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A budget and a purpose. Every part is chosen for the job, checked against every other part for fit, and explained. Prices are typical, not live: the Amazon page decides.

Start from a build people pick

Live from the catalogue
  1. Office & everyday for $1,000AMD Ryzen 5 5500Radeon RX 6600$993 all in, 8 parts, fit 53 of 10053fitOpen this build
  2. Gaming for $1,500Intel Core i5-14600KFRadeon RX 7700 XT$1,498 all in, 8 parts, fit 62 of 10062fitOpen this build
  3. Content creation for $3,000Intel Core Ultra 7 270K PlusGeForce RTX 5070 Ti$2,989 all in, 8 parts, fit 82 of 10082fitOpen this build

Every row is worked out from today's catalogue. Open one, then change anything.

  1. 1Pick a budget from the rail, in steps of $500
  2. 2Say how it should look: black or white, with RGB or without
  3. 3Say what the PC is for; a processor or graphics brand is optional
  4. 4A whole PC appears, the case with its fans; open the swaps or buy each part

A demonstration with example parts. Hover to pause.

Budget, in US dollars

Steps of $500. $2,000 is the least that buys every part a content creation PC needs; past $10,000 the catalogue has nothing faster to add. A screen, keyboard and mouse come on top.

How it should look

Every part white, and everything that can light up does. The case, the cooler, the board, the card, the supply and the memory follow the colour; the case's fans, the cooler, the board and the memory follow the lighting. A drive has no colour and a supply does not glow, so neither is asked to match. A look costs money, so the budget rail moves with it.

What the PC is for
64Fit for the job

Sweet spot

$2,000 for content creation

Tuned for export times: many cores, a card with good encoders, lots of memory.

$1,994 for 8 parts, $6 under budget

The Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus has headroom to spare. The Intel Arc B580 sets the frame rate at 1440p, so a faster card is the upgrade that shows.

Corsair 4000D RS ARGBArc B580750 W

Build order

Eight steps, the way a builder works through the case. $1,994 all in.

  1. Gigabyte B860M Aorus Elite WiFi6E Ice on the tray
  2. Core Ultra 7 270K Plus in the socket
  3. Thermalright Frozen Notte 360 on top
  4. 2 sticks of memory
  5. Lexar NM790 2TB on the board
  6. Arc B580 in the x16 slot
  7. 750 W supply in the basement
  8. Panel on, power on
PartScore for the jobTypical priceBuy
ProcessorIntel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

Highest content creation score the budget allows next to this card: 24 cores, boosts to 5.5 GHz.

4 swaps that still fit
95
$324
Buy on Amazon
MotherboardGigabyte B860M Aorus Elite WiFi6E Ice

B860 board for the LGA1851 socket, DDR5, 3 M.2 slots, Wi-Fi.

1 swap that still fit
74
$190
Buy on Amazon
MemoryTeamGroup T-Force Delta RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6000 CL30

32 GB DDR5 at 6000 MT/s CL30; 32 GB or more is the floor for content creation.

2 swaps that still fit
80
$560
Buy on Amazon
Graphics cardIntel Arc B580

12 GB of video memory, index 30 at 1440p; tuned for export times: many cores, a card with good encoders, lots of memory.

2 swaps that still fit
30
$370
Buy on Amazon
CPU coolerThermalright Frozen Notte 360

Rated 300 W for a chip that turbos to 250 W, with lit fans.

2 swaps that still fit
78
$55
Buy on Amazon
Power supplyCorsair RM750e

750 W, 80 Plus gold; this build draws about 600 W at full tilt, native 12V-2x6 cable.

2 swaps that still fit
80
$90
Buy on Amazon
CaseCorsair 4000D RS ARGB

3 fans in the box, 3 of them lit, 3 is the least 440 W of parts needs behind a mesh front. Takes ATX/MATX/ITX boards and cards up to 360 mm.

4 swaps that still fit
84
$105
Buy on Amazon
StorageLexar NM790 2TB

2 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe, 7,400 MB/s reads.

2 swaps that still fit
76
$300
Buy on Amazon
Total, typical prices8 parts$1,994

Is another $500 worth it?

Same job, same brand choices, only the budget moves one step. These are the parts that change.

+$500$2,488 all in, fit 76 +12
  • Graphics cardRadeon RX 9070 XT instead of Intel Arc B580
  • Power supplyCorsair RM850e instead of Corsair RM750e
  • CaseMontech Air 903 Max instead of Corsair 4000D RS ARGB
  • StorageSamsung 9100 Pro 2TB instead of Lexar NM790 2TB
See what the step up buys
Already own some of these?Take this build's processor and board into the matcher and fill only the gaps.Upgrading instead of starting over?Check the PC you have first; the one part holding it back may be the only one worth buying.