$1500 Gaming PC
Last Updated: 10/5/2024
This is the best all around $1500 gaming pc you can build yourself in 2024! This $1500 gaming pc will be capable of 1440p high refresh rate gaming, modest 4K gaming, virtual reality, live streaming to Twitch/Youtube, and video editing for content creation.
The Parts
Best Price
Here is the fastest price to performance $1500 gaming pc you can build yourself in 2024! Expect this $1500 gaming pc to run any PC game you'd like at 1440p (2560x1440) from 100-240fps+ without any performance issues whatsoever.
This $1500 price to performance gaming pc is possible thanks to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D which is the best gaming cpu on the market. In any scenarios where you become cpu limited for your pc game, then ideally you'd want a very fast gaming cpu, which the 7800X3D can absolutely deliver as it's 8 core 16 threaded layout with tons of L3 cache is the most ideal for a high framerate pc gaming.
As for the motherboard, a well equipped B650 motherboard with capable VRMs is advised for this $1500 gaming pc. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D isn't too power hungry of a CPU so it doesn't need too crazy of a motherboard to take full advantage of it. Fortunately, the chosen B650 ATX motherboard satisfies that requirement.
For this $1500 price to performance gaming pc, for the RAM, what's important is to choose a DDR5 ram kit that has a high speed (mhz) to low cas latency ratio, more so than capacity. That said, a 32GB kit of DDR5 ram clocked at 6400mhz with a CAS latency of 32 will give us the most price to performance while being compatible with the chosen motherboard and cpu for this $1500 gaming pc.
Next for the storage, a 2TB PCI Gen 4.0 M.2 ssd is recommended for this $1500 gaming pc, even if it isn't Gen 5.0, as 2TB should be enough for the majority of your pc games library on top of your windows install and frequently used windows programs.
Now for the most important part of this $1500 gaming pc, the graphics card, this build is using the Radeon RX 7900 GRE. This cut down 7900 XT offers the best price to performance in it's price segment while also delivering the best hardware. Boasting 16GB of VRAM, moderate power consumption, and the most raw horsepower for it's price, the Radeon RX 7900 GRE is necessary for a $1500 gaming pc like to achieve the most FPS possible without the need of any artificial FPS/AI upscaling.
Despite all this "power", for the power supply, a standard 850W 80+ gold power supply will do the trick for this $1500 gaming pc build, like the one chosen in the parts list.
Then finally, for the pc case choice, a mid sized ATX tower pc case that prioritizes airflow is recommended for a $1500 gaming pc like this as you'll want to ensure that your CPU nor GPU overheat from having poor airflow in the pc case.
For this $1500 gaming pc, although a 4K resolution monitor would be perfectly fine, this price to performance gaming pc would be best served with a 2560x1440 high refresh gaming monitor for maximum fps at 1440p, like the one linked in the build list.
Author
Marc Aranibar,
Content Creator
Hi! My name is Marc Aranibar, and I'm a content creator, CSCE graduate, amateur filmmaker, and aspiring race car driver.
I'm well known for my pc gaming and tech content on Youtube through my Youtube channel called ScatterVolt.
