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PCPartsPicker offers pre-built templates that provide curated PC configurations across different budgets and performance tiers. These templates give you a proven starting point that you can use as-is or customize to your needs.

Available templates

Four carefully designed templates cover the most common PC building scenarios:

Budget build

Budget build

Featuring: Intel Core i5-12400FPerfect for everyday computing and light gaming. This configuration delivers solid performance for productivity tasks, web browsing, and 1080p gaming without breaking the bank.
Ideal for:
  • First-time PC builders
  • Office and productivity workstations
  • Entry-level gaming
  • Budget-conscious builds

Gaming build

Gaming build

Featuring: AMD Ryzen 5 8500GOptimized for gaming performance with integrated graphics capability. This build balances cost and performance for a smooth gaming experience at 1080p and 1440p.
Ideal for:
  • Dedicated gaming setups
  • 1080p/1440p gaming
  • Streamers
  • Content creators on a moderate budget

Excellent build

Excellent build

Featuring: AMD Ryzen 7 9700XHigh-performance configuration for demanding workloads and AAA gaming. This tier offers excellent multi-threading performance and can handle intensive tasks with ease.
Ideal for:
  • High-end gaming at 1440p/4K
  • Video editing and rendering
  • 3D modeling and design
  • Development and compilation workloads

Enthusiast build

Enthusiast build

Featuring: Intel Core i9-13900KTop-tier performance for enthusiasts who demand the best. This flagship configuration delivers extreme performance for the most demanding applications and games.
Ideal for:
  • Extreme gaming at 4K
  • Professional content creation
  • Heavy multi-tasking
  • Workstation-class performance
All templates are curated with compatible components that have been verified to work together. Each build is balanced for its performance tier and use case.

How to use templates

Start with a template

  1. Select your region (US or India)
  2. Choose a template that matches your budget and use case
  3. Review the pre-configured components
  4. See the total cost with regional pricing

Customize to your needs

Templates are starting points, not rigid configurations. You can:
  • Swap components for different models
  • Upgrade specific parts for more performance
  • Downgrade components to reduce cost
  • Add additional components
When customizing a template, the compatibility checker ensures your modifications remain compatible. This lets you personalize a build while maintaining component compatibility.

Build from scratch alternative

If none of the templates match your needs, you can start with a blank configuration and select components individually using the comprehensive parts database.

Benefits of templates

Proven configurations

Each template is a tested, balanced build

Skip the research

No need to research compatible components from scratch

Clear pricing tiers

Understand what performance level fits your budget

Customizable foundation

Start with a solid base and adjust to your preferences

Template pricing

All template pricing is based on your selected region:
  • US pricing - Shows costs from US retailers in USD
  • India pricing - Shows costs from Indian retailers in INR
This ensures you see accurate budget estimates regardless of which template you choose.
Template prices reflect current market pricing and may fluctuate based on component availability and retailer pricing. The total cost shown is calculated from current regional pricing data.

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