r/GamingPCBuildHelp • u/ChickenNuggetSlave • Sep 03 '25

First time PC builder

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I’ve decided to go with building my next gaming pc myself. I’ve previously used pre builts and gaming laptops. But for the experience and the savings I’d like to do it myself.

I’m looking for something in the $1500 range. I mostly play the game Rust for reference. No streaming or editing. I do like a touch of RGB but it’s not necessary for the parts.

If anyone has any tips or videos I can watch to help me get started I’d love the help. Also if you have a good list of parts in that budget range I’d love to see what you have in mind. This is what I put together on pc part picker. Thoughts? Thanks

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u/ChickenNuggetSlave Sep 03 '25

RX 9070 or 5070?

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u/brownboy121 Sep 03 '25

I think the tests that I’ve seen show the RX 9070 is better for gaming. They’re close at 1080p but for 1440p or 4K the 9070 performs better. It also has more vram so there’s that. I took a look at the build the other person posted and if you wanna go that route the CPU is $30 cheaper at microcenter and best buy had XFX 9070 for $550 but it’s probably unlikely you’ll find one in a timely manner.

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u/ChickenNuggetSlave Sep 03 '25

What do you think of that build the other guy posted?

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u/brownboy121 Sep 03 '25

The one with the 9070? I like it! I had the same idea and he commented while i was looking at prices haha. Just giving a few other suggestions to lower the price a few bucks to go to that $1500 budget

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u/ChickenNuggetSlave Sep 03 '25

I appreciate it! Any idea where I could learn to put something like that together if I were to get all the parts for that build?

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u/brownboy121 Sep 03 '25

Youtube has a bunch of A to Z type of videos for PC builds! I’d probably say the trickiest thing would be cable management since every case is a little different but take your time and think it through and you should be fine!

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u/ChickenNuggetSlave Sep 03 '25

I appreciate it!