Best gaming PC for Cyberpunk 2077 (2026)
For Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p/60 in 2026, you need at minimum a AMD Ryzen 5 7600 paired with a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB and 16GB of RAM (around £799). For 1440p high settings, step up to a AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB — about £1,299.
The four PC tiers we'd build for Cyberpunk 2077
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Holds 1080p/60 on high preset with DLSS Quality. Ray tracing should stay off at this tier. The 4060's 8GB of VRAM is the limiting factor in dense Night City scenes — drop textures from Ultra to High if you see hitching.
Build this at Create PCs →Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
1440p/60 with ray tracing on Medium and DLSS Quality. The 12GB VRAM on the 4070 Super is the sweet spot for Cyberpunk — enough for ray tracing at 1440p without texture compromises. The strongest price-to-performance pick for this game.
Build this at Create PCs →High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Path tracing enabled at 1440p with DLSS 3 frame generation. The 9800X3D's V-Cache helps in dense crowd scenes where Cyberpunk becomes CPU-bound. This is the build that finally makes Cyberpunk look like the trailers.
Build this at Create PCs →Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
4K path tracing with DLSS Quality and frame generation. The 5090 is the only GPU that can drive full path tracing at 4K without aggressive upscaling. Future-proof for the inevitable Cyberpunk 2 specs.
Build this at Create PCs →What Cyberpunk 2077 actually demands from your PC
Steam's recommended spec for Cyberpunk 2077 is GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER or Radeon RX 5700 XT or Arc A770 with 16GB RAM and a Core i7-12700. That spec was written for the CD Projekt team's internal "minimum acceptable" target, not for a buyer in 2026 planning to keep this PC for the next four years.
What makes Cyberpunk 2077 more demanding than its spec sheet suggests: path tracing on max settings. We've factored this into the tier picks above.
GPU-bound title: Framerate scales directly with GPU power. If you have a fixed budget, prioritise the graphics card and accept a mid-range CPU.
What you can skip vs what matters
- Worth spending on: GPU first, then a fast NVMe SSD (most modern games benefit from sub-3000MB/s sustained reads), then RAM at the tier amount.
- Worth skipping at this budget: RGB lighting, exotic cooling, brand-name PSUs above 850W (unless you're building enthusiast tier), and motherboards with more than 4 M.2 slots.
- Don't compromise on: The PSU. A reliable 750W gold-rated unit will outlast two GPU upgrades.
Frequently asked questions
- What's the cheapest PC that can run Cyberpunk 2077?
- A AMD Ryzen 5 7600 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB build at around £799. That hits 1080p/60 on high settings.
- Is Cyberpunk 2077 CPU-heavy or GPU-heavy?
- Cyberpunk 2077 is primarily GPU-bound. Prioritise the graphics card; a mid-range CPU like the Ryzen 5 7600 will keep up at 1080p/60.
- Do I need ray tracing for Cyberpunk 2077?
- Cyberpunk 2077 looks dramatically better with ray tracing enabled. A 4070 Super or above is the sensible minimum for RT at 1440p.
- How much RAM do I need?
- For Cyberpunk 2077, 32GB is the sensible answer in 2026. 16GB still works for the budget tier but limits future-proofing.