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About This Build
$650. That's it. That's all you need for a solid 1080p gaming machine in 2025.
The 5600X is still an absolute unit for the price. Yes it's last-gen AM4, but at $129 it's impossible to beat for budget gaming. Paired it with the RX 7600 which handles 1080p high settings in basically every game at 60+ fps.
I specifically chose DDR4 and AM4 to keep costs down. You lose DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 but at this budget level, neither matters. The money saved goes toward a better GPU which has a much bigger impact on gaming performance.
The one place I didn't cheap out is the PSU. The Seasonic GX-750 is overkill for this build's power draw but it gives you room to drop in a more powerful GPU later without replacing the PSU.
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Parts List
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| Category | Product | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | $129.00 | Buy |
| CPU Cooler | Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO V2 | $34.00 | Buy |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte B650 AORUS Elite AX | $169.00 | Buy |
| Memory | G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 16GB (2x8GB) | $32.00 | Buy |
| Storage | Crucial P3 Plus 1TB | $54.00 | Buy |
| Video Card | Gigabyte Gaming OC Radeon RX 7600 8GB | $249.00 | Buy |
| Case | Phanteks Eclipse G360A | $79.00 | Buy |
| Power Supply | Seasonic Focus GX-750 | $109.00 | Buy |
| Total | $855.00 | ||
Build journal
Written by the owner of Budget Warrior as they built it. Any numbers below are their own measurements, not ours — each one says so, and says how it was taken.
Configuration snapshots
What the parts list actually was at each point in this build's life. A snapshot is written once and never edited, so editing the build today cannot rewrite what an entry above described.
| Version | Captured | Total | Est. wattage |
|---|---|---|---|
| v1backfill: initial capture (PLA-3236) | July 20, 2026 | $855.00 | 140W |
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Total Build Cost
$855.00
8 parts
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