PC build guide: the best budget gaming PC (around 800$ price tag)

Building PCs for gaming can get expensive. It’s easy to put together a cart or two that quickly swells to two or three thousand dollars. Can everyone afford such a machine? No. Some—actually, many—people have stricter budgets and bills to pay. But that doesn’t mean you can’t build a PC you can be proud of. If you're prudent about part choices, you can still build an impressive PC that will run today's games great and upgrade well in the future.

Building a budget gaming rig often poses more challenges than one with a budget of $1,500 or more. Budget builds can be easier to assemble, but picking parts can be a bit of a nightmare when you're trying to stretch every dollar as far as it will go. This guide is here to give you a bit of insight if you’re looking for a rig that won't break the bank.

This build is designed with an $800 price point in mind, cutting out extras such as an optical drive or a large HDD. It basically skimps on superfluous components, like the case, storage, and even CPU, instead putting almost all of the budget into the graphics card. Having said that, this build offers a nice backbone for a system that will upgrade well in the future—the CPU should be your first stop down that path.

Performance-wise, you should expect this build to run games very well at 1080p and 1440p, but only decently in 4K. What it won't be great at is CPU-heavy tasks, such as video editing, live streaming, and CPU-intensive games like Ashes of the Singularity and Civilization VI, but that should be expected given the price point and ultra-budget CPU.

The price point also doesn't account for the operating system or any peripherals.

Intel Pentium G4560

Nvidia GTX 1070

ASRock B250M Pro4

G.Skill Ripjaws V Series DDR4-2666 16GB (2x8GB)

Crucial MX300 275GB

Fractal Design Core 1100

EVGA 450W 80+ Bronze PSU

Upvote if you find it helpfull and follow.
Thanks in advance :)