BadPixma/Shutterstock We may receive a commission for purchases made through links. Following a long tradition from Rockstar Games, “Grand Theft Auto VI” will debut on consoles before PC. Since you’ll be spending a lot on a new gaming console anyway, you might want to use the extra time before its PC release to build one that can run Rockstar’s new masterpiece once it’s available, and run other games at the level of the PS5 Pro in the meantime. How much will this endeavor cost you? Let’s start with the GPU. The RTX 5060 Ti is one of the graphics cards that can technically surpass the PS5 Pro in terms of raw power. However, it is often cited by many as the closest equivalent to the PS5’s fully custom AMD GPU. As for the CPU, the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X is more or less the same, so it goes in the shopping cart. The PS5 Pro has 16GB of DDR6 RAM (shared between the CPU and GPU) with a few extra GB for the system. For your PC, it makes more sense to just get 16GB of DDR4 RAM to be safe and outperform the PS5 Pro. These three components alone will cost you about $1,000 (around $750 for the GPU, and $118 and $148 for the RAM and CPU, respectively). Unfortunately, the seemingly less important things will pile up, as you can see in these examples. For the CPU, you will need a motherboard with an AM4 socket, which costs around $100. A 750W power supply will cost $90 and will keep you safe. You also need a 2TB SSD for storage, which will run you around $220, and you can get a solid case and three case fans for around $100. Put it all together and your build will cost around $1,530, around $50 less than the $1,580 console. Can you go a little cheaper? Dikushin Dmitry/Shutterstock You can save more money by ditching Nvidia and going for an AMD version. Although some argue that AMD’s RX 7700 XT is the closest to the PS5 Pro, real-world benchmarks show that you’ll need at least an RX 9060 With other components, you don’t really want to spend a lot of money, but it’s absolutely amazing that you can technically build a PC for around $1,300 that will deliver the same performance as the PS5 Pro, and even beat it in some games (easier hardware optimization on consoles is still a factor). What if it is still too high? In that case, building something more like the regular PS5 will help you tighten your budget significantly. Starting with the GPU, you can buy the RX 6600 That alone will bring the build price down to $1,050, as you can buy a 1TB SSD for around $150. The latest version will be more than enough to run the latest games at high settings. However, note that the RX 6600 XT has issues with ray tracing. However, you will be able to get 60 FPS on newer titles running on high settings. In the end, building a PC can be a pain, and if you just want to play a few games without thinking much about performance, then you might be fine with a laptop that costs the same as a PS5 Pro, or maybe less, considering the PS5 Pro’s price has skyrocketed in 2026.
