Cases:
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- Lian Li Lancool 216 (https://lian-li.com/product/lancool-216/) for €75 or less. It's cheap but BOY does it cool. It also doesn't look bad.
- Fractal Design Torrent (https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/torrent/torrent/black-tg-dark-tint/) for €150 or less. One of the best cases when it comes to GPU and CPU cooling. High build quality and my personal favorite when it comes to simple and clean case designs.
- Antec Flux Pro (https://www.antec.com/product/case/flux-pro)IF you can find it for €200 or less. Curently THE best case design when it comes to airflow but because of all the positive press around this case, it's price has gone up to €300+ in some countries and it's not worth that compared to the Fractal Design Torrent at half the price and especially not compared to the good Lian Li Lancool 216 for 1/4th of the price.
- AMD CPU:
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AM4
- The 5800X3D if it drops below €280 again. Very unlikely though.
- The 5700X3D if you can buy it for €180 or less. In many countries it's the only X3D cpu for AM4 you can still buy. Prices WILL go up when stock runs out.
AM5
- The 7800X3D IF you can find it for €400 or lower. It used to be priced at €370 before the Ryzen 9000 launch.
- The 7600X3D IF it stays around €300. It got launched for €329 in Germany and recently dropped to €309 a few weeks before Black Friday.
- The 9800X3D IF you can buy it for €540 or with a good discount when you buy a CPU + MOBO combination. Don't be a fool and buy it at launch because it's very likely the price will rice to €600 and above around launch because there is no competition at the moment.
Intel CPU:
- The 14700K if you already own a Socket 1700 motherboard for €350 or lower. ( otherwise, go AMD since the cheaper 7600X3D matches this CPU at half the power draw and a much lower price. The Socket 1700 is dead and will no longer support future Intel releases )
- The 14600K if you already own a Socket 1700 motherboard for €220 or lower. ( otherwise, go AMD since the 7600X3D beats this CPU by about 10% and offers a platform with future upgrades. The Socket 1700 is dead and will no longer support future Intel releases )
- Avoid buying in to the new Intel Socket LGA1851 based on what is currently known. The CPU's can't beat 14th gen when it comes to gaming.
AMD motherboards:
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- Asrock X870e Nova WiFi (https://pg.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X870E%20Nova%20WiFi/index.asp) for €380 or less. You are going to struggle to find this motherboard. There is a reason why. This board competes with motherboards that are priced twice as high but has high quality VRM's, fast boot times, 5 NVME slots, 2 USB 4.0 ports and offers high operating frequencies for Ryzen 7000/9000 CPU's.
- ASRock B650 LiveMixer (https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/B650%20LiveMixer/index.html) for €140 or less. High quality VRM's that will support any CPU you throw at it at a fraction of the price of X670 and X870 motherboards that cost more then twice as much. An ideal purchase for the low-budget gamer.
Memory:
- Any DDR5 KIT that you can find rated at 6000MT/s with CL28 or lower for less then €100. Black friday is usually a period when you can buy the more expensive low CL kits for good prices. So keep your eye out if you're looking to upgrade to a DDR5 platform.
Storage:
- Crucial T705 (with heatsink) (https://www.crucial.com/ssd/t705/ct1000t705ssd3) 2TB for €340 or lower. If you want the best of the best, there is no other option. Keep in mind that the value of this product is really bad. In most games you won't notice any difference compared to the much cheaper PCIE 4.0 NVME's. Most gamers keep recommending Samsung but Samsung hasn't been able to compete with Crucial for two years in a row now.
- WD Black SN850X 2TB (https://www.westerndigital.com/nl-nl/products/internal-drives/wd-black-sn850x-nvme-ssd) for €130 or less. Still the best NVME when it comes to price/performance ratio.
GPU's:
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- An RX 7600 if you can find it below €250 and only play at 1080p.
- An RTX 4060 if you can find it below €275 and only play at 1080p.
- 7800XT if you can find it below €450. It didn't cost much more in September and in the past month prices has gone up to €500+ for some reason.
- 4070 super if you can find it below €600. It performs about the same as the 7900GRE but the additional Nvidia features are worth the price premium.
- 4070 TI super if you can find it below €800. I alrighty purchases mine close to €800 in February this year.
Power Supply:
- SeaSonic FOCUS GX-1000 ATX 3.0 (https://seasonic.com/atx3-focus-gx/) if you can find it for €150. This PSU should cover anything you need unless you are building an RTX 4090 - 14900K combo. You'll struggle to find any negative comments about this high quality product.