Gaming performance depends on the relationship between resolution, refresh rate and the graphics workload. A 1080p high-refresh system has different priorities from a 1440p system designed for demanding modern games.

Your monitor matters just as much as the PC. Tell us the resolution and refresh rate you use now, or the monitor you intend to pair with the system.

The graphics card is central to gaming performance, particularly at higher resolutions and when ray tracing, demanding textures or advanced graphical effects are enabled.

We can assess the balance between rasterised gaming performance, ray-tracing workloads, VRAM requirements and your target frame rate.

The processor affects game simulation, minimum frame rates, high-refresh gaming and workloads where the CPU becomes the limiting component.

Competitive games and high-refresh displays can place particularly strong demands on CPU performance, while heavily graphical AAA games may place greater emphasis on GPU capability.

Modern game libraries can be large, and background applications can increase memory requirements. RAM capacity and storage capacity should therefore be considered together.

Tell us how large your current game library is and whether you expect it to grow. This helps us assess the appropriate storage configuration rather than simply selecting a minimum capacity.

Gaming can place sustained loads on the CPU and GPU. Cooling therefore needs to be considered as part of the complete system rather than treated as an afterthought.

Case airflow, CPU cooling, fan configuration and component heat output all contribute to the behaviour of the finished system during extended gaming sessions.

The motherboard, power supply, case and storage layout all influence future upgrade possibilities. A system should be specified with the intended use and realistic future requirements in mind.

Upgrades are handled separately by Green Tech Repairs. The gaming configurations on this page focus on the core custom-built PC itself.