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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 $1,000Intel Core i3-14100FRadeon RX 6600$999 all in, 8 parts, fit 52 of 10052fitOpen this build
  2. Gaming for $1,500Intel Core i5-14600KFRadeon RX 7700 XT$1,482 all in, 8 parts, fit 61 of 10061fitOpen this build
  3. Content creation for $3,000Intel Core Ultra 7 270K PlusGeForce RTX 5070 Ti$2,994 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
  2. 2Pick what the PC is for
  3. 3Every part appears, checked for fit
  4. 4Buy each part, or pay less through ScoutPrices

A demonstration with example parts. Hover to pause.

Budget, in US dollars

Steps of $500. $1,500 is the least that buys every part a gaming & streaming PC needs; past $10,000 the catalogue has nothing faster to add. A screen, keyboard and mouse come on top.

What the PC is for
93Fit for the job

Flagship

$6,500 for gaming & streaming

Tuned for frame rates with headroom for the encoder and the chat.

$6,500 for 8 parts, $0 under budget

The Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and the GeForce RTX 5090 are well matched at 1440p.

Lian Li O11 Dynamic EvoRTX 50901200 W

Build order

Eight steps, the way a builder works through the case. $6,500 all in.

  1. MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi on the tray
  2. Core Ultra 7 270K Plus in the socket
  3. Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 on top
  4. 2 sticks of memory
  5. Crucial T705 1 TB on the board
  6. RTX 5090 in the x16 slot
  7. 1200 W supply in the basement
  8. Panel on, power on
PartScore for the jobTypical priceBuy
ProcessorIntel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

Highest gaming & streaming score the budget allows next to this card: 24 cores, boosts to 5.5 GHz.

4 swaps that still fit
89
$324
Buy on Amazon
MotherboardMSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi

Z890 board for the LGA1851 socket, DDR5, 4 M.2 slots, Wi-Fi.

4 swaps that still fit
86
$244
Buy on Amazon
MemoryCorsair Vengeance 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6000 CL30

32 GB DDR5 at 6000 MT/s CL30; 32 GB or more is the floor for gaming & streaming.

3 swaps that still fit
80
$550
Buy on Amazon
Graphics cardGeForce RTX 5090

32 GB of video memory, index 100 at 1440p; tuned for frame rates with headroom for the encoder and the chat.

2 swaps that still fit
100
$4,830
Buy on Amazon
CPU coolerArctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360

Rated 330 W for a chip that turbos to 250 W.

4 swaps that still fit
96
$70
Buy on Amazon
Power supplyThermaltake Toughpower GF3 1200W

1200 W, 80 Plus gold; this build draws about 1100 W at full tilt, native 12V-2x6 cable.

2 swaps that still fit
92
$159
Buy on Amazon
CaseLian Li O11 Dynamic Evo

Takes EATX/ATX/MATX/ITX boards and cards up to 422 mm, 0 fans included.

4 swaps that still fit
90
$73
Buy on Amazon
StorageCrucial T705

1 TB PCIe 5.0 NVMe, 13,600 MB/s reads, with cache.

4 swaps that still fit
92
$250
Buy on Amazon
Total, typical prices8 parts$6,500

Is another $500 worth it?

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

-$500$5,868 all in, fit 88 -5
  • ProcessorAMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 instead of Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
  • MotherboardASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero instead of MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi
  • MemoryG.Skill Trident Z5 Royal 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 instead of Corsair Vengeance 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6000 CL30
  • Graphics cardGeForce RTX 5080 instead of GeForce RTX 5090
  • CPU coolerCorsair iCUE Link Titan 360 RX LCD instead of Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360
  • Power supplyCorsair RM1000x (2024) instead of Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1200W
  • CaseLian Li O11 Dynamic Evo XL instead of Lian Li O11 Dynamic Evo
  • StorageWD Black SN8100 instead of Crucial T705
See the step down+$500$6,896 all in, fit 96 +3
  • ProcessorAMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D instead of Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
  • MotherboardGigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7 instead of MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi
  • MemoryG.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 instead of Corsair Vengeance 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6000 CL30
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.