What PC Hardware Do You Actually Need for Smooth Gaming?

submitted 4 hours ago by emmaleo to Gaming, updated 4 hours ago

Hey everyone!

I wanna get into PC gaming but honestly the hardware stuff is confusing me a lot lol. Like everyone says different things and I don't know who to believe.

Do I really need an RTX 4070 or is something cheaper fine? And how much RAM is actually enough for gaming in 2025?

Quick questions:

. GPU or CPU - which one matters more for gaming? . Is 16GB RAM still good or should I go 32GB? . Does a fast SSD actually improve gaming or just load times?

I've been checking out these:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=gaming+pc+ram+32gb+ddr5

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=budget+gaming+pc+desktop

https://etechdevices.com/collections/pc-servers-software

Would love to hear what setup you guys are gaming on! Thanks!