I bought my 'first gaming pc' back in 2013 from a local guy, which looking back he way overcharged for the crap in it and his 'time'. Built my actual pc in the end of 2015 with an i7-6700 and a 9704GB(3.5GB was a funny lawsuit) and spent about 1K on it after taxes, I technically still have this build but have upgraded it over the years, still the same CPU but new everything else. Current specs below for mine and the wifes rigs and the attached images of the first build and current rigs
My rig has roughly cost me 1.6K over the years the wife's build was 1K with deals! I always plan to upgrade and make changes when I can for the right price, my motherboard and cpu is next haha.
My Rig:
Ram: 32GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance RGB
Case: Snowblind S
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700k
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING SE-224-XT White
PSU: Corsair AX1500i 1500W
Motherboard: Asus Z170-E
Video Card: GeForce GTX 1070 8GB
Storage: 1TB M.2, 1TB HDD, 1TB HDD, 120GB SSD
Fan: Stock Case Fans
Wired Network Adapter: Intel EXPI9301CTBLK
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC68
Wife's Rig:
Ram: 16GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance RGB
Case: Corsair iCUE 4000X RGB Mid-Tower ATX
CPU: R5 5600G
CPU Cooler(AIO): Corsair iCUE H100i Elite
PSU: Corsair RMX850W White Series
Motherboard: GIGABYTE B550 Vision D-P
Video Card: RX 6600 8GB
Storage: 500GB M.2, 2TB HDD
Fan: Stock Case Fans