Find your right gaming PC
A few honest questions, then a build from our catalogue. No AI, fixed rules, every figure with a source. At the end you see parts, reasons and a model frame-rate estimate.
Step by step
One question after another, with an explanation. If you have never put a PC together, take this route.
What performance target should the machine hit?
This is a minimum requirement for the model calculation, not a guarantee. Within your budget, we look for the fastest build that fits it.
- 1080p at 60 FPS
Full HD, comfortably playable. Cheapest entry.
- 1440p at 144 FPS
WQHD with a high frame rate. A solid compromise for most people.
- 4K at 60 FPS
UHD, sharp image. Demands a lot from the graphics card.
Which processor team do you want?
AMD and Intel are both in the catalogue. No preference means we pick what fits budget and target best.
- AMD
Often strong value in games.
- Intel
Broad strengths, including many work apps.
- No preference
Pick the best for my budget.
Which graphics team do you want?
AMD or Nvidia, depending on what you like or already use. No preference again means the best fit for your budget.
- AMD
Radeon cards from the catalogue.
- Nvidia
GeForce cards from the catalogue.
- No preference
Pick the card that best hits target and budget.
Why these parts
- Model calculation from measured anchors and fixed factors, not a measurement on your machine.
- cheapest case. Whether your card fits inside we do not check yet, because we lack the length of the individual cards
- size matched to what you do with the machine
You also need
Windows licence no price quoted
Without an operating system the finished machine will not start. We do not quote a price: the range between a retail licence, a preinstalled version and the grey market is too wide for a guide value that would not mislead.
Assemble it yourself or have a shop do it.
What it costs to run
Calculated with 32 cents per kilowatt hour and the manufacturers’ power figures. Both are assumptions, not a measurement on your machine. You can enter your own tariff in the FPS calculator.
Buy these parts
Every part can be swapped. Price and fit update immediately. Changes here apply to you only and do not alter the recommendation.
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No AI answers here. The recommendation uses fixed rules, catalogue data and model estimates. The FPS model uses published measurements as reference points; many game and hardware values are derived or extrapolated. The same input produces the same result while the underlying data remains unchanged.
What is your maximum budget?
This means the complete machine without monitor and without Windows. We only use parts from our catalogue and guide prices.
Prices are guide values from our catalogue. If we lack a solid price, we say so instead of inventing one.
How this recommendation is calculated
- Every buyable pairing is worked through: 67 processors times 29 graphics cards. Parts that are only available used are left out.
- Around each processor, the mainboard, memory and power supply follow on their own. Added to that are the cheapest case and an SSD, 1 TB for gaming, 2 TB otherwise.
- Memory: 32 GB. Only for gaming below 1250 euros are 16 GB the more honest trade-off, because above that an expensive graphics card would be financed out of the memory budget.
- Of everything that fits the budget, gaming picks the highest frame rate, and at equal frame rate the cheaper machine. For “productive” the processor counts first, otherwise a strong graphics card would win a workstation.
- Pairings more than 25 points apart drop out. That is the same threshold the compatibility check later reports to you as a bottleneck.
What this advice cannot do
- The prices are maintained reference values, not daily prices. What a part really costs today is up to the retailer.
- The catalogue does not list every part that exists. If one is missing, that does not mean it is bad.
- Used parts do not appear. They are often the most sensible choice, but their price cannot be maintained.
You already have a PC and want to upgrade? Upgrade planner (existing system)
Useful next steps
Compare the recommendation with the FPS data, review the calculation, or take it to the build guide.