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In Progress PC building for 1.2k - 1.4k $

Hello. Gaming mainly- but also youtube etc. I have 24 inch monitor- FHD. The PC must perform without any stutters- I had a PC that I have just returned because of stutters in games and also internet browser. So I do not accept frame drops that can be visible. Games: albion online, cyberpunk, minecraft, war thunder.
 

Cyberpunk 2077’s Minimum Specs For 1080p​

  • OS: Windows 7 or 10 (64-bit)
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K or AMD FX-8310
  • RAM: 8GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 3GB or AMD Radeon RX 470
  • VRAM: 3GB
  • Direct X: Version 12
  • Available Storage Space: 70GB HDD
  • GFX Setting Game Can Be Played On: Low

Cyberpunk 2077’s Recommended Specs For 1080p​

  • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
  • CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
  • RAM: 12GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, a GTX 1660 Super, or AMD Radeon RX 590
  • VRAM: 6GB
  • Direct X: Version 12
  • Available Storage Space: 70GB SSD
  • GFX Setting Game Can Be Played On: High

Cyberpunk 2077’s Specs For 1440p Resolution​

  • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
  • CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
  • RAM: 12GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 or Radeon RX 5700 XT
  • VRAM: 6GB
  • Direct X: Version 12
  • Available Storage Space: 70GB SSD
  • GFX Setting Game Can Be Played On: Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077’s Specs For 4K Resolution​

  • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
  • CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • RAM: 16GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super, RTX 3070 or Radeon RX 6800 XT
  • VRAM: 8GB
  • Direct X: Version 12
  • Available Storage Space: 70GB SSD
  • GFX Setting Game Can Be Played On: Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077’s Specs For Ray Tracing At 1080p​

  • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
  • CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
  • RAM: 16GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
  • VRAM: 6GB
  • Direct X: Version 12
  • Available Storage Space: 70GB SSD
  • GFX Setting Game Can Be Played On: RT Medium

Cyberpunk 2077’s Specs For Ray Tracing At 1440p​

  • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
  • CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • RAM: 16GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
  • VRAM: 8GB
  • Direct X: Version 12
  • Available Storage Space: 70GB SSD
  • GFX Setting Game Can Be Played On: RT Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077’s Specs For Ray Tracing At 4K​

  • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
  • CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • RAM: 16GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
  • VRAM: 10GB
  • Direct X: Version 12
  • Available Storage Space: 70GB SSD
  • GFX Setting Game Can Be Played On: RT Ultra

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Since Cyberpunk is the most intensive game on your list, I started there.
 
Any even with all that grunt, you are still at the mercy of your bandwidth, which can change on a whim and on the game servers.
Simply put, getting your FPS to be as you like may be the Holy Grail of gaming - something to strive for but never actually achieving! :)

And then over-arching all of that is your budget.
Not yours per say, although $1200-1400 is going to be tight and will mean cutting corners somewhere.
But when you build to a budget, you build low spec. You'll get a few good components, but not all of them, and those ones will be your bottleneck.
 
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Of course we all have to live within our constraints, so whatever budget you decide, there will always be that one golden part you just can't afford - or justify!

But yes, wait and increase the budget, one basic rule of computing is the more you spend, the better the components. Not always, but often enough to live by.
and that is especially true in trying to get the best FPS rates you can - at least from the side you can control.
 
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For me Intel, but that is purely biased and personal and based on nothing more than the very early days of AMD being crap.
Yes, those days are long gone, but it left me only keeping up to date with Intel releases, not AMD.

Of course, you'll get others who are in the AMD camp, and that's the thing with brands, users have very subjective reasons for going down one particular path.
 
The last time I had an AMD chip was at work in 2002 and I threw that thing in the trash(not relevant today). Been with Intel ever since so, I have zero experience with AMD therefore cannot accurately recommend.
All 15 PC's at work including the server are Intel. All 3 PC's at home are Intel.

Nothing against AMD I simply like to keep it the same.
 
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