Ultimate 4K/VR gaming PC build under $5000

At the $5000 mark, every component is of the highest quality and serves a superb purpose, making this build our greatest PC recommendation to date. This PC build can virtually do anything; however, at this price, it could be considered overkill for just gaming.

What You Get For Your $5000

At the $5000 mark, you are close to the elites of custom PCs and are maybe one step away from having a liquid-cooled dream machine. There are no compromises on aesthetics, performance, or quality at this budget! The bottom line is, for such a premium price, you can be sure to get the very best components out there.

Performance

When it comes to performance, this computer will not let you down. Gaming performance alone is of the highest quality, and that is down to the extreme components inside. We see a high-end Ryzen CPU feature, which is currently one of the best CPUs on the market. The CPU combines in this gaming rig with the most powerful GPU ever created to take care of all demanding games and will future-proof your setup for years to come.

To back up the powerful components, we have gone with arguably one of the best motherboards currently available. This mobo will stay strong and give you the reassurance you need to push your system to its limits. To help boost the performance, we see high capacity, fast  RAM included, too, which goes a long way with Ryzen processors. Lastly, to finish off the build, we see a large 4.0 M.2 to give you all the speedy boot times you need.

AMD Vs. Intel

While there is a strong argument for the gaming benefits of Intel’s processors, the versatility of the new Ryzen chips is too good to pass on. AMD offers unbelievable power for your money, and while the single-core performance isn’t anything to note, the multitasking power is unrivaled.

How We Choose

Our team has years of experience behind them, building PCs for a range of needs and budgets. All this knowledge, combined with hours of research, user feedback, and onsite benchmarking, is what goes into choosing the best components for our builds.

We look for value for money, how the components perform together and focus on gamer’s needs to make sure our builds are the best your budget can buy.

We build all these PCs ourselves, in-house, so trust us when we say we want to make them as good as possible. We actually use all these builds ourselves day-to-day in the WePC offices.

How We Test

We build each of our selected PCs from scratch to make sure all the parts we recommend work well together, fit into the selected case, and provide the best performance possible for the price range.

Once built, the PCs are used in the office for everyday work as well as a range of games from light to heavy-duty. While we test, we also run benchmarking tests to see how well our builds perform, all while keeping an eye on the temperature of the components themselves.

We know how much some of our readers enjoy overclocking their PCs, so we made sure to test that out too. So, you can feel safe knowing that these machines can be pushed beyond their basic capabilities. But, please make sure you know how to overclock before trying to over-task your builds.

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