For gaming, the graphics card does most of the work, so it should get the biggest share of your budget. A mid-range processor paired with a strong GPU will almost always play games better than a top processor paired with a weak one.
Keep enough left over for a decent power supply and at least 16GB of RAM. Cheap power supplies are the part most likely to cause problems later.
Get a QuoteThermal paste dries out over the years. When it does, heat stops moving from the chip to the cooler, temperatures climb, and the PC or laptop slows itself down to stay safe.
Replacing the paste is a cheap fix that often brings temperatures down noticeably and gets back performance you thought you had lost.
Optimize My PCStart with the basics: update your graphics drivers, remove programs that launch at startup, and uninstall bloatware you never use. Fewer background tasks means more of your PC is available to the game.
Then tune the in-game settings. Lowering a few heavy options, like shadows and anti-aliasing, can give a big FPS boost with little visible difference.
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