WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM
Western Digital $47
SSDs are great, but they’re still far from
cheap. This 1TB HDD will hold as many
games as you can handle.Eclipse P400S TG
Phanteks $80
The clean lines, intuitive build features, and
fantastic price cements the Eclipse as our
midrange case of choice.Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB)
@2666
Corsair $80
16GB is the minimum amount of RAM we’d
recommend for a system of this caliber.MX500 250GB
Crucial $45
This is still our SSD of choice. We’ve kept the
capacity the same as our cheaper build, but
upgrading to 500GB would be ideal.TOTAL
$1,606
MID-RANGE
BUILD
Our recommended build for playing
the latest games
Prime Z370 A II
Aus $150
Great shielding, full of features, and
featuring that—ahem—all important RGB
lighting, this is a fine Asus board.Optix MAG271CR
MSI $250
Curved, stylish, and offering 144Hz refresh
rates, our MSI monitor pick suits pros and
would-be pros alike.CX 650W
Corsair $65
It may not feature fancy modular design, but
Corsair’s reliable CX 650 is cheap enough to
accommodate for our other part picks.One
Ducky $119
A lesser known keyboard brand with a great
rep among mechanical switch nerds. Ducky
delivers the goods with the one.G502 Proteus Spectrum
Logitech $51
Logitech’s revered G502 is comfortable,
adjustable, and precise. Also ‘Proteus
Spectrum’ sounds like a Halo map.NEW
ENTRYBuyer’s Guide
HARDWARE
MOTHERBOARDPROCESSORGRAPHICSCARDCOOLERMEMORYPOWER^
SUPPLYSSDHDDCASEDISPLAYKEYBOARDMOUSEHydro Series H55 Quiet Edition
Corsair $60
The scarcity of our previous pick
sees a nice quiet Corsair cooler
introduced this month.Core i5-8600K
Intel $310
Say goodbye to our reliable workhorse, the
i5-8400. This month we’re upgrading to an
unlocked K-model CPU.GeForce RTX 2060 Twin Fan
Zotac $349
Zotac’s Twin Fan model replaces our
Founder’s Edition RTX 2060, offering
formidable cooling for the price.