r/buildapc is a subreddit with 8.5M members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses pc, gpu, upgrade, gaming, and motherboard, and they frequently recommend/review gpu, office chair, and graphics card.
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Popular Themes in r/buildapc
#1
Solution Requests
: "PC Build for Photoshop, Video Editing, Gaming"
8 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "First Build - Interested in feedback"
4 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "help! my computer stutters durings games"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/buildapc
#1
Pc
17 posts
#2
Gpu
15 posts
#3
Upgrade
15 posts
#4
Gaming
9 posts
#5
Motherboard
8 posts
#6
Cpu
8 posts
#7
Case
8 posts
#8
Build
8 posts
#9
Struggling
7 posts
#10
Pc Build
7 posts
Products Discussed in r/buildapc
Gpu
379 reviews
#1
AMD
4.3★ from 202 reviews
#2
NVIDIA
4.1★ from 109 reviews
#3
Nvidia
4.3★ from 24 reviews
Office Chair
248 reviews
#1
Herman Miller
4.5★ from 78 reviews
#2
Steelcase
4.7★ from 65 reviews
#3
Secretlab
4.2★ from 15 reviews
Graphics Card
211 reviews
#1
AMD
4.2★ from 90 reviews
#2
Nvidia
4.0★ from 55 reviews
#3
NVIDIA
4.2★ from 30 reviews
Flair Used in r/buildapc
#1
Build Help
: "First build help"
33 posts
#2
Build Upgrade
: "Low watt system."
16 posts
#3
Troubleshooting
: "[Help] 24-pin/RAM/fan headers must be "loosely seated" to boot, 3.3V rail droops to 2.8V under load — years of troubleshooting, two PCs built, still crashing"
15 posts
#4
Discussion
: "Monitor ARM Chose?"
14 posts
#5
Build Ready?
: "PC Gaming around 1200€ (Europe)"
7 posts
#6
Full Build Req
: "How important is the “3D” tag on a CPU for a gaming PC?"
5 posts
#7
Peripherals
: "Second monitor is 1680 x 1050 59.95Hz. huh?"
4 posts
#8
Build Complete
: "Office PC Build to gaming build in the future"
3 posts
#9
Miscellaneous
: "I wanna get into pc gaming but I only have a 700$ cad budget I’m only gonna do some light gaming like terraria etc"
1 post
Member Growth in r/buildapc
Yearly
+240k members(2.9%)
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Last updated: July 7, 2026