I know that many of our readers will take advantage of these dates to upgrade or to buy a new computer. With how upset the market is, and with 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 even set up a Cheap PC to play in 4K with total fluidity.
Some of you may have raised an eyebrow and are wondering what exactly we mean by a cheap PC to play in 4K. The answer is very simple, less than 840 euros. You find it interesting, right? Well, keep reading, we are going to tell you everything you need to know to assemble a team with that level of performance for so little money.
As we do in all our guides, we are not going to incur any type of imbalance to pull off this configuration, which means that this cheap 4K gaming PC has an optimal ratio between CPU, RAM and graphics card, and does not give up a high-performance SSD with a good lifespan and enough capacity to that we do not have to worry in the short or medium term.
Also I will give you some tips 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 the guarantees, even very demanding titles. I will not make you wait, we are going to see the list of components that we have chosen and the price of each of them.
platform and motherboard
We have chosen a GIGABYTE B550M Aorus Elite because offers excellent value for money. This board gives us access to the AM4 platform and allows us to mount a Ryzen 5000 processor, a generation of processors that still has a lot to say in the general consumer market, especially due to the recent price drop they have received, and that It has become a perfect option for any user who wants to build a powerful PC for little money.
The GIGABYTE B550M Aorus Elite motherboard has everything we will needit offers a fairly good build quality for the price it has, in fact comes with the reinforced PCIe Gen4 x16 slot, it has four slots for DDR4 RAM memory at a maximum 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 lowering its price it has become one of the best processors in its range. This chip has a 6 core/12 thread configuration running at 3.5GHz-4.4GHz, it maintains the 32MB of L3 cache, which means that it is well above the Ryzen 5 5500 and that It is very close to the Ryzen 5 5600Xit has very low consumption, it is very cool and it comes with a fan included, which saves us from having to spend money on a powerful cooling solution.
It is at a high level both for single-thread performance and for multi-thread performance, and allows us to build a cheap PC to play in 4K without problems that also Will it be able to survive the current generation of consoles?, and to future “Pro” revisions. As we will see later, it is also a perfectly balanced choice for the graphics card that we are going to mount.
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Price: 159.89 euros.
Graphics card: Radeon RX 6700 with 10 GB of GDDR6
We have a fairly powerful processor that not only meets the optimal level of cores and threads to play with all the guarantees, but also offers a high IPC, which means that we can accompany it with a high-performance graphics card, since it will be able to develop their full potential. For this configuration we have chosen the Radeon RX 6700 because it is The one that offers the best price-performance value today 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 a par with a GeForce RTX 2080 Super at 4K, and it’s only slightly slower than the Radeon RX 6700 XT. We must also take into account that thanks to FSR 2 we can improve performance without making big sacrifices in image quality, since it maintains a fairly good level when configured in quality mode starting from a 4K base resolution.
All in all, even without using FSR 2, the Radeon RX 6700 is capable of moving any current game with total fluidity. In some cases we will have to adjust the graphic quality, but the experience will always be good. We cannot 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 source.
Price: 329.89 euros.
RAM memory: 16 GB of DDR4 at 3,600 MHz
To maintain that goal of creating a perfectly balanced cheap 4K gaming PC, we must choose RAM carefully. In this case we have opted for a 16 GB kit (two 8 GB modules) Kingston Fury running at 3,600 MHz with CL17 latencies. We can configure it in double channel, and with this kit we reach the optimal frequency level for the Ryzen 5 5600 to develop its full potential.
In terms of compatibility we will not have any problem with this kit, and we will be able to activate the profile without problems through the BIOS with a simple click. Regarding the capacity, 16 GB is more than enough to move any present and future title with all the guarantees, although if at any time we need to expand the memory we can do it without problems, since we will have two free slots.
Price: 62.69 euros.
Storage Drive: 1TB NVMe SSD
As a storage solution we have chosen the WD Blue SN570, a high-performance NVMe SSD that uses the PCIe Gen3 x4 interface, and is capable of reaching speeds of 3,500 MB/s in sequential reading and 3,000 MB/s in sequential writing. It also has a high resistance to use, since its useful life is 600 TBW.
Its 1 TB capacity is enough for us to have several games installed at the same time without the lack of space being a problem. If in the future we need to expand the storage capacity, we can do it easily, since we have another M.2 slot available, and also several SATA III ports if we opt for an HDD unit.
With this SSD we can move current games optimally. Its high read write speed will reduce load times and will prevent performance issues and crashes that are common when using hard drives, such as slow loading of textures and game elements, “popping” (sudden appearance of elements) and jerks or stops.
Price: 84 euros.
Power supply: Nox Urano VX 650W 80+ Bronze
To power the Radeon RX 6700, a 650-watt power supply with two additional 8-pin power connectors is recommended. The real consumption of the cheap PC to play in 4K that we are mounting does not exceed 400 watts, so with a 650 watt source we are more than enough, and we will have room for future expansions.
We have chosen the Nox Urano VX 650W 80+ Bronze because it is an affordable and reliable source at the same time, and because it has everything we need to move this equipment. It is not a modular model, but for its price we cannot ask for more. Mounting a model with more power is unnecessary, and would mean a greater expense.
Price: 46.98 euros.
Chassis: Tempest Spectra RGB
As I always tell you in all the assembly and configuration guides, this component is optional, as long as you make sure that the alternative you have chosen has enough space to house the graphics cardwhich measures just over 30 centimeters long, and that it offers good internal ventilation.
We recommend the Tempest Spectra RGB because it has plenty of space, and also because despite its low price It offers a good build quality and has a pretty nice and functional design.. Keep in mind, yes, that it only includes the rear fan, and that it would be advisable to put at least a couple more fans in it (they are very cheap).
Price: 39.98 euros.
Final notes, performance and improvement tips
The total cost of this equipment, with the configuration and prices that we have given, is €838.42. For that money we have been able to build a cheap PC to play in 4K with guarantees, and without cheating or cardboard, that is, without having to constantly resort to 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 mix of high and maximum quality: stable averages of 30+ FPS. We can use the FSR to improve fluency.
- god of war in 4K with maximum quality: stable averages of 40 FPS. We can also use the FSR to improve fluency.
- Resident Evil Village in 4K with maximum quality: stable averages of more than 60 FPS. We can use the FSR to improve fluency.
- cyberpunk 2077 in 4K with medium quality: stable averages of 40 FPS. We can improve fluency with the 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. We can activate the FSR to improve fluency.
- red dead redemption 2 in 4K with very high quality: stable averages of 40 FPS. We can improve fluency with the FSR.
It goes without saying that this configuration also It would be optimal to play in 1440p, and that in said resolution it would be superfluous. Reducing the quality values to high levels would be a minimal sacrifice and difficult to appreciate in many games, but it would give us such a large performance gain that, in many cases, we would move directly in 60 FPS on average.
We already saw at the time that, thanks to image rescaling and reconstruction technologies, it is possible today to play 4K with an affordable graphics card, but the Radeon RX 6700 it’s so powerful you don’t need to pull FSR to offer a good experience.
If you have a little more budget and want to improve this configuration I recommend that you focus all your investment on the graph, since this is the one that will make the biggest difference. Taking into account how the market is, and the difference in performance that we would obtain by spending more money, I would recommend jumping to a Radeon RX 6800XTwhich we can get on offer for €599.95. Keep in mind that, in case of mounting said graph, it would be advisable change the source to a 750 watt model.
We could also improve the equipment by adding a liquid cooling kit to reduce working temperatures, add a second SSD to have more available space or even mount a more powerful processor, but none of these updates will be as profitable as mounting a more graphics card. powerful, because our goal is to play in 4K resolution, and to comply “send the graphics”.
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