AMD's Ryzen 5 8600G isn't the most muscular CPU you can buy, but it drives competitive integrated-graphics performance for its price. It's an ideal chip for budget gaming PCs.
Intel's power-hungry, pricey Core i9-14900KS delivers too little extra performance versus its Core i9-14900K kin to merit the extra cash. Intel's previous-gen Core i9-13900K comes much more highly recommended.
The Intel Core i5-13400F is a well-priced processor that's a fine fit for a budget gaming PC, but don't expect it to pair well with a high-end graphics card.
Nvidia's legendary twin software interfaces are both biting the dust and in their ashes rises a replacement, dubbed simply "Nvidia app." Here's how it looks.
It performs slightly better than the RTX 4080, costs $200 less, and packs great ray-tracing performance: All this makes the GeForce RTX 4080 Super the flat-out best graphics card $999 can buy.