Earlier this year, I found myself in a bit of a dilemma. Due to some personal circumstances I'd rather not go into, I needed a new system, and I needed it fast. It'd been a while since I'd built myself a new PC from scratch, and given that my profession revolves around keeping up to date with the latest hardware, I decided that I was going to put my money where my mouth is and build something with plenty of gaming grunt but to a reasonable budget.
No RTX 4090s for me, I thought. I'd need to build myself something with great performance, but not ridiculous when it comes to the strain on my bank account. It could be done. I knew it could.
