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Every part chosen for the job and checked against every other for fit, with the reason next to it and a link to buy it on Amazon.

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Budget1500

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Intel Core i3-14100F with the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB

about $1,497 all infit for the job62

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Every part checked against every other.

The socket and the memory type, the card's length against the case, the cooler's height against the side panel, the supply's watts against the draw. A build reaches you only once every pair of parts agrees.

Fit, measured.

This machine is the $2,500 gaming build, black with lighting. The card is 330 mm in a case that takes 422 mm, the cooler stands 155 mm with room for 167 mm, and the 750 W supply covers about 650 W flat out.

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Two cards, two processors, two drives: the scores side by side, every specification with the better one marked, and which of the two to buy for which job.

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Name the parts you own. Every part you still need is picked to fit them: the socket, the memory type, the room in the case. Alternatives beside each pick, all of them fitting too.

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Load the processor and the card right in the page: does each compute correctly, does it hold its speed, is it where its model normally sits. Then read which of the two sets the frame rate at your resolution.

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A budget in steps of $500, a look, a job. Every option at once.

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Budget1500

$1,500 is the least that buys every part this kind of PC needs; past $10,000 the catalogue has nothing faster to add. Tower only; screen, keyboard and mouse come on top.

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This buys

Intel Core i3-14100F with the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB

in the NZXT H7 Flow (2024) White: 3 fans in the box, none of them lit

about $1,497 all infit for the job62

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Every part, every category

Processors: most speed per dollar

  1. 1
    Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
    46.7 pts per $100
    $135
  2. 2
    Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
    39.1 pts per $100
    $180
  3. 3
    AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
    38.9 pts per $100
    $173
  4. 4$178
  5. 5
    Intel Core Ultra 5 225
    35.8 pts per $100
    $160

Graphics cards: most speed per dollar

  1. 1
    Radeon RX 7700 XT
    9.8 pts per $100
    $430
  2. 2$900
  3. 3
    Radeon RX 9070 XT
    8.9 pts per $100
    $1,050
  4. 4$850
  5. 5$1,080

A comparison people keep asking for

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D against the Intel Core i5-14600KF: the gaming favourite against the price favourite. One leads in frames, one leads on the receipt, and which matters depends on the resolution you play at.

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How the score works

Every part carries a Spec score from 0 to 100 against the best of its kind, built from published review results and compatibility rules, not from anything a maker pays for. It is an index for choosing, not a benchmark of your PC.

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