Hey guys, so don't really know much about gaming PC's and I would like to know a) how much a build can cost including accessories and also what the average budget is for a build
My motto for PC is you get what you pay for. You can spend $500 and get a bare minimum rig but it will be BARE MINIMUM. I recommend dropping $1,000 on it. That’s what I did and it got me a very nice machine.
with a $500 you can play online competitive games like dota 2, csgo, valorant. In $1000 build, you can achieve a gaming rig that can play most of triple a games in high quality
@valo649's suggestion of pcpartpicker.com is really good because they have builds there are are titled with a budget in mind and you can always create your own and modify other's lists.
You can get good PC for around $1000. The issue with the current GPU market the prices are really high. I would recommend looking into some pre builds because they can be cheaper right now. When I got mine I went through NZXT BLD and there prices were cheaper than me buying it myself but not sure about their prices now.