Best AMD PC Builds 2023: From budget to high-end

Last Updated on January 25, 2024 by Nahush Gowda

AMD is at an interesting point with their truly “next-gen” processors and GPU. Ryzen 7000 series is a great line of processors and the first one on their newest AM5 platform. Since AMD provides much longer support on the same platform, this might be a good time to jump on the new AMD platform.

With the Ryzen 7000 series line of processors expanded with lower tier and enthusiast level processors, you can accommodate various PC builds with the new processors.

Here are the best AMD PC builds for each budget/performance segment.

Best Bang-for-the-buck AMD PC build (under ₹70,000)

Unfortunately, it is not possible to build an AM5 build with Ryzen 7000 series processor because of the stupid high price of the motherboard and more expensive DDR5 memory (in comparison to DDR4).

Although, choosing an AM4 build (Check out – How to Choose the right motherboard for your PC) is not bad considering the Ryzen 5000 series are one of the best value processors on the market right now.. This PC build is meant for 1080p/1440p gaming.

PC build configuration

With RX 6700, this PC build is capable of running most of the modern titles at 1440p high settings or gets a high frame rate experience with 1080p. 

Also read: Is 1440p gaming worth it?

The Ryzen 5 5600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor, is a mid-tier value processor. It pairs well with RX 6700 with no bottleneck and is decent at production tasks like Blender, Photoshop, etc.

Alternatives

If your budget is below ₹60000, you can swap out the RX 6700 for RX 6600 which is about 30% slower than RX 6700 and also cheaper by ₹8,000. 

You can also swap out the motherboard for something cheaper like Galax B550M if you want to reduce the price and accommodate the best GPU for gaming.

Mid-Tier Gaming AMD PC build (under ₹1,20,000)

If you are jumping onto the new AM5 platform, this is a great build to consider. If you are looking for something with lower cost, you can use a less powerful GPU instead of the RTX 3070Ti. 

This build is meant for 1440p/4K gaming and will be good enough for hobby-level production workloads in things like Blender, Code compilation, etc.

PC build configuration

Ryzen 5 7600 is a perfect jumping point for the new AM5 platform. It provides plenty of performance for gaming although it might not be very competitive for production workloads in comparison to Intel processors like i5-13600K.

Ryzen 5 7600 is also power efficient and will work with any decent air cooler or even with the included Prism Stealth cooler.

Also check: Best 1440p monitors in India

The Nvidia RTX 3070Ti is a mid-range card capable of 4K gaming or best suited for high-frame-rate 1440p gaming. At this price range, this is the best GPU to consider.

Alternatives

Keeping the processor, memory and motherboard as the base, you can tweak other components to adjust the budget. Being a good jumping point to a new generation, you can buy a better motherboard to avoid upgrading it later down the line when you choose to upgrade your processor.

Mid-Tier Production AMD PC build (under ₹1,20,000)

At a similar budget, you can build this PC more focused on production workload rather than gaming performance. The 8-core, 16-thread processor is an apt choice for a mid-tier production workload.

It is advisable to choose the Ryzen 7 7700 as it is more power efficient, slightly cheaper and you get the same performance as the Ryzen 7 7700X with PBO turned on. Plus, with Ryzen 7 7700, you get the Wraith Prism cooler which is absolutely fine but if you want, you can use an AIO or air cooler.

PC build configuration

You can go for a higher-tier GPU if you would like more gaming performance. From the perspective of the gaming, this build is capable of 1440p gaming although not at high frame rates.

If you use applications like Blender or any 3D rendering workloads, choose a higher-tier (preferably Nvidia) GPU if your budget allows for it.

Top-Tier Value AMD PC build (₹2,00,000)

If you want the best out of your PC with a focus on production workload as well, this PC build is for you. With the fastest processor that Zen 4 has to offer, Ryzen 9 7950X is a good value enthusiast-level processor.

PC build configuration

The Ryzen 9 7950X is a 16-core, 32-thread processor that is apt for productivity and frankly, overkill for gaming. This build is meant for a high-level production workload.

You could also increase the RAM to 64GB if you are into editing 4K, and 8K videos.

Alternatives

If your goal is to primarily use the PC for gaming, you can use the much cheaper Ryzen 9 7900 and upgrade the GPU to AMD Radeon RX 7900XT for better performance at a nominal price increase. Although RX 7900XT is weaker in terms of ray-tracing performance.

RTX 4070 Ti is completely fine for 4K gaming and you can save money by using Ryzen 9 7900. You could also plop in RTX 4090 or slightly less expensive RTX 4080 if you want the absolute best of both worlds but that would drastically increase your budget.