Resident Evil 4 Remake 1080p Ultra Custom PC Build Review
Prices and hardware reviewed and updated: 17th Aug 2021Here we will create the best priced PC build to run Resident Evil 4 Remake, where it will meet the demands that a game like this will put on a custom PC. Our view is to answer the question, what PC should I buy that can play Resident Evil 4 Remake really well, and for the best possible price today? In doing this we keep in mind our need to deliver the game reliably at the highest graphics settings, and a 1080p screen resolution. The hardware selection should give us all a good jumping off point when considering what might prove a good build and price for a PC to run Resident Evil 4 Remake. We will update prices here as they change and switch out components as new, better hardware is released.
Today we find Resident Evil 4 Remake is currently 1 on our list of most demanding games and in our list at 1 of most popular games. It also falls in under the , Shooter, Action game genre types, which itself can influence some of our choices of hardware today, to make sure we better meet the hardware needs of the game. This sort of information will help us build a fuller picture and better understand what to select when putting our best build PC together for the game. Interestingly, it might be worth thinking about the performance of the hardware that the game was originally built on, which would have been from 2023 and shortly before. So the devs themselves may have been aiming for hardware with performance capability from this particular period.
Best 1080p Price to Performance Resident Evil 4 Remake PC Hardware Component List
Component | Current Price | ||
CPU
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$200.00 | ||
Graphics Card
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$239.99 | ||
Memory
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Patriot Viper Steel Series 8GB (1x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz
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$42.99 | |
Motherboard
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ASRock Intel B365 ATX LGA1151
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$72.99 | |
Case
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Fractal Design Focus G Mid Tower White Side Window ATX
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$42.99 | |
PSU
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EVGA 850W Bq 80+ Bronze
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$59.99 | |
SSD
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SanDisk SSD PLUS 480GB
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$58.99 | |
HDD
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WD 2003FZEX HDD 2TB
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$104.99 | |
Display
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Acer 21.5 inch LED 5ms
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$123.73 | |
Keyboard
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Razer Ornata Chroma
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$59.99 | |
Mouse
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Cooler Master MM710
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$42.99 | |
Headset
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Logitech G635 7.1
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$86.11 | |
Resident Evil 4 Remake PC Build Total Price | $1,135.75 |
Choosing A Graphics Card For Our 1080p Resident Evil 4 Remake PC Build
Getting the right graphics card is a good way to start any game PC build. So lets take a look for the best price to performance gpu hardware available right now, that isnt overpowered for this game but will still run Resident Evil 4 Remake at 1080p ultra settings. Today’s prices for graphics cards lead us to the GeForce GTX 1660 Super Asus Dual Evo OC 6GB as the smartest GPU option for this computer and one that will deliver some good frame rates at this gaming resolution at ultra. We have seen this card drop its price recently by $47.68 which is part of the reason it has been slotted in to this build. Checking our records our lowest tracked price for this card was on 28th Nov 2019 which had it priced at $229.99. Todays price of $239.99 is certainly a good price for this hardware, considering the performance returns are a good match for this game.
Selecting The Right Resident Evil 4 Remake 1080p Motherboard and CPU
We are choosing a well rounded and best priced motherboard (the ASRock Intel B365 ATX LGA1151), that can provide us with the cpu LGA 1151 socket type. This is so we can select the Core i3-9350K 4-Core 4.0GHz that has the best price to performance position today, at $200. A good point of reference is that the bottom recorded price we have for the Core i3-9350K 4-Core 4.0GHz is $161.03 on 1st Dec 2020.This CPU and GPU provide the required Resident Evil 4 Remake experience while maintaining the best price point at this 1080p resolution.
With the feature rich ASRock Intel B365 ATX LGA1151 priced competitively at $72.99 it is certainly in todays Resident Evil 4 Remake build for a good reason. To offer motherboard pricing insight we spotted this being sold for a low price of $59.99, which was recorded at 4th Apr 2020.
How To Choose The Best RAM For Resident Evil 4 Remake At The Right Price
System Memory is a significant part of any gaming computer. The build today finds the Patriot Viper Steel Series 8GB (1x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz to be the best price to performance RAM solution for our Resident Evil 4 Remake PC. At last reckoning we priced it up at $42.99, which is a cheap price for this amount of RAM. There are of course other options and configurations of system memory you might like to consider in your build. Our RAM recorded prices put this Patriot Viper Steel Series 8GB (1x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz price at $30.35 on 29th Nov 2019.
PC Performance Review at 1080p Ultra Settings on Resident Evil 4 Remake
A PC build like this can expect to get an average of 88 FPS on High settings in Resident Evil 4 Remake at 1080p. There may be some lower frame rates in some parts of the game, but we have chosen the components to get some solid frame rates. Increasing the quality in the game to Ultra, will see us still getting an FPS of 63.
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At some point you might want to increase your screen size from 1080p to 1440p. Resident Evil 4 Remake running with this hardware on the larger screen resolution would return 48 FPS at Ultra graphics setting or possibly up to an average of 67 FPS on High settings.
How this build performs for other popular games
To buy this Resident Evil 4 Remake PC we will still want it to do ok when running other popular games. So to give us an idea about our builds performance lets see how it deals these 3 popular games at 1080p. Dying Light 2 will be expecting a Ultra FPS of 63 and a High setting FPS of 88 frames. Resident Evil 8 expects Ultra FPS around 63 which will improve to 88 FPS for High settings. Far Cry 6 is expected to be around 63 FPS for Ultra settings and improves to a 88 FPS on High settings.
Selecting A High Performance Mouse For Resident Evil 4 Remake
Finding a mouse for a game that falls into the , Shooter, Action genre group has given us reason to improve the quality of mouse we are willing to put into this PC build. We have therefore found the Cooler Master MM710 mouse that is today’s best priced, higher performing gamer mouse, and one that can still deliver the gaming quality we are after for Resident Evil 4 Remake.
Resident Evil 4 Remake Benefits From a High Quality Audio Headset
A game like this almost demands that you enjoy its accompanying audio. So we increased the range of quality headsets that we looked at for our PC Builds sound delivery solution. We have still chosen the best valued headset in this range, but it will deliver some clear gaming audio and is a comfortable headset to boot. We have paired this build with the Logitech G635 7.1. We felt it fit the build nicely without breaking the bank. But there are other options above in our curated headsets list, just press the associated button in our PC build component table above for some of our other best priced components.
An Alternative Resident Evil 4 Remake Graphics Card Option for 1080p
Or you could put the Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB graphics card into this computer, if you are after an alternative AMD PC build. It has a 7% better performance variation to the GeForce GTX 1660 Super Asus Dual Evo OC 6GB, so similar in capability and we have picked it as the best priced alternative manufacturer card, with a price of $899.98.