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Prebuilt setups

Complete, compatibility-checked starting points at four budget tiers.

beginner
1080p Starter (AM5)
8 parts
enthusiast
1440p Sweet Spot (7800X3D + 9070 XT)
9 parts
pro
4K Creator + Gamer (9800X3D + 5080)
9 parts
no compromise
Halo Build (9950X3D + RTX 5090)
9 parts

Guides

Best gaming PC under $1,500 (mid-crisis edition)

2026 pricing is hostile: RAM at 3-6x normal, GPUs above MSRP. Here's the $1,500 build that spends around the crisis, not into it.

Quiet PC for music production: silence as a spec

A recording-room PC has one spec the gaming builds ignore: noise floor. How to build for silence without thermal throttling.

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