I don't understand how people don't have a good or decent gaming computer if they are playing Steam games. You almost have to go out of your way to not get something that has at least 5 or 6 GB ram these days. Most built in Intel HD Graphics cards(built into processor) are pretty decent or better compared to dedicated graphics cards from 6 or 7 years ago too, or just buy a dedicated one for like 50 bucks if it is really necessary for the blockchain.

I built my computer and got everything I needed for less than $1,000 like 4 years ago or so, and it has a water cooled processor too.

32GB ram
I7-3770kK @ 3.5 GHZ4 physical cores (8 hyper threaded in total)
Radeon HD6870 Sapphire
750W power supply
Large case
Larger motherboard(for adding in upgrades later)
4TB External Hard Drive for the blockchain and other files

On Windows Experience Index I have the following scores.

Processor 7.7 out of 7.9
Memory(Ram) 7.7 out of 7.9
Graphics 7.8 out of 7.9
Gaming Graphics 7.8 out of 7.9
Primary Hard Disk 7.3 out of 7.9 (this is an older SSD that is still really fast too).

If people are struggling to have what I have 4 or 5 years later, I really don't know what to say to them I guess. You can almost build what I currently have now for half the price or less, and what I have is overkill by a lot for running a node.

So in reality, it would only cost a few hundred dollars to build a computer(buying a case/power supply/processor/ram/motherboard/HDD) that can handle current blocks and have enough power for larger blocks later.

What are these guys playing their Steam games with lol.