$200 scrap machine

$500 minimum rig

$800 decent chrome machine

$1000 is budget gaming machine 

im thinking CAD though 

Remember when budget was $600?

Remember when you could do RX 480 builds for $600?

@Energycore Those were the days :')

My build cost $750 USD when i build it in 2016 without monitor and peripherals of course

"Budget" for everyone shouldn't be generalized if different people have different budgets. If we were to generalize it then I'd say $1,500 is my budget starting point. $10,000 is the end point. I've yet to build a computer that costs $10,000, yet I've helped someone do just that, lol.

Of course but budget in this case means cheap.

Then uhhh... $1,000 sounds about right nowadays

Sadly yep

Yes your definition is correct but budget in this case means inexpensive.

Whenever someone mentioned budget its usually means inexpensive.

Like budget gaming mice,budget psu,budget build,budget headphone,budget air cooler,etc

So when someone mentioned that u can expect that the product will be cheap/inexpensive.

Seeing as how the same model of my 15 year old Dell is currently going for $300 CAD on ebay and the same model of my 5 year old laptop is currently going for $1100 CAD on amazon (I paid about $600) I'd say it's due to the sky rocketing prices of computers and computer components.

I tried to scout out components for a build I would consider "good" but not great and had a hard a time staying under an $1800 budget. Conversely I tried to scout out components for a build I would consider to be one tier above my laptop and had a hard time staying under an $800 budget. The only difference being a video card really...

Even with a free case, a free power supply, no monitor, and no peripherals the best value for dollar build I can put together with what's currently available on the market is between $700 and $800 after shipping and taxes. Add in a case, some fans, a power supply, and whatever else you may need and you're quickly reaching the $1000 mark.

A system with specs that pretty well match a half decade old laptop couldn't more accurately be labeled a budget build in my opinion and I wouldn't call it a gaming rig.

@CUDA_Cores Can I have $500?  

This thread makes me so happy that I bought a gtx1070 a year ago instead of waiting. $400 vs $900. At that time, you could actually play games (at high quality) for $1000.