What's considered a High-end gaming PC?

[Telekino]

If somebody builds a new PC (minus the monitor and software), how much money do they need to spend for it to be considered a current generation high-end gaming PC? Would $1500 be considered high-end, or would a person need to spend $3000 and have multiple gpus in sli/crossfire?

 

[USAFRet]

Or, you could completely ignore the 'high end, mid-range, low end' labels, and build what you want, within your budget.

 

[theunliked]

Depends on how high end. For 4k gaming at 60fps, you'd need to spend around $3k. For just 1080p and 1440p at 60fps it would cost around $1500. 4k gaming is on the extreme high end. 1440p would be good enough.

 

[Computers Taste Like Metal]

Lol, my build complete with monitor, OS, and keymod was 1200 dollars.
I get 60 FPS max settings.

 

[Telekino]

Lol, my build complete with monitor, OS, and keymod was 1200 dollars.
I get 60 FPS max settings.

Are you running modern games on 1080p? I think that for a new build, achieving awesome performance at 1080p is very cost effective these days.

 

[Computers Taste Like Metal]

Lol, my build complete with monitor, OS, and keymod was 1200 dollars.
I get 60 FPS max settings.

Are you running modern games on 1080p? I think that for a new build, achieving awesome performance at 1080p is very cost effective these days.

Games like RUST, and DayZ? Sure.

Fallout 4 in the middle of diamond city? Nope!

 

[Yogi2367]

I guess it all depends on how much you can afford, or want, to spend. I run a water cooled i7-4790K on an Asus Z97-A mobo, with 32GB ram, 4 x 1TB Samsung SSDs, and 3 x GTX 980Ti's (2 SLI'd and 1 dedicated to PhysX) powered by a 1600 watt EVGA PSU. I have over 7k invested but it will pretty much rip up anything on the street ... LOL. I suppose if there was a way to put NOX on it, I'd throw that in too ... LOL

 

[g-unit1111]

Or, you could completely ignore the 'high end, mid-range, low end' labels, and build what you want, within your budget.

Yeah I agree, labels are meaningless. What kind of gaming you want depends on two things - how much you want to spend, and your preferred monitor resolution. If 1080P is your goal, you really need to spend about $1K for optimal performance. For 1440P I would say something around $1500 - $2000. For 4K I would spend above $2K, maybe around $2500 is the sweet spot for dual 980TI right now.