I know many of our readers will take advantage of these dates to upgrade or buy a new computer. With how turbulent the market is and how high some prices are, it may seem like a bad time, but the truth is that if we know how to search and if we choose correctly, we can establish even Inexpensive PC for 4K gaming with absolute smoothness.

Some of you may have raised your eyebrows wondering what exactly we mean by cheap 4K gaming PC. The answer is very simple, less than 840 euros. Sounds interesting, doesn’t it? Well, read on, we’ll tell you everything you need to know to build a team with this level of performance for so little money.

As with all our guides, we will not get any imbalance pull this configuration, which means that this cheap 4K gaming PC has the optimal ratio between CPU, RAM and graphics card and does not give up a high-performance SSD with good life and enough capacity for this, we do not need to worry in the short or medium term.

Also I’ll give you some tips on how to improve this configuration if you have a little more budget, although I confirm that as it is, it is a fantastic option to move games in 4K with all guarantees, even very demanding titles. I won’t keep you waiting, let’s take a look at the list of components we have selected and the price of each one.

platform and motherboard

We chose the GIGABYTE B550M Aorus Elite because offers excellent value for money. This board gives us access to the AM4 platform and allows us to fit the Ryzen 5000 processor, a generation of processors that still has something to say in the mainstream consumer market, especially due to the recent price drop that they have seen, and that it has become the perfect choice for any user who he wants to build a powerful computer for little money.

The GIGABYTE B550M Aorus Elite motherboard has everything we will needit offers a fairly good build quality for the price it actually is it comes with a reinforced PCIe Gen4 x16 slot, has four slots for DDR4 RAM memories at a maximum frequency of 4,733 MHz and has two M.2 slots for PCIe Gen4 and Gen3 SSD drives. Very complete, well finished and economical.

Price: 114.99 euros.

Processor: Ryzen 5 5600

By reducing the price, it became one of the best processors in its line. This chip has a 6-core/12-thread configuration running at 3.5GHz-4.4GHz, maintains 32MB of L3 cache, which means it is well above the Ryzen 5 5500 and that It is very close to the Ryzen 5 5600Xit has very low consumption, is very cool and comes with a fan, saving us money for a powerful cooling solution.

It’s at a high level for both single-threaded and multi-threaded performance and allows us to build a budget PC for 4K gaming without any issues that also Can it survive the current generation of consoles?and for future “Pro” revisions. As we shall see later, it is also a perfectly balanced choice for the graphics card that we will mount.

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Price: 159.89 euros.

Graphics card: Radeon RX 6700 with 10 GB GDDR6

We have a fairly powerful processor that not only meets the optimal level of cores and threads to play with all guarantees, but also offers high IPC, which means that we can supplement it with a powerful graphics card, because it will be able to fully develop its potential. For this configuration we chose Radeon RX 6700 because it is The one that today offers the best price-performance ratio if our goal is to play in 4K.

The Radeon RX 6700 has 10 GB of graphics memory and has 2,304 shaders based on the RDNA2 architecture. Its performance is roughly on par with the GeForce RTX 2080 Super at 4K and is only slightly slower than the Radeon RX 6700 XT. We must also take into account that with FSR 2 we can improve the performance without much sacrifice in image quality, since it maintains a fairly good level when configured in quality mode starting from the basic resolution of 4K.

All in all, even without the use of FSR 2, the Radeon RX 6700 is capable of running any current game with absolute fluidity. In some cases we will have to adjust the quality of the graphics, but the experience will always be good. We couldn’t ask for more for what it costs and it also comes with two free games, Dead Island 2 and The Callisto Protocol. Its TBP is only 175 watts, so we don’t need a very powerful power supply.

Price: 329.89 euros.

RAM memory: 16 GB DDR4 at 3600 MHz

To maintain this goal of creating a perfectly balanced budget 4K gaming PC, we need to choose RAM carefully. In this case we opted for a 16GB kit (two 8GB modules) Kingston Fury running on 3,600 MHz with CL17 latency. We can configure it as dual channel and with this kit we will reach the optimal frequency level for the Ryzen 5 5600 to develop its full potential.

In terms of compatibility with this set, we will not have any problem and we will be able to activate the profile without problems through the BIOS with just a click. In terms of capacity, 16 GB is more than enough move any current and future title with all guarantees, although whenever we need to expand the memory, we can do it without problems, since we will have two free slots.

Price: 62.69 euros.

Storage disk: 1TB NVMe SSD

As a storage solution, we chose the WD Blue SN570, a high-performance NVMe SSD that uses a PCIe Gen3 x4 interface and is capable of speeds up to 3,500 MB/s sequential read and 3,000 MB/s sequential write. It also has a high resistance to use as it has a lifetime of 600 TBW.

Its capacity of 1 TB is enough for us to have several games installed at once without the problem of lack of space. Should we need to expand the storage capacity in the future, we will do so easily as we have an additional M.2 slot available as well as several SATA III ports if we opt for an HDD unit.

With this SSD, we can optimally move current games. Its high read and write speed will reduce loading time and prevent performance issues and crashes that are common when using hard drives, such as slow loading of textures and game elements, “pops” (sudden appearance of elements), and jerks or freezes.

Price: 84 euros.

Power supply: Nox Urano VX 650W 80+ Bronze

A 650-watt power supply with two additional 8-pin power connectors is recommended for powering the Radeon RX 6700. The real consumption of the cheap 4K gaming PC we assemble does not exceed 400 watts, so with a 650 watt source we are more than enough, and we will have room for future expansion.

We chose the Nox Urano VX 650W 80+ Bronze because it is affordable and reliable source at the same time, and because it has everything we need to move this device. It’s not a modular model, but for its price, we couldn’t ask for more. Fitting a model with more power is unnecessary and would mean higher costs.

Price: 46.98 euros.

Chassis: Tempest Spectra RGB

As I always tell you in all the assembly and configuration guides, this part is optional if you make sure that the alternative you choose has enough space to place the graphics cardwhich measures just over 30 centimeters in length and that offers good internal ventilation.

We recommend the Tempest Spectra RGB because it has enough space and also because despite the low price It offers good build quality and has quite a nice and functional design.. Keep in mind that yes, it only has a rear fan, and it would be a good idea to put at least a few more fans in it (they are very cheap).

Price: 39.98 euros.

Final remarks, performance and tips for improvement

The total cost of this device with the configuration and prices we have listed is €838.42. For that money, we were able to build a cheap 4K gaming PC with guarantees and without cheating or cardboard, so without having to constantly reach for FSR 2. However, this technology will help us improve performance and the quality loss in 4K is almost negligible if we use the quality mode, so keep that in mind.

• Dying Light 2 in 4K with a combination of high and maximum quality: stable averages of 30+ FPS. We can use FSR to improve fluency.
• The God of War in 4K with maximum quality: stable averages of 40 FPS. We can also use FSR to improve fluency.
• Resident Evil Village in 4K with maximum quality: stable averages of more than 60 FPS. We can use FSR to improve fluency.
• cyberpunk 2077 in 4K with medium quality: stable averages of 40 FPS. We can improve fluency with FSR.
• Doom Eternal in 4K with maximum quality: stable averages between 80 and 90 FPS.
• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla in 4K with maximum quality: stable averages of more than 30 FPS. To improve fluency, we can activate FSR.
• red dead redemption 2 in 4K with very high quality: stable averages of 40 FPS. We can improve fluency with FSR.

This configuration is also a matter of course It would be optimal to play in 1440pand that it would be superfluous in the said resolution. Lowering the quality values ​​to high levels would be a minimal sacrifice and hard to appreciate in many games, but it would give us such a big performance boost that we would be averaging 60 FPS in many cases.

Back then we saw that thanks to image resizing and reconstruction technologies today it is possible to play 4K with an affordable graphics card, but the Radeon RX 6700 it is so strong that you don’t need to pull the FSR offer a good experience.

If you have a little more budget and want to improve this configuration I recommend that you focus all your investments on the chart, because that is the one that will make the biggest difference. Given the way the market is and the difference in performance we would get if we spent more money, I would recommend going with Radeon RX 6800XTwhich we can get in the menu €599.95. Keep in mind that in the case of fitting the above chart, it would be appropriate change the power supply to a 750 watt model.

We could also upgrade the equipment by adding liquid cooling to reduce operating temperatures, add a second SSD to have more available space or even mount a more powerful processor, but none of these upgrades will be as profitable as mounting a larger graphics card. powerful because our goal is to play in 4K resolution and adhere to “send graphics”.

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