I need suggestions for a build (using AMD GPU) that will run AAA titles at about 60fps but at high or ultra graphics quality and I am not interested in playing at 1440p at 144hz, although I would like to if I could.

I consider that the only drawback is that I am interested in playing PS3 and Switch games emulated, so, I need a good CPU and that will increase the price although I would prefer to have a bottleneck by the CPU than by the GPU.

Thanks and sorry if details are missing but I had written a much longer post but there was a blackout and everything was deleted, and I’m too lazy to write it again.

Considering in some parts I have seen the Ryzen 9 5900X and 6700XT 10GB as good options.

  • @bitwaba
    1•1 year ago

    From the other comments I saw your budget is ~$2k

    For that budget you can build a PC that will do 1440p 144hz today, no problem, which will be able to give you 60+fps AAA for the next ~4 years. (Especially as frame gen tech like DLSS and FSR get added to games)

    1440p 60fps for today’s games you can do for half your budget.

    For a tower, you need 7 components:

    • mobo, ~$100 ($150 probably more realistic)
    • CPU, $100 ($150 probably more realistic)
    • ram, ~$100
    • case, ~$100
    • PSU, ~$100
    • storage, ~$100 (you can get a Crucial P3 pcie3 2T for less than this right now).
    • video card, anywhere from $200 ~ $1400. Pick your poison.

    Excluding the video card, that’s 6 components for the $600 ~ $700 range. If you go thrifty and watch out for deals you can get sub $100 on good quality PSU, case, and RAM which basically puts you right at $600 for a full PC in which you can put any kind of video card you want in depending on budget (however I would say once you start getting into the rtx4080 or 7900xt and above territory you might want to consider upgrading the CPU as well.). Additional peripherals like a monitor will cut into this remaining video card budget, but I highly recommend a good gsync monitor as it basically turns any 80 FPS gaming into a 120+ fps experience.