$1000 Gaming PC That Will Own 2019
With this build, our main goal was to provide the best gaming PC for under $1,000! It’s at this price range that you start needing to make fewer and fewer compromises and can instead focus on raw performance and excellence. You’re officially out of the mid-range category and have entered into the realm of premium builds where maxing out AAA titles at 1080p and 1440p becomes a doddle. At this price, you start to delve into the possibility of 4k and VR gaming which is pretty much the future of eSports.
The great thing about this build is how versatile it can be if performance levels become under par in the distant future. Everything in this build is interchangeable meaning you can easily swap out a CPU or GPU, add extra RAM and storage to keep up to speed with the latest technological advancements.
Overall, we believe this is one of the best all-round builds we have put together so far. Please note that prices of the hardware do fluctuate daily, our team works tirelessly to try and ensure the price is as close to $1,000 as possible.
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At WePC, our goal is to provide our readers with the absolute best hardware recommendations available. With a budget of $1000, this build ensures you get a high-end gaming experience, powerful components, and some streaming ability too.
Budget – At this price point, there is a little bit more planning required to get the absolute best experience out of the system. That being said, you are still going to get a high-end gaming PC for your $1000. Our AMD build provides you with a serious amount of gaming performance with overclocking potential, new technologies such as Ray-Tracing, and a great amount of SSD storage.
Performance – As previously mentioned, both the AMD and Intel builds perform at a similar level, with there being only subtle differences to separate the two. Both processors will only enhance your gaming experience. However, the Intel CPU features strong single-core performance and just beats its rival slightly in that respect. Despite this, the AMD CPU brings its extra six threads to the table and handles multitasking in a much more efficient way.
The build features a powerful RTX 2060 Super, which breezes through games in 1080 and 1440p resolutions, with some proven performance for gaming at 4K too. With the card’s current price, it offers some serious value and can easily handle VR gaming.
With our, AMD build you are going to get a 1TB SSD, which is more than enough to store your operating system and games on. This SSD will not only give you quicker boot times, but it will also improve the gaming performance too. While we are talking about performance, it is important to mention the 16GB RAM kit in this build too. While having a high capacity memory kit installed, it is worth noting that it features a clock speed of 3600MHz, again increasing your gaming performance and future-proofing the build.
AMD vs. Intel – At this price range, the lines begin to blur between the build paths, but we feel the AMD build is the way to go. The Intel build is superb and will give you high levels of gaming performance; however, the AMD build path features better value and certainly protects your system for a longer amount of time. Regardless of which you choose, you are going to get some serious enjoyment out of this $1000 gaming PC.
How We Choose the PC Components
Our team has years of experience behind them building PCs for a range of needs and budgets. All this knowledge combined with hours of research, user feedback, and onsite benchmarking is what goes into choosing the best components for our builds.
We look for value for money, how the components perform together and focus on gamer’s needs to make sure our builds are the best your budget can buy.
We build all these PC’s ourselves, in house, so trust us when we say we want to make them as good as possible. We actually use all these builds ourselves day-to-day in the WePC offices.
How We Test
We build each of our selected PC’s from scratch to make sure all the parts we recommend work well together, fit into the selected case, and provide the best performance possible for the price range.
Once built, the PC’s are used in the office for everyday work as well as a range of games from light to heavy-duty. While we test, we also run benchmarking tests to see how well our builds perform, all while keeping an eye on the temperature of the components themselves.
We know how much some of our readers enjoy overclocking their PC’s, so we made sure to test that out too. So, you can feel safe knowing that these machines can be pushed beyond their basic capabilities. But, please make sure you know how to overclock before trying to over-task your builds.
The Best $1000 Gaming PC
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
The Ryzen 5 3600 in this build will provide stellar gaming performance and shouldn’t bottleneck any potential GPU upgrades.
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GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER GAMING OC 8G
The RTX 2060 Super was the best GPU we could feature in this build, which will provide great 1440p and VR performance. Even 4K should be possible! Not to mention the RTX feature.
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Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB 3600Mhz
Every rig needs solid, reliable RAM and Corsair's Vengeance certainly ticks all the right boxes.
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Samsung SSD 860 QVO 1TB
An SSD with great performance and fantastic reliability.
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Corsair CX Series 650 Watt 80 Plus Bronze Semi-Modular PSU
A strong semi-modular power supply from Corsair.
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MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max
A great motherboard which eliminates the early BIOS issues and has room for fast RAM too.
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Phanteks Eclipse P300 Steel Mid Tower Tempered Glass PC Case
The Phanteks Eclipse P300 is an excellent mid-range case with plenty of room for expansion and great out-of-the-box cooling.
Build Details
We’ve talked about what this build can do and what the requirements are.
Now, let’s talk about what makes up the insides of this $1,000 gaming computer.
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
The Ryzen 5 3600 is part of AMD’s impressive Ryzen 3rd gen processing units, which are now considered as the most powerful available. The 3600 comes with a base clock of 3.6Ghz right out of the box and can be boosted up to 4.2GHz, respectively, thanks to it being unlocked. The 3600 is one of the most anticipated CPUs to come out of Ryzen’s 3rd gen lineup because it showcases superb price to performance.
We’ve run various benchmarking tests on the Ryzen 3rd gen lineup and found the Ryzen 3600 is the best performing CPU for the price. You can check out our YouTube channel and benchmarking videos here.
GPU
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER GAMING OC 8G
The RTX 20 series is regarded as the most powerful family of GPU’s available at present, and the 2060 Super was released to have maximum punching power at affordable prices. The 2060 Supercomes equipped with Nvidia’s new Turing architecture, which makes use of DLSS and real-time ray tracing, effectively future-proofing this card for years to come. Pair these new technologies with AI-enhanced graphics and the world’s fastest GDDR6 memory, and you have the makings of a very impressive GPU.
RAM
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB 3600Mhz
A high-end gaming PC is going to need a high-end memory kit. This RAM from Corsair is just that, with a 16GB capacity and speed of 3600MHz. The performance from this RAM kit has been proven to enhance the PC’s gaming potential; especially the AMD build path.
SSD
Samsung SSD 860 QVO 1TB
As most will know by now, an SSD is the way to go if you want to decrease boot and loading times of your rig dramatically. This SSD is renowned for being extremely reliable, meaning you won’t be worrying about a failed drive after a few months with this one. Furthermore, 1TB is more than enough to house windows and a few primary games that require the SSD’s fantastic loading speed. The old phrase of quality over quantity has definitely been put into practice here.
PSU
Corsair CX Series 650 Watt 80 Plus Bronze Semi-Modular PSU
Now you are going to need a reliable PSU to power this high-end gaming PC, that is where the Corsair RM 650x comes in. This PSU features full modularity, making the build process easier and simplifying your cable management too. Aside from being from a brand you can trust, this PSU also comes with a Gold efficiency rating, meaning comes with a ten-year warranty.
MOBO
MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max
The MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max line of motherboards has removed the need to update your BIOS for the new Ryzen chips. This now makes your life a lot easier, and you can get to your games a lot faster. This board has everything you would expect from a gaming motherboard and some overclocking potential to push your CPU further. This motherboard also features some room for future expansions and storage upgrades, if you fancied installing an M.2 SSD.
CASE
Phanteks Eclipse P300 Steel Mid Tower Tempered Glass PC Case
The Phanteks Eclipse P300 is top case selection, especially considering how affordable it is. Aside from its stellar build quality, quiet fans, and excellent airflow, you get something that looks great too. It’s been designed with aesthetics in mind and has been equipped with a large tempered glass side panel to showcase everything this build has to offer. The case is made from high-quality materials, and will you serve you well long into the future.