How to Choose the Best Parts for Building a Gaming PC

Building a PC can be a confusing experience even before you start building it. Before getting your hands dirty, you need to choose the parts you're going to buy --- and buying something wrong can be an annoying and potentially costly mistake. Here's how you can choose PC parts and not die trying.

• Set a Budget: Determine how much you’re willing to spend and what you want your PC to do. Aim for a budget between $1,000 and $2,500 for a good experience.

  
  

• Choose Your CPU First: Start with selecting a CPU, then pick a compatible motherboard and other components.

  
  

• Power Supply: Choose your power supply last, ensuring it meets the power requirements of all your components.

  
  

• Graphics Card: This will likely be the most expensive part, crucial for gaming performance.

That said, building a "gaming" PC, just for gaming is, in my personal opinion, a waste of time and money. If you are simply looking to play games, then I would recommend buying a console.

It's simply plug and play without the all of the headache. I believe PC should be built with the future in mind. Maybe down the road you might desire to learn how to edit videos or understand VM's (Virtual Machines), networking, etc. That is the real purpose of a PC. Exploration and discovery.

As I right this, a Sony Play station 5pro is going for $699CAD. The equivalent PC setup would be an AMD Ryzen 5 5600 CPU($150) with an AMD 7700XT GPU ($595), AM4 motherboard ($130) 16gb Ram ($150) 600W PSU ($70) 2TB m.2 ($160) Case ($70) which gives you a ballpark price of $1300. Double the price with increased potential of headache just to play a game.

So along with choosing the right parts for your next build, I believe the most important part if knowing why you want a new PC.