In my opinion:

Max for Gaming & future proof.

RAM: 32 GB (most games now use 16 GB) - very few use 20/25, so 32GB is enough. 32GB, if AMD then 6200 Mhz (not the 6000Mhz!), if i7 as listed below then DDR5 - 5600 MHz.
GPU: 4060 yes if you can get this or a 5060. (biggest FPS factor) also depends what monitor you have? full hd? 2k/4k?
CPU: Intel Core i7 14700K or AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (i would pick AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D) has better FPS than intel and AMD CPU is a beast i've done loads of comparisons on games with those CPU's and AMD does factor a lot of CPU games optimisations.
CPU cooler: yes of course CPU AIO cooler.
Storage: choose something that it has 250/500GB NVME (just for windows only!) and secondary hard drive use 4TB NVME SSD (for all your games) why? because COD alone is 100GB, you want powerhouse all games installed on 1 PC get a big hard drive. (any backups get an external SSD) i have 1 TB nvme ssd and i hate it...not enough space at all i need more storage on games.
PSU: only need enough to support 4060/5060, around 850w would do.

Hope it helps!

This post was edited by antartika on Jan 2 2026 07:12pm