Help with part list and general tips for noob
Hi everyone! So I'm not a total noob to PCs, but I'm not knowledgable enough to know if my build is any good, especially since I've been a laptop user for years.
For the last few years I've actually been gaming on my m3 pro chip Macbook, and I've decided I finally want to take my setup a little more seriously. While I'm satisfied with the performance on it, I just wish I had more variation of what I could play without using wine or a VM.
Here's my PC part picker list, based on a budget of keeping it under $1500 (hopefully) and the help from some friends.
I want to do some light streaming/recording and I play/own games like the following already, and hope to play them with at least some good frame rates and graphics. Really don't mind playing on medium settings:
Cyberpunk 2077, Hades 1 & 2, modded Minecraft, Baldur's gate 3 (mostly modded), Honkai Star Rail, lots and lots of the Batman and Lego Batman games, I also own almost all of the resident evil games, RDR2, DMC games, and lots more. I want to get into Marvel Rivals once I'm free from the shackles of a virtual machine.
I really just need some help making sure these parts are good, if anyone has any swap suggestions, or any tips in general I should know for getting into this.
I also have barely any preferences for appearances. It'll be hidden under my desk anyway. I guess I just prefer no RGB. I've got all my peripherals already, and already know what monitor im going to get if I end up getting a second one.
Anyway, thank you, and I will try to reply as soon as possible to any comments :)
Posted Oct 28, 2025, 4:52 PM UTC