Since so many of us are stuck indoors, we thought it would be prudent to provide the specs a decent and relatively cheap (yet powerful) custom PC. This build is perfect for those of you who might be running some seriously outdated hardware, or for those who haven’t been hit to hard by the financial crises and still have some cash to spare. Whether you’re a former or a latter, we got you covered with this $1k custom PC build. Check out the build, and afterwards I’ll go into some details as to why this build can be so formidable. (click the link for the amazon price point)

CPU

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

GPU

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 Super Gaming OC 

RAM

G. Skill Ripjaws V Series DDR4 Memory 

SSD

SAMSUNG 860 QVO Series 2.5″   

Motherboard

ASUS TUF GAMING X570- Plus (Wi-Fi) gaming motherborad with PCIe 4.0    

PSU

EVGA 700 GD  700W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS GOLD     This is not your average mid-range build. With a relatively low price, we’ve entered into the premium high end category, with the ability to play all the current generation games at their maximum settings. The Ryzen 5 3600 shows a slightly better performance with there single-core than leading competitors, and along with the ASUS TUF X570 means serious overclocking potential, for those of you interested. With just under 400W of power, the EVGA 700GD will come in handy, if you ever need to swap components and stay current in the years ahead. G. Skill’s Ripjaws V DDR4 is inexpensive for its XMP settings, providing great performance for a low cost, and without those tacky RGB lights. Finally, the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 Super Gaming OC matches performance with all other competitors at that price point, with the added advantage of a significantly cooler machine. The triple fan, dual heatpipe is a quite substantial improvement against other models, all while being fantastically silent.