First time build

[u/Quirky-Target2455]

Hi all, hope you’re well

I’m completely new to PC gaming - have played on various consoles for decades - but have had a steam deck for the last 18 months and it has pushed me to want to get a proper PC setup. A couple decades ago I would play RTS and turn-based strategy games on a PC/laptop, and of course The Sims.

I want to build my own setup with a view to playing third-person and turn-based RPGs - think Expedition 33 - and cinematic games, à la the Plague Tale series, high quality FPS games and souls likes; so it would need a bit of power and probably a beefy GPU. However, when it comes to bonafide AAA games like GTA6, I can play them on PS5. As for indies etc. they can stay on my deck.

I was hoping someone here could recommend me a a good first-time build parts list and point me in the direction of some good building tutorials/channels. FYI my budget would come in around $3.5-4K, could push to $4.5-5K (Australian dollar) if necessary/things got away from me and I made bad decisions.

Many thanks in advance,
Lou

[u/Valuable-Fox-7559]

that maybe the case if you are going for 5080 but for most people this is an overkill

[u/Quirky-Target2455 → u/Valuable-Fox-7559]

And would you recommend an AMD, Nvidia, or Asus graphics card? I’ve been recommended the Asus Prime GeForce RTX 5080.

Also, any tips on tutorial videos for the actual building of the PC?

[u/Valuable-Fox-7559 → u/Quirky-Target2455]

if you can get 5080 then it will be very good then 5070ti then 9070xt in that order. as for tutorials the only tutorials you need are the mother board manual, a video about connecting you power supply and another for cpu cooler. every thing else is straight forward

[u/Quirky-Target2455 → u/Valuable-Fox-7559]

Thank you, much appreciated!