I hear you, upgrading your PC has probably felt out of reach this year, but these are the 5 best Ama

AMD Ryzen 7 9700X | 8 cores | 16 threads | Zen 5 | 5.5 GHz boost | AM5 socket |
If I was building a powerful AM5 gaming machine today on a mid-range budget, this is the CPU I'd pick, hands down. It's an eight-core, 16-thread beastie with excellent gaming performance for reasonable money, and the successor to the chip that runs in my personal machine, the . I can happily report that nothing much bothers my chip, and this one's a bit faster. Runs cooler, too. Yep, that'll do you nicely.

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Lexar NM790 | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,400 MB/s read | 6,500 MB/s write |
Speaking of components I personally use, how about this Lexar 2 TB Gen 4 drive? Mine's had thousands of GB of games installed on it over the past couple of years, and hasn't complained once. Actually, if you pick up one of these you'll be outdoing me, as this one comes with a fancy heatsink. Not that it really needs it, as it's a cool running drive to begin with. Still, it's a nice extra, isn't it? Particularly as this model is very reasonably priced right now.

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Super Flower Zillion PSU | 850 W | 80+ Gold | ATX 3.1 | 12V-2x6 cable |
If you're waiting on a GPU upgrade once stock สล็อตฟรี and pricing has (hopefully) settled down, now's an excellent time to consider upgrading an ageing PSU. This one's got plenty of juice for modern mid-range cards at 850 W (although those shopping for an or will want to look higher), and it's got a 12V-2x6 connector ready and waiting. Plus, Super Flower are a respected name for reliable PSUs, and that's an important factor to consider when buying something that will power your precious new components.

Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan | 32 GB (2x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 | Intel XMP 3.0 and AMD EXPO compatible |
Ignore that tiny savings figure for a second. Most 32 GB DDR5-6000 kits hover around the $100 mark, making this particular set excellent value for money. It's Intel XMP and AMD EXPO compatible, plenty speedy enough for gaming, and red. We all know red ones go faster, right? Anyway, 16 GB of RAM is a tight amount for a modern gaming machine, but 32 GB of DDR5 for under $80 is pretty much perfect.

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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | 8 cores | 16 threads | Zen 3 | 4.7 GHz boost | AM4 socket |
Okay, so it doesn't have the fancy 3D V-Cache of the 5800X3D, but this CPU still makes a superb upgrade for an ageing AM4 socket machine. While the discount here isn't massive, you're getting an eight-core, 16-thread CPU that can still punch with ทดลองเล่นสล็อตฟรี plenty of gaming gusto in 2025 for very reasonable cash. It might be a few years old now, but if you're not planning on making the jump to AM5 any time soon the standard Ryzen 7 5800X makes for an excellent value proposition.

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Gigabyte Aorus B650E Elite X Ice | 2 TB WD Black SN850X SSD | 32 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 RAM |
Supporting that excellent Ryzen 7 9700X deal up there, here's a full AM5 upgrade combo from Newegg that will deliver a complete platform boost saving $219 if you include the saving on the AMD CPU right now. The motherboard may be a lower tier chipset, but the B650E still comes with Gen 5.0 support on both the PCIe slots as well as the M.2 SSD connections. That WD drive is still our pick as the today, and in 2 TB trim gives plenty of space for modern titles. Finally, the classic Corsair Vengeance RAM delivers high-speed DDR5 and enough of it to keep your rig happy for many a year to come.