PC build and price range for gaming, game dev and blender

Posted by captainkittynoir@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 11 comments

hii !! sorry if i tagged this wrong…

i’m looking to get a PC soon, and I plan on gaming (sims 4, baldur’s gate, minecraft, etc.), doing some game development stuff (hopefully 3D stuff) and using blender!

i was looking to get a build in my current budget, which is max $2500 rn. is that a reasonable price range? if not please give me builds with the prices you think are reasonable for what i want if you’re able !

thanks in advance !!

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GeekyNick91@reddit

Cpu motherboard and ram are this bundle from microcenter.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus 3.7 GHz 24-Core Processor	$599.99
CPU Cooler	Thermalright Frozen Prism ARGB 70.4 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$53.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z890 EAGLE WIFI7 ATX LGA1851 Motherboard	$0.00
Memory	Crucial Pro Overclocking 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory	$0.00
Storage	Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	$279.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	PNY OC GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Video Card	$1289.99 @ Amazon
Case	Lian Li Vector V100R ATX Mid Tower Case	$74.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Montech CENTURY II 1050 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$99.90 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2398.75
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2026-05-03 06:36 EDT-0400

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Numba1j0ker@reddit

Awesome sounds good bro I think I can help you

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aragorn18@reddit

Please include your country of purchase in your post.

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captainkittynoir@reddit (OP)

sorry, just edited it !

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Platinummexx@reddit

You can do it for 2500$ but are you willing to get used parts?

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captainkittynoir@reddit (OP)

yes, as long as it doesn’t affect performance or anything like that. also, i forgot to add it to the post but i am near a microcenter if that changes anything

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Platinummexx@reddit

Check them out first they might good deals most expensive parts right now are ram and nvme drives everything else is meh I’ve gotten great deals on used parts so don’t knock Facebook market place and offer up until you try them that’s where I got my 7950x3d and 9800x3d id tell you the price but no one will believe me 👍🫡

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captainkittynoir@reddit (OP)

okay, will do !!

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Bichaelcycle@reddit

I went a bit over but this is a good build for your use case

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus 4.2 GHz 18-Core Processor	$222.19 @ B&H
CPU Cooler	Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler	$42.98 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI MAG B860 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX LGA1851 Motherboard	$179.00 @ MSI
Memory	Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory	$379.97 @ Silicon Power
Storage	Patriot P400 Lite 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	$297.94 @ Newegg Sellers
Video Card	PNY OC GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Video Card	$1302.89 @ Best Buy
Case	Phanteks Eclipse G370A ATX Mid Tower Case	$60.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Montech CENTURY II 1050 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$111.00 @ Newegg Sellers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$2606.95
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$2596.95
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2026-05-02 23:34 EDT-0400

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captainkittynoir@reddit (OP)

thank you !!

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