We live in great times to be in the market for a new personal computer or some component upgrades. The end of 2020 is the witness of 3 big launches from the likes of Nvidia and AMD. Today we’re going to be focusing on a high performance, enthusiast gaming build that will seat you on […]
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Best $3500 Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming PC Build for 2021
Next-gen Radeon and Ryzen are… just on the horizon 😊. Zen 3 and RDNA 2 represent some of the most impressive and affordable generational performance improvements that AMD has been promising for years since the launch of the original Zen architecture. They made a fantastic showing last generation for mid-range GPU performance with their Radeon […]
Ultimate $5000 Ryzen 9 5950X + RTX 3090 Command Center for 2021
Today, this one is for the window shoppers and 1%. There might be a handful of builders in the world that genuinely need this level of performance out of a machine, but there’s not a soul who wouldn’t appreciate it. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, we must mention the fact that […]
$2100 Ryzen 7 5800X Gaming PC Build for 2021
It is quite rare that a new CPU generation hits around the same time as a new GPU generation. We’re of course talking about AMD’s Ryzen 5000 and Nvidia’s RTX 3000 series which both push the boundaries of gaming performance to never before seen levels. The leaps in both processor and graphics performance warrant a […]
$2600 Ryzen 9 5900X Gaming Build for 2021
AMD’s initial Zen 3 lineup has finally been revealed, and it may very well have the new gaming CPU champion among its ranks! The Ryzen 9 5900X is shaping up to be a serious contender for gaming enthusiasts and users in need of some powerful productivity performance. Across the board, Zen 3 processors enjoy the […]
$3300 RTX 3090 Ultimate Workstation Build for 2021
The following article will focus on an enthusiast-grade workstation build which is up to date with late 2020 standards. Such a PC will fit very well in a developer/artist/producer/content creator or streamer’s arsenal as its both CPU and GPU strong in any application you may want to throw at it. Fast, plenty and upgradeable amounts […]
$4100 RTX 3090 Gaming PC Build for 2021
Nvidia’s Ampere release presentation on 1st September sent hype levels stratospheric. Not only are they releasing the RTX 3070 at just $499 whilst claiming that it out-performs the $1200 RTX 2080 Ti, but they previewed their new fastest ever GPU. Cheekily codenamed the ‘BFGPU’ the RTX 3090 is the absolute new king of the hill. […]
$2200 RTX 3080 PC Build for Ultimate 1440p 144Hz Gaming
The RTX 3080 has been announced and we’ve been able to absorb the specifications and potential performance of this latest series of GPUs from Nvidia. If the promises made in the keynote presentation are even close to met this GPU will define a new standard in graphics card capability. This is a $699 card that […]
3 Best PC Builds for MS Flight Simulator 2021 (Entry, Mid-Range & Enthusiast)
The latest iteration of Microsoft flight 2020 releases on the 18th August 2020 and it looks like it’ll be huge. The developers Asobo Studios have pulled out all the stops to make this the definitive flight simulator. Technologies include live terrain mapping using over 3 Petabytes of global imagery, the most advanced flight modelling currently […]
$2800 Ultimate Ryzen 3950X Workstation PC Build
The Ryzen 3950X brought 16 core CPUs into the realm of a mainstream PC build. Prior to the Zen 2 release of these productivity focussed CPUs, you had to buy into a high end desktop or ‘HEDT’ platform to obtain similar performance. Intel’s Cascade Lake X and AMD’s ‘Threadripper’ CPUs required specialist motherboards and attracted […]
$2700 All-Rounder Ryzen 9 3900XT Build
As you’ve probably already heard, AMD is refreshing their Zen 2 Ryzen 3000 lineup with new chips that were released yesterday, on the 7th of July. These mark an intermediate generation between Zen 2 and Zen 3 and consist of better-binned chips with higher boost clock speeds and some more Infinity Fabric optimizations. With this […]
$1800 Ryzen 7 3800XT + RTX 2080 Super Gaming PC Build
With the Ryzen XT refresh around the corner, we will focus on building a high-end Ryzen 7 3800XT PC in a $1,800 budget. If this is not the processor you’re looking for then you can find on our platform builds for both of the other two new CPUs, the 3600XT Build and the 3900XT Build […]
$3700 Ultimate Liquid Cooled Intel Core i9-10900K Productivity & Gaming PC Build
Intel has risen to the challenge of AMD’s onslaught on the CPU market. They have long since boasted of producing the ‘best gaming CPUs’ and so the new flagship CPU, the i9-10900K, pulls out all the stops to retain that accolade. This CPU has 10 cores and 20 threads with hyperthreading enabled. It boasts new […]
Best $3800 Core i9-10900K mATX Battlestation PC Build
Looking at the most popular consumer motherboard form factors as a spectrum, we have ATX, mATX, and mini-ITX in descending order of size. ATX is the most common, comprising the vast majority of available products and user builds that provide virtually unrestricted hardware compatibility with your favorite full and mid-tower case options. mATX comes in […]
$3000 Intel Core i9-10900K + RTX 2080 Ti Enthusiast Gaming PC Build
In the following article, we will be attempting to build one of the most optimistic builds we ever made on Premium Builds; the system will rest around the $3000 budget. Before Intel’s new Comet Lake generation we couldn’t attempt to use Core processors in such high end/enthusiast builds because we felt like even though gaming […]
Best Core-i7 10700K ITX Gaming + Workstation PC Build under $2800
At PremiumBuilds, we always strive to offer users as many options as possible when it comes to their next PC. Thanks to the release of Intel’s 10th Gen ‘Comet Lake‘ desktop CPUs, we now have some exciting new opportunities for high-performance gaming machines, especially when considering mini-ITX builds. The mini-ITX market is growing ever popular […]
Best $2500 i7-10700K + RTX 2080 Ti Gaming PC Build
These are exciting times in the processor market because Intel just released its new generation of CPUs called ‘Comet Lake‘. Unlike 9th Gen, all current-generation processors come with Hyper-Threading enabled which seems to be a measure to catch up with AMD’s performance on the multi-threaded front; even if gaming performance largely remained unchanged due to […]
Best High-end Gaming PC Build under $2000
In the following build article, we’re going to be doing what we do best; more precisely, we’re going to suggest an updated ~$2000 Gaming PC build that we believe is best for the price range. Yes, we know that $2000 may be a bit steep for many in the community and that not everyone needs […]
3 Best VR Ready Gaming PCs for 2021 (Budget, Mid-Range, High-End)
Virtual Reality (VR) has come of age in 2020 and now is a great time to build a VR capable rig. With immersive titles like Half-Life: Alyx, sims with full VR support such as Project Cars II and DCS World and a host of innovative ways to use the immersion of VR there’s a wealth […]
Best Gaming PC Builds under $2500 – Intel & AMD
The following two 2500$ gaming PC builds, as part of our PC build series, belong to people who are into the enthusiast market and people who always want to have the very best that the consumer market has to offer. These two builds concentrate on performance; if you are also into great looks or want […]