Market Analysis

Gaming PC Index

A mid-range gaming PC costs about $2,405 in the US today, up 1.1% over 1 month.

What a gaming PC costs on average

A complete build: graphics card, processor and 32GB DDR5 kit at this week’s typical low price, plus estimates (marked ~) for motherboard, storage, power supply and case.

Entry for 1080p

−2.2%

Esports and most new games at 1080p

$1,530 was $1,565 on 13 Oct

Change since 13 Oct: −2.2% −5% 0% 13 Oct 28 Oct 12 Nov

Mid-range for 1440p

+1.1%

Most new games at 1440p on high settings

$2,405 was $2,378 on 13 Oct

Change since 13 Oct: +1.1% −5% 0% +5% 13 Oct 28 Oct 12 Nov

High-end for 4K

+2.9%

4K gaming and heavy ray tracing

$3,983 was $3,870 on 17 Oct

Change since 17 Oct: +2.9% −5% 0% +5% +10% 17 Oct 30 Oct 12 Nov

What most players have

The most common graphics cards and memory sizes in the Steam Hardware Survey, October 2026.

Graphics cards

  1. RTX 30603.8%
  2. RTX 50703.8%
  3. RTX 4060 Laptop GPU3.6%
  4. RTX 40603.5%
  5. RTX 30503.3%
  6. RTX 50603.2%

System memory

  1. 16 GB41.4%
  2. 32 GB37.1%
  3. 8 GB7.5%
  4. 64 GB3.9%

Source: Steam Hardware & Software Survey, share of surveyed Steam users.

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