$1000 PC?

[guyvvs]

Budget (including currency): $1000

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: GTA 5, RDR2, Starfield, Elden Ring, Blender, Unreal Engine

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc):

Playing on a TV instead of an actual monitor, I have a used rtx 3060ti from my last pc that broke so I could probably use that and I already have ram although its not ddr5, if there's a better gpu I can get within the $1000 budget then I'll just give the gpu to my brother

 

also looking for prebuilt options to compare what difference it makes at a $1000 budget

[TylerD321]

How far away from a microcenter do you live? What exact part of your pc broke before? Is your psu okay? If so what is the exact model of it. What is the exact model of the ram?

[guyvvs]

33 minutes ago, TylerD321 said:

How far away from a microcenter do you live? What exact part of your pc broke before? Is your psu okay? If so what is the exact model of it. What is the exact model of the ram

 

I had a power surge and it fried the motherboard and psu, haven't even been able to tell if anything works period, the ram is some cheap ddr4 3600mhz I bought at walmart, the psu was evga 650gd

 

the entire computer was a prebuilt from best buy 

[SorryBella]

1 hour ago, guyvvs said:

I had a power surge and it fried the motherboard and psu, haven't even been able to tell if anything works period, the ram is some cheap ddr4 3600mhz I bought at walmart, the psu was evga 650gd the entire computer was a prebuilt from best buy 

I would absolutely try a PSU replacement first. Helps that PSU rarely goes on sale.

 

Best Buy always have a Corsair RM-e series PSU on stock and thats really one of the few METAs for ATX 3 PSU even with its downgraded guts compared to the RM-x series. RM750e is more than enough of a PSU for any hardware in this price bracket.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/corsair-rme-series-rm750e-80-plus-gold-fully-modular-low-noise-atx-3-0-and-pcie-5-0-power-supply-black/6537989.p?skuId=6537989

[guyvvs]

3 hours ago, SorryBella said:

I would absolutely try a PSU replacement first. Helps that PSU rarely goes on sale.

 

Best Buy always have a Corsair RM-e series PSU on stock and thats really one of the few METAs for ATX 3 PSU even with its downgraded guts compared to the RM-x series. RM750e is more than enough of a PSU for any hardware in this price bracket.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/corsair-rme-series-rm750e-80-plus-gold-fully-modular-low-noise-atx-3-0-and-pcie-5-0-power-supply-black/6537989.p?skuId=6537989

Yeah, we did a psu replacement, didnt work