PC Component Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia of 89 canonical PC components. Filter by category: GPU · CPU · RAM · Storage · Motherboard · PSU · Cooling

GPU

  • AMD
    $549
    AMD's RDNA 4 flagship mid-range GPU launched in March 2025. Strong 1440p and cap…
  • NVIDIA
    $599
    Significant step up from the base 4070 — 7,168 CUDA cores and the same 12GB GDDR…
  • NVIDIA
    $799
    Sits between the 4070 Ti and 4080. 8,448 CUDA cores and a full 16GB GDDR6X VRAM …
  • AMD
    $299
    AMD's entry RDNA 4 GPU. The 16GB VRAM at this price tier is exceptional and give…
  • NVIDIA
    $299
    Entry-level Ada Lovelace GPU. Power-efficient at 115W and capable at 1080p, but …
  • NVIDIA
    $549
    NVIDIA's Blackwell mid-high GPU. GDDR7 memory provides much higher bandwidth tha…
  • NVIDIA
    $499
    Ada Lovelace mid-range with 5,888 CUDA cores and 12GB GDDR6X VRAM. Supports DLSS…
  • NVIDIA
    $379
    Mid-range Ada Lovelace GPU. The 8GB GDDR6 VRAM is a real-world constraint in VRA…
  • NVIDIA
    $429
    NVIDIA's Blackwell mid-range GPU. GDDR7 memory provides significantly higher ban…
  • AMD
    $349
    RDNA 3 mid-range GPU with 12GB GDDR6. Targets 1080p and light 1440p gaming with …
  • NVIDIA
    $299
    Entry Blackwell GPU with GDDR7 bandwidth advantages over prior gen. Despite bein…
  • AMD
    $299
    RDNA 2 budget GPU. Solid 1080p gaming when released in 2021, but the 8GB VRAM li…
  • AMD
    $449
    RDNA 3 GPU with 60 Compute Units and 16GB GDDR6 VRAM. Targets 1440p gaming with …
  • NVIDIA
    $1999
    NVIDIA's Blackwell flagship. 21,760 CUDA cores and 32GB GDDR7 VRAM set a new per…
  • NVIDIA
    $999
    NVIDIA's Ada Lovelace high-end GPU. The Super refresh added more CUDA cores over…
  • NVIDIA
    $299
    Ampere mid-range GPU. 12GB GDDR6 VRAM is unusually generous for its tier and hel…
  • NVIDIA
    $499
    The 16GB variant of the RTX 4060 Ti shares all the same compute silicon but doub…
  • Intel
    $249
    Intel's Battlemage mid-range GPU — a significant improvement over Arc Alchemist.…
  • AMD
    $199
    AMD's budget RDNA 3 GPU. Solid 1080p rasterization performance at an accessible …
  • AMD
    $449
    AMD's RDNA 4 mid-range GPU. The non-XT variant trades a small amount of performa…
  • NVIDIA
    $999
    NVIDIA's Blackwell high-end GPU. 16GB GDDR7 and dramatically improved efficiency…
  • NVIDIA
    $749
    NVIDIA's Blackwell high-mid-range GPU. Slots between the RTX 5070 and 5080 with …

CPU

  • Intel
    $419
    High-core-count 13th-gen chip without integrated graphics — ideal for dedicated …
  • Intel
    $399
    Intel's Raptor Lake flagship with 24 cores (8P+16E) and 32 threads, boosting to …
  • Intel
    $349
    Intel's 14th-gen flagship mid-range CPU. 20 cores and 5.6GHz boost deliver near …
  • Intel
    $349
    Intel's Arrow Lake flagship mid-range CPU on the new LGA1851 platform. Improved …
  • Intel
    $280
    Raptor Lake mid-range with 14 cores (6P+8E) and 20 threads at a fraction of i9 p…
  • Intel
    $179
    Budget-friendly 14th-gen Intel CPU without integrated graphics. Handles current …
  • Intel
    $140
    Intel's 12th-gen budget workhorse without integrated graphics. 6 performance cor…
  • AMD
    $299
    AMD's Zen 5 mid-range CPU. Exceptional IPC improvements over Zen 4 in a surprisi…
  • AMD
    $100
    AMD's budget Zen 3 chip cut down to PCIe 3.0 — a meaningful cost reduction that …
  • AMD
    $174
    AMD's Zen 3 gaming champion. Launched as the price-to-performance leader and rem…
  • AMD
    $169
    The non-X entry point to AMD's Zen 4 AM5 platform. Runs cooler and cheaper than …
  • AMD
    $129
    AMD's Zen 3 8-core budget champion. The step up from the Ryzen 5 5600X delivers …
  • Intel
    $165
    Intel's 13th-gen 10-core budget performer. Near-identical to the 14400F in gamin…
  • Intel
    $279
    The unlocked i7-14700K's locked sibling — 20 cores and 28 threads without the ov…
  • AMD
    $249
    AMD's Zen 4 8-core mid-range CPU. Excellent single-core performance for gaming a…
  • AMD
    $229
    AMD's Zen 4 entry mid-range gaming CPU. Solid single-core performance for gaming…
  • Intel
    $219
    Intel's Arrow Lake mid-range entry point on the new LGA1851 platform. Strong sin…
  • AMD
    $200
    AMD's Zen 5 entry mid-range CPU. 6 cores at 5.4GHz boost on the AM5 platform — A…
  • AMD
    $449
    AMD's Zen 5 12-core flagship mid-range CPU. The extra cores over the Ryzen 7 970…
  • Intel
    $110
    Intel's budget Alder Lake quad-core. Found in the cheapest pre-built gaming PCs.…
  • AMD
    $349
    AMD's Zen 4 flagship mid-range CPU with 12 cores and 24 threads on the long-live…
  • AMD
    $449
    AMD's 3D V-Cache flagship built on Zen 5. 96MB of stacked L3 cache eliminates CP…
  • Intel
    $499
    Intel's current-generation flagship CPU on the LGA1851 platform. 24 cores (8P+16…
  • Intel
    $253
    Intel's 14th-gen mid-range gaming powerhouse. 14 cores (6P+8E) and 5.3GHz boost …

RAM

  • DDR5
    $369
    32GB of high-speed DDR5-6000 RAM in dual-channel configuration. DDR5 provides do…
  • DDR5
    $369
    32GB DDR5-5600 dual-channel kit. Slightly below the sweet spot speed for most pl…
  • DDR5
    $219
    16GB DDR5-6000 dual-channel kit. The current go-to spec for mid-range builds — D…
  • DDR5
    $224
    16GB DDR5-5600 dual-channel kit. The current minimum for smooth gaming, though 3…
  • DDR4
    $145
    32GB DDR4-3600 dual-channel kit. Sweet-spot DDR4 speed on a mature platform. The…
  • DDR4
    $95
    16GB DDR4-3200 dual-channel kit. DDR4 is the established standard for AMD Ryzen …
  • DDR4
    $80
    16GB DDR4-3000 dual-channel kit. Below the standard DDR4-3200 speed tier and at …

Storage

  • NVMe
    $199
    2TB PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD. Substantially faster than any SATA SSD or HDD, though PCI…
  • NVMe
    $139
    1TB PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD. A massive upgrade over HDDs at a budget price. The minimu…
  • NVMe
    $249
    2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD with sequential reads up to ~7,000 MB/s. Dramatically redu…
  • NVMe
    $169
    1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD. Fast enough for years to come, but modern game sizes mean…
  • NVMe
    $89
    512GB NVMe SSD. The speed is fine but the capacity is a significant concern in 2…
  • HDD
    $45
    Spinning magnetic hard drive. Load times measured in minutes vs seconds for NVMe…

Motherboard

  • AM5
    $300
    Top-tier AM5 motherboard with PCIe 5.0 support on both CPU and chipset. Full ove…
  • AM5
    $200
    AMD's 800-series mid-range AM5 motherboard. B850 sits above B650 with full CPU a…
  • AM5
    $180
    Mid-range AM5 ATX motherboard. Supports overclocking, PCIe 5.0 M.2 slots, and th…
  • AM5
    $170
    Compact mATX B850 motherboard for Ryzen 7000/9000 CPUs. Delivers the same overcl…
  • LGA1700
    $130
    Budget-friendly B760 mATX board for LGA1700 CPUs. DDR5 support with PCIe 4.0. No…
  • AM5
    $140
    Compact AM5 mATX board. Same CPU compatibility as full ATX B650 boards with a sm…
  • AM4
    $100
    Mid-range AM4 ATX motherboard. PCIe 4.0 support and good feature set for Ryzen 5…
  • LGA1700
    $80
    Entry-level LGA1700 mATX motherboard. Found in the cheapest Intel pre-builts whe…
  • LGA1851
    $250
    Compact mATX Z890 motherboard for Core Ultra 200 CPUs. Full Z890 feature set — o…
  • LGA1851
    $160
    Entry-level mATX B860 motherboard for Arrow Lake CPUs. The most affordable way o…
  • AM4
    $85
    Budget AM4 mATX motherboard in a compact form factor. PCIe 4.0 M.2 support and s…
  • LGA1700
    $170
    Full-size ATX B760 motherboard for LGA1700 CPUs. More expansion slots and better…
  • AM4
    $160
    Top-tier AM4 motherboard chipset. PCIe 4.0 on both CPU and chipset lanes, robust…
  • LGA1700
    $250
    High-end Z790 ATX motherboard for LGA1700 CPUs. Unlocked overclocking, PCIe 5.0 …
  • LGA1851
    $300
    High-end Z890 ATX motherboard for Arrow Lake (Core Ultra 200) CPUs. Full overclo…
  • AM5
    $350
    AMD's current flagship AM5 motherboard chipset, launched alongside Ryzen 9000. A…
  • LGA1851
    $200
    Mid-range B860 ATX motherboard for Core Ultra 200 non-K CPUs. Supports memory ov…

PSU

  • PSU
    $150
    1000W 80+ Gold fully modular PSU. More than enough wattage for any current GPU i…
  • PSU
    $120
    850W 80+ Gold fully modular PSU. Handles RTX 4080/RX 9070 XT class GPUs with com…
  • PSU
    $90
    750W 80+ Gold PSU. Sufficient for RTX 4070/RX 7800 XT class builds with reasonab…
  • PSU
    $80
    650W 80+ Gold PSU. Sufficient for RTX 4060 Ti/RX 7700 XT class builds. Tight hea…
  • PSU
    $65
    650W 80+ Bronze PSU. Functional for budget builds but generates more heat and wa…
  • PSU
    $45
    500W 80+ Bronze PSU. Barely sufficient for entry-level GPU builds. Modern GPUs l…

Cooling

  • AIO
    $120
    360mm all-in-one liquid cooler with three 120mm fans. Provides the highest cooli…
  • AIO
    $90
    280mm all-in-one liquid cooler with two 140mm fans. Strong thermal performance —…
  • AIO
    $40
    120mm all-in-one liquid cooler with a single 120mm fan. The entry point to AIO l…
  • AIO
    $70
    240mm all-in-one liquid cooler with two 120mm fans. Solid cooling for mid-range …
  • Air
    $80
    Dual-tower air cooler with two 140mm fans. Top-tier air cooling — competes direc…
  • Air
    $40
    Single-tower air cooler with a 120mm fan. Handles standard TDP CPUs (65-125W) ef…
  • Stock
    $0
    The bundled stock cooler included with boxed CPU purchases. Designed to meet min…