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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

−0.2%

Esports and most new games at 1080p

$1,530 was $1,534 on 25 Aug

Graphics card GeForce RTX 5060 $460
Processor Ryzen 5 7600X $184
Memory, 32GB DDR5 Patriot Viper Venom 32GB DDR5-6000 CL30 $496
Motherboard B650 motherboard ~$130
Storage Average 1TB NVMe SSD ~$110
Power supply 650W 80+ Gold power supply ~$80
Case Generic mid-tower case ~$70

Mid-range for 1440p

+3.0%

Most new games at 1440p on high settings

$2,405 was $2,336 on 25 Aug

Graphics card GeForce RTX 5070 $910
Processor Ryzen 7 7800X3D $389
Memory, 32GB DDR5 Patriot Viper Venom 32GB DDR5-6000 CL30 $496
Motherboard B650 or B850 motherboard with Wi-Fi ~$190
Storage Average 2TB NVMe SSD ~$210
Power supply 750W 80+ Gold power supply ~$110
Case Airflow mid-tower case ~$100

High-end for 4K

+17%

4K gaming and heavy ray tracing

$3,983 was $3,391 on 21 Aug

Graphics card GeForce RTX 5080 $2,107
Processor Ryzen 7 9800X3D $449
Memory, 32GB DDR5 Patriot Viper Venom 32GB DDR5-6000 CL30 $496
Motherboard X870E motherboard ~$350
Storage Average 2TB Gen4 NVMe SSD ~$250
Power supply 1000W ATX 3.1, 80+ Gold power supply ~$180
Case Premium case ~$150

What most players have

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

Graphics cards

RTX 30603.8%
RTX 50703.8%
RTX 4060 Laptop GPU3.6%
RTX 40603.5%
RTX 30503.3%
RTX 50603.2%

System memory

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

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

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