Best Gaming Pc under 80,000

After covering the lower budget segment a few days ago, we are now moving up to the mid-range for all those users out there who require more oomph. This also provides us with a bit more flexibility and so we are doing a 1080p 75Hz and a 1440p 60Hz build simultaneously. In this article, we will also be providing alternatives since some people may have different preferences, but do keep in mind that our primary choice is the main recommendation

Best Gaming Build Under 80,000: 1080p 75Hz @ Ultra

Pushing 90+FPS is as much as an exercise for the CPU as it is for the GPU. If your CPU is the main bottleneck, then no matter how behemoth of a graphics card you may own, it won’t count. Lowering settings won’t help either as it will only aggravate the CPU bottlenecking issue further. So it is essential to strike a balance between the two.

Best CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Price: Rs 17,065 (Link) ; (Alternate Link)

The 3rd Gen Ryzen processors, thanks to the updated Zen 2 microarchitecture, are significantly faster than their predecessors, especially when it comes to gaming. This makes the 6-core/12 thread Ryzen 5 3600 capable of pushing excess of 75 FPS in the majority of gaming titles. It is also unlocked and can be overclocked to gain some extra performance, but just like previous-gen Ryzens, OCing is extremely limited on Matisse chips as well.



Recommended Motherboard: MSI B450M Pro-VDH Plus

Price: Rs 6,350 (Link) ; Alternate option

One of the perks of going with AMD’s AM4 platform is the feature set we get at such relatively inexpensive prices, like OC support, high-speed RAM support (3200MHz), RGB headers, etc. Unless you are looking to do some extreme overclocking, which isn’t one of Ryzen’s strengths, any decent B450 chipset motherboard should suffice and should make a great pair with the Ryzen 5 3600. We recommend 4 DIMM slots to leave some room for future memory upgrades. The bundled Wraith Stealth cooler is sufficient for normal operations.

Alternate CPU and Motherboard Choice:Intel Core i5-9600K + Asus Prime B365M-A

Price of CPU: Rs 19,600 (Link)
Price of Motherboard: Rs 7,120 (Link)

The Intel Core i5 9600k is a solid alternative to the 3600 as the former can be overclocked to much higher speeds generally leading to higher average frame rates. But more game engines are starting to utilize multiple threads more effectively which makes the recommendation of the Ryzen, at least on paper, an easier choice since the 6 extra threads provide you with some additional headroom.



The 9600K also doesn’t come with a cooler so even for stock operations, you will need to spend another Rs 1000/- to one and more if you intend to OC. Add to that, the fact that OCing the i5 will require a Z370 motherboard, which is significantly more expensive than comparable B450 boards, you are looking at an additional Rs 5000 approx expenditure for average 5 FPS gain.

However, if you intend to run older esports games at very high refresh rates, like 240Hz, an OCed Core i5-9600k is definitely the way to go.

Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB 3200MHz

Price: Rs 6,800 (Link)



The memory choice is the same for either the Intel or the AMD platform. Nowadays, an 8GB stick of 3000MHz speed is similar in price to the 2400MHz counterpart which makes the former an easy choice. At stock most motherboards run the memory at 2133/2400 speeds but using XMP in the BIOS, one can easily set the speed to 3200. Dual-channel memory configuration will provide the necessary bandwidth for CPU-GPU-RAM inter-communication and lead to 15-30% extra performance over a single channel memory system.

On a side note, for the Ryzen platform make sure you apply this tweak for an extra boost to performance.

Graphics Card: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

Price: Rs 36,599 (Link)

AMD’s Navi GPUs based on RDNA architecture offers better performance in normal rasterization scenarios but lack the Ray-tracing cores that are present on RTX cards. This, however, (at the moment) isn’t much of a hindrance since very few games use RTX. The 5700 XT also offers its own set of useful features like Radeon Image Sharpening (RIS), FreeSync, Radeon Chill, etc. While Freesync is now available on Nvidia cards as well, Radeon cards offer Freesync via HDMI which isn’t available on competing GeForce yet.
Alternate Graphics Card- RTX ON:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super

Price: Rs 42,799 (Link)



If you want a faster GPU, then the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super is a solid option. It is consistently 10-15% faster than the Radeon RX 5700 XT and also comes with the RTCores for the fancy RTX features. You also get a copy of Control and Wolfenstein: Young Blood bundled with all the Super cards, so that’s another plus point. You may argue that ray-tracing isn’t quite popular yet and we agree but that’s going to change in the coming months with Youngblood, Control, Watch Dogs 2, Bloodlines 2, Dying Light 2 all being RTX sponsored titles. At 42-43K INR it’s approximately 5-6K pricier than the RX 5700 XT and is notably faster with highly overclockable memory and significantly better thermals.