The $1600 All-MSRP Gaming PC

Turns out you can still build a killer 1440p rig for about $1,600 without paying scalper prices! Linus walks you through every part—an AMD Ryzen 5 9600X CPU, MSI B650-A WIFI mobo, 32 GB DDR5-6000 RAM, a 2 TB M.2 SSD, Thermalright AIO cooler, Phanteks case, Seasonic Gold PSU and an ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU—all snagged at MSRP.

He breaks down the CPU, motherboard, RAM, storage, cooler, case, PSU and GPU costs, shows what it actually ran him, then fires it up for some gaming. Along the way there are links to sponsors (War Thunder, Secretlab, PIA, dbrand), merch, affiliate deals and handy timestamps so you can jump right to your favorite build step.

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