc for 1500 and want to share theirs)

I’ve enabled parametric filters and choices for some sections. A quick note on the motherboard: make sure you get one with solid VRMs. It should be able to handle a potential future 170W+ CPU with 12+ cores(11700x3d or whatever they call it) without breaking a sweat. I'm avoiding asrock for the time being due to high instances of X3Ds burning with no resolution.

For CPUs, the Ryzen 5 9600X / 7600 / 7600X are excellent AM5 starters. They give you a cheap, powerful entry point now while leaving the door open for an eventual upgrade to something like the 11700X3D or 11800X3D. Just don’t miss out on deals like the 5700X3D at $140,that’s the kind of value that disappears fast(just look at the number of people asking if they should get a $250 5700x3d or upgrade to AM5 rn). On the flip side, overspending on a 7800X3D or 9800X3D doesn’t make sense for most people. Modern demanding titles are still GPU-bound, especially once you crank up ray tracing and upscaling. The only exception is if you can snag a heavily discounted 7800X3D at Microcenter, but that doesn’t apply to most.

The Thermalright Royal Pretor is currently one of the best air coolers on the market, and for $45 it’s basically a no brainer. It’s a solid step up from the Phantom Spirit in performance.

On the GPU front, the RX 9070 16GB at $600 is fantastic value. With a little undervolting/overclocking, it can perform close to a 9070XT. If you can stretch your budget, the 5070 Ti is another stellar option at MSRP. DLSS, path-tracing performance, and Frame Generation are often underrated, especially combined with Reflex 2, which massively reduces latency. Just make sure your native framerate sits at 45 FPS or higher before enabling Frame Gen, and you’ll be golden.

For storage, a 2TB Gen4/Gen5 NVMe SSD is the sweet spot. Game load times aren’t sensitive to NVMe speeds, and the handful of DirectStorage titles out there barely show a difference between Gen3 and Gen4 anyway. Grab whichever is the best deal.

Cases are down to personal preference. I’ve picked airflow-focused and well-priced options, but MATX is also a fantastic choice if you want to keep things compact. The Dan A3 didn’t make it into this list, but it’s still one of my personal favorites.

Power supplies are simple: grab an 850W 80+ Gold ATX 3.1 unit with at least a 10-year warranty, Tier B+ or higher. The 750W variants are often just $10-$15 cheaper, so it’s worth stepping up to 850W for peace of mind.

PCPartPicker Part List

Hi guys! My friend and I are planning to build our first PC and would appreciate any help or advice on what we should add/change. This is what we found online. Any opinions are appreciated!

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Photonman1/saved/DFRyFT

BACKGROUND

I am building a new pc to replace my 10 year old pc. I mostly use it for gaming, but also some personal light productivity, multitasking, streaming movies/tv etc.

Currently I play some fps games like cs go, pubg, MW. I also play HOTS and will be playing diablo 4. I'm also considering games like hogwarts and even getting into a driving sim down the road.

I've been an intel and Nvidia fan boy because this is what I've used in the past with success. I've had an i5-2500k chugging along for 11 years that I've been happy with. But with the state of things with gpus, I think I'll be going Radeon this time around for a bit of longevity due to more vram.

BUDGET

Regarding budget, I've gone back and forth but pretty much decided to build a mid range pc that'll efficiently run 1440p for at least a few years (the longer the better) . So I'd like to keep the pc build (minus monitors) between $1400-$2000, but cheaper is always better.

BUILD

I live near a microcenter, so I plan to bundle the cpu, mobo and ram and then add another 16gb of ram. I'm sure it's user error, but I was struggling to get ddr4 ram on pcpartpicker.com which is why you see the ddr5. I'd love to build it this upcoming weekend, but we'll see. Linked is the build I created as of now.

EDIT: LATEST BUILD

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fzGsDq

Let me know what you think and if I can improve anywhere. Thank for your help!

I was asked to put together a $1500 USD gaming pc build with a monitor for a friend. We will be purchasing soon, I would just like a quick sanity check to make sure I made some good part choices.

This will be used for various kinds of games.

I was also trying to make a smaller footpring build, but still keeping it fairly simple, so thats why I chose an ITX build with the NR200.

if you any questions or suggestions, all are appreciated, thanks!

PCPartPicker Part List

I enjoy watching youtube and play mostly FPS/story games (Cs2, tf2, RDR2), I got a 1500 USD budget and I'd prefer a nvidia graphics card but I'm open to anything
I already have a 1080p monitor and a keyboard + mouse from my current setup that I will be re-using