Your PC case will list which size motherboard it supports, so make sure they match up. That’s what I generally recommend, especially if this is your first build. Motherboards also come in a couple of sizes, the most common being ATX (or “full size”). That’s a lot of stuff! Here's a little breakdown of what each component does, along with some hardware recommendations. The only thing you might not need if you're mostly using this PC for home-office tasks is a graphics card (or GPU), but it's necessary for photo or video editing and gaming. For the purposes of this guide you're going to see a lot of abbreviations but let this section act as your glossary.įirst off, you’ll need a motherboard, a central processing unit (CPU), a solid state drive (SSD) or hard disk drive (HDD) for storage, memory (RAM), a power supply (PSU), a case, and a monitor. Regardless of what kind of PC you’re building ( home office or gaming), the components you need are going to be the same. It comes in handy to keep track of things. I do this in Notes on my phone, with the title of each build right up at the top. Additionally, I recommend keeping a list of what you want, what you have, and what your budget is. It even has a few example builds you can tweak to your liking. Not only does it have everything you need to buy, it also lets you build your PC piece by piece right on the website and makes sure all your hardware will play nicely together. In order to get a list of components together, no matter what your experience level is, you should use PCPartPicker.
All of my most cost-effective PC builds have been slow and steady ones. Grab components when they're cheap, hold on to 'em and keep an eye out for a good price on what you need next. We've added buying advice to each category most affected by the shortage to speak more specifically to each component's scarcity (or abundance now that prices are falling), but in general just know that building a gaming PC, even as prices come down, might be a little more expensive than you expect.
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