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Grab an entire RTX 5090 PC for just $380 more than the standalone graphics card β€” save $1,550 off Alienware's Area-51 gaming rig

7 August 2026 at 13:38

If you're a content creator or a gamer that needs to have a whopping 32GB of VRAM to power either your software applications or run your favorite games on extreme fidelity settings, then you're looking to own an RTX 5090 graphics card. Unfortunately, these GPUs do not come cheap, with the current lowest price on an available-to-buy 5090 sitting at an eye-watering $4,399.99. However, with this amazing Dell deal on an Alienware Area-51 gaming rig for $4,779.99, you can bag a whole gaming PC that includes the RTX 5090 for just $380 more than purchasing the standalone graphics card.

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The Alienware Area-51 gaming PC in question comes packed with the aforementioned Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card, but also includes the 20-core Intel Core Ultra 7 265K processor, 32GB of high-speed DDR5 7200 MT/s memory, and a 1TB SSD for the operating system and game storage.

All of the above components are packed into Dell's own Alienware case with a tempered glass side panel to show off the internals of the system. A 240mm liquid AIO cools the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K, and a beefy 1,500W 80 Plus Platinum-certified power supply has all the juice needed to run the RTX 5090. The Area-51 does away with Dell's old proprietary parts ecosystem and lets you add upgrades more easily, so you're able to add more memory or a bigger SSD down the line.

This Alienware Area-51 gaming PC is a top-spec powerhouse with performance to smash through gaming at 4K. It includes an Intel Core Ultra 7 265K CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPU, 32GB of fast DDR5-7200 RAM, and a 1TB SSD.View Deal

The RTX 5090 is the most powerful consumer GPU on the market right now. It comes with 21,760 CUDA cores, over double the RTX 5080's 10,752 count, along with a massive 32GB of GDDR7 VRAM, using a 512-bit memory bus with memory bandwidth up to 1,792 GB/s. In our benchmarking results from our review of the RTX 5090 we can see that this super powerful GPU dominates the competition in all performance metrics.

GPU Benchmarks Hierarchy performance charts
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GPU Benchmarks Hierarchy performance charts
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GPU Benchmarks Hierarchy performance charts
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The Alienware Area-51 gaming PC in this deal has the ability to play any game at extreme frame rates and power high-refresh-rate gaming monitors, even at 4K resolutions. It's the best GPU to experience ray-traced graphics without severely compromising in-game graphics settings, and with the extreme pricing of the RTX 5090 at the moment, it's one of the best value ways to purchase an RTX 5090-powered gaming PC if you can afford one.

Yes, it should be $2000 cheaper, but thanks to the AI-boom ruining PC component prices for us enthusiasts, this is one of the best deals you will find on an RTX 5090 prebuilt gaming PC right now.

If you're looking for more savings, check out our Best PC Hardware deals for a range of products, or dive deeper into our specialized SSD and Storage Deals, Hard Drive Deals, Gaming Monitor Deals, Graphics Card Deals, Gaming Chair, Best Wi-Fi Routers, Best Motherboard, or CPU Deals pages.

Save $370 on this 1440p gaming PC with an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB β€” formidable ABS Cyclone Aqua rig ships with 20-core Intel Core i7-14700F, 16GB DDR5 and a 1TB SSD, now only $1,329.99

7 August 2026 at 10:42

When you're buying a pre-built gaming PC, you'll want to consider how many years the rig you're buying is going to be able to play the latest games. Luckily, this Newegg deal on an ABS Cyclone Aqua machine for $1,329.99 right now unlocks performance that should last for some time. Unlike plenty of other budget rigs that stick with 8GB GPUs, this machine from Newegg's own ABS brand features an RTX 5060 Ti with 16GB VRAM, giving you the option to game at 1440p for less than $1,400. You'll need to use the coupon code SSF72762 for $70 off to get the full discount, however.

● Check out this deal at Newegg

The PC hardware market has seen huge price increases, so a gaming PC with specs like these remaining at an affordable price is worth considering. While the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is the star of the show, you're also getting 16GB of DDR5 RAM, a 1TB SSD, and the 20-core Intel Core i7-14700F to sink your teeth into. The 14700F is still a popular choice in pre-builts, despite being a little older, with decent performance for gaming.

$70 off with coupon code ssf72762

This ABS Cyclone Aqua gaming PC is ready for 1080p and 1440p gaming. It features an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, 16GB DDR5 RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a 20-core Intel Core i7-14700F CPU.View Deal

With this build, you're securing yourself one of Nvidia’s current mid-tier graphics cards, featuring a GPU with 4,608 CUDA cores and a boost clock speed of 2,527MHz. Unlike the RTX 5090, this RTX 5060 Ti only requires a single eight-pin PCIe connector to deliver power, so you're not expected to be guzzling huge amounts of power with this rig.

Our RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB review is clear about how impressive this GPU is for mid-tier builds, with the charts below showing how the card's ray-tracing power is especially formidable in comparison to its rivals. DLSS 4 support, meanwhile, unlocks the full software capabilities of this Blackwell GPU, with multi-frame generation helping to give your rig a frame rate boost in the most resource-heavy games, especially at the higher resolutions.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB performance charts
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The big win, though, is that VRAM. 16GB of GDDR7 is a significantly better option for any build, but especially compared to the 8GB variants you'll usually find at this price point. It gives you much greater headroom for performance while playing the most resource-heavy games, especially if 1440p is in your sights.

The GPU isn't the only good part about this build, however. While the Intel Core i7-14700F is getting older, this Raptor Lake Refresh CPU is still a popular choice in pre-built systems at this price point. It ships with 20 cores, a max turbo clock speed of 5.4 GHz, and a 65W TPD. Those 20 cores are split across eight performance cores, which are the best options for gaming, along with 12 efficient cores for multi-threaded work. Performance-wise, the 14700F won't be a bottleneck alongside the RTX 5060 Ti at either 1080p or 1440p while gaming.

You're also not settling for outdated specs, either. This machine skips DDR4, which is still used in budget builds to reduce costs, and instead comes with 16GB of G.Skill Flare X5 DDR5-6000 RAM. While 32GB would be better, RAM pricing is sky-high at the moment, so it's a compromise. 16GB won't give you as much breathing room, but using DDR5 adds to the longevity of this machine, giving you scope to upgrade later.

As for storage, you're getting a 1TB Patriot P410 SSD included in this rig. It offers Gen 4 speeds and enough space, at least, for you to install a few big game installations, alongside plenty of indies. Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 wireless connectivity are included, along with Gigabit Ethernet.

The $1,329.99 sale price for this ABS Cyclone Aqua gaming PC is hard to beat at the moment. The RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GPU means you've got the power to game at 1440p if you choose to do so, but with PC hardware costs continuing to rise, there's no guarantee that it'll be around at this price for long. If you're interested, don't forget to use the SSF72762 coupon code to save that extra $70.

Save $1,400 on this RTX 5090 gaming PC from HP with 64GB DDR5 right now; RAM and GPU cost $5k alone β€” $5,599 sale price for top-spec Omen Max 45L rig with 24-core Intel CPU and 2TB of SSD storage

6 August 2026 at 10:50

HP is offering a powerhouse pre-built with enough performance to last you for years. This huge deal on this HP Omen Max 45L gaming PC, fitted with an RTX 5090 and 64GB of DDR5 RAM for $5,599.99 right now, knocks a massive $1,400 off its current list price. This is a rig that will deliver you a machine able to handle high-end 4K gaming with good frame rates.

Compare and contrast to the current price for just the RTX 5090 right now. To buy a standalone Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card, without the rest of this build, would cost you at least $4,499.99 right now for a card from a reputable seller. The extra $1,100 you're spending here gets you 64GB of RAM, 2TB of storage, an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU, and more. The current market price for this amount of RAM and storage means you'd almost certainly end up paying more to build an equivalent rig yourself.

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As our HP Omen Max 45L review shows, this is a build made for serious gamers. It's one of HP's flagship gaming machines, built quietly but with a formidable presence at your desk, thanks to its massive case, with three 120mm fans visible at the front. Our review model differs slightly in specs, but the design is exactly the same here.

A big 20% saving is available right now on this HP Omen Max 45L gaming PC, fitted with an RTX 5090, Core Ultra 9 285K, 64GB of RAM, and 2TB of SSD storage.View Deal

It's the GPU that makes this build unstoppable for gamers. Our GPU benchmarks make clear what you already know about the RTX 5090: this is the best consumer graphics card you can buy, with performance that no other consumer GPU can match. It has double the second-place RTX 5080's CUDA count of 10,752, while other specs include a massive 32GB of GDDR7 VRAM, using a 512-bit memory bus with bandwidth speeds of up to 1,792 GB/s.

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As for the CPU, you're getting the Intel Core 9 Ultra 285K. This is a 24-core CPU, eight of which are performance cores, which are the best for high-performance gaming. A further 16 efficient cores are great for multi-threaded tasks. The 285K is fully unlocked and overclockable, and the performance cores offer a standard clock speed of 3.7 GHz, which can boost up to 5.7 GHz.

The 285K, like other Intel Arrow Lake CPUs, admittedly didn't excite for gaming when they launched, trailing behind AMD's top-spec alternatives like the 9980X3D. Luckily, the raw power of the RTX 5090 is a formidable counterweight against any deficiencies in the 285K, offsetting and heavily compensating for any of its shortcomings. Meanwhile, updates since launch have helped to improve the 285K's gaming performance, too.

Either way, coupled with the RTX 5090, you can still expect to hit high frame rates, 4K, and ray tracing on Ultra graphics presets. Nvidia DLSS 4 is also there to fall back on in a pinch, should you ever need to, with multi-frame generation able to use AI to boost frame rates in the most intensive games.

Other features in this pre-built HP gaming rig include Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 support. You're also getting a 2TB NVMe SSD with Gen 4 speeds included, which should leave a healthy amount of space for a big game collection. There's also a significant boost to memory with this rig, with Kingston Fury 62GB DDR5-5600 memory included as standard, split across four 16GB modules.

The $5,599.99 sale price for this HP Omen Max 45L machine is a good price in the current market for a high-end gaming PC, excluding those with a time machine that can head back to last year's prices. RAM, SSD, and GPU prices are all extremely high at the moment, so there's no guarantee that we won't see further price rises towards the end of the year. If you need an upgrade, the $1,400 saving offered by this HP machine might just be worth it.

If you're looking for more savings, check out our Best PC Hardware deals for a range of products, or dive deeper into our specialized SSD and Storage Deals, Hard Drive Deals, Gaming Monitor Deals, Graphics Card Deals, Gaming Chair, Best Wi-Fi Routers, Best Motherboard, or CPU Deals pages.

Crazed modder turns NAS into a gaming PC with RTX 5060 hanging from the side, boosts frame rate by 828% β€” Frankenstein rig hides dedicated PSU in drive bay, breaks Time Spy world record for the onboard CPU

It seems the global component crisis has skyrocketed the prices of storage to the point where some alternative ways of utilizing a NAS have popped up. YouTube PC enthusiast TrashBench recently took a ZimaCube 2 NAS and modded it into a gaming PC, driven by an RTX 5060 graphics card. Despite the low-power laptop CPU inside the server, the results still showed an astronomical improvement in gaming performance across the board, improving frame rates by 828% in some tests and breaking the Time Spy world record for the Intel Core i5-1235U CPU.

For context, the ZimaCube 2 is powered by an Intel Core i5-1235U CPU, which is an Alder Lake chip featuring just two P-cores and eight E-cores, alongside Iris Xe integrated graphics. The iGPU is weak because that's all that's needed for a server (if it's needed at all). This system was never intended for gaming, but the motherboard inside has a vacant PCIe 4.0 x16 slot, making this NAS the perfect candidate to be liberated by some questionable mods.

At first, the tests showed the iGPU hitting around 18 FPS in Hitman 3 on 1080p with low settings. Cyberpunk 2077 was even worse with just 13 FPS, while Shadow of the Tomb Raider was the most promising title, achieving 31 FPS. Putting an AMD Radeon Pro WX5100 workstation GPU (a cut-down version of the RX 480) in the board's slot helped raise the numbers a bit, around 40% on average, but the updated performance was still not enough to be classified as playable.

TrashBench proceeded to connect an RTX 5060 to the x16 slot with a riser cable and just let it hang outside the case, since the card was way too big to fit inside. Of course, this wasn't ideal and would restrict airflow quite a bit, so he devised a 3D-printed frame that would hold the GPU in place, while zip-tying the other end to the case directly. The final result might not exactly look polished, but it was firm enough to conduct benchmarks.

Putting an RTX 5060 inside a ZimaCube 2 NAS server

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Keep in mind that all this jury-rigging was possible due to the ZimaCube's unique design. The chassis has large cutouts across its chassis, allowing the riser cable to easily protrude from the left. To power the RTX 5060, TrashBench removed all the hard drive caddies so that the system's drive bay was left completely empty. He then fit a 750W SFX power supply inside with an extension cable that ran up to the GPU's power connector. The front cover of this NAS is magnetic, so everything was nicely hidden behind it.

Putting an RTX 5060 inside a ZimaCube 2 NAS server

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Putting an RTX 5060 inside a ZimaCube 2 NAS server

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TrashBench's retesting showed Hitman 3 running at 167 FPS on average, which is an 827% improvement over the stock 18 FPS, or more than nine times faster. Similarly, Cyberpunk 2077 got a 7x boost, going from 13 FPS to 90 FPS. Framerates in Shadow of the Tomb Raider "only" quadrupled, as the RTX 5060 achieved an average of 124 FPS compared to 31 FPS with the iGPU.

TrashBench didn't stop there and, true to his nature, wanted to freeze the CPU to try and see if he could get even better results. The issue was that the chip never throttled to begin with, and the GPU was already bottlenecked, so running an antifreeze loop actually worsened performance. The silicon designed to run a storage server had achieved its maximum potential.

Putting an RTX 5060 inside a ZimaCube 2 NAS server

(Image credit: TrashBench on YouTube)

Unfortunately, this variant of the ZimaCube 2 does cost $1,299 to start with so you're much better off just building a regular PC even today. It also doesn't come with Windows, and the BIOS was never configured to run a dedicated GPU, so you have to always have something plugged into the iGPU's display output for the dGPU to display anything. Still, as a wild experiment, we can call this one a success.

Grab 32GB of Corsair DDR5 for an effective $230 right now in this 9950X3D combo deal β€”Newegg RAM bundle ships with 16-core AMD X3D chip alongside an MSI X870E board and a free 240mm cooler for $1,308

3 August 2026 at 10:17

RAM bundles are becoming one of the best ways to upgrade or build a new PC, as they help to bring down the effective cost for new memory modules compared to buying RAM separately. This powerhouse Newegg bundle is no exception, featuring the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, an MSI MPG X870E motherboard, and 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM for $1,308.99.

● Check out this deal on Newegg

This bundle saves you $259.99 compared to buying each part individually but, more importantly, it means you're effectively paying just $230 for the RAM, compared to its $489.99 list price. That's also a huge drop of $150 compared to the nearest, cheapest equivalent RAM kit on the market right now, and doesn't factor in the additional free $70 MSI cooler you're getting with this bundle, too.

A powerhouse bundle for gaming that ships with the 16-core AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon WiFi ATX motherboard, and 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 RAM.

Also included, for free, is an MSI MAG 240mm AIO cooler worth $72. The bundle makes the effective RAM cost just $230 right now.View Deal

The RAM isn't the only thing that stands out with this kit combo, however, as you're getting the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D for your next gaming PC with this deal. This Zen 5 CPU has 16 cores and 32 threads and ships with a huge 128MB of L3 cache capacity. It's built using the second generation of AMD's V-Cache technology, with a redesigned stacking layout that allows for better thermal performance. The extra cache means that the CPU isn't forced to drop back and use the slower system RAM as often, helping to ensure better and more consistent frame rates, especially in CPU-hungry games like Cyberpunk 2077.

The CPU benchmark data shows that the 9950X3D can match the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D's performance for gaming, especially when using AMD's Precision Boost Overdrive overclocking. It also has the advantage of unleashing its full 16 cores for multi-threaded performance when you need it to.

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Alongside this powerhouse CPU is 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM. This is a popular kit for gamers, comes with adjustable RGB lighting, and offers speeds of 6,000 MT/s. That's about average for DDR5, and is a significant improvement over older DDR4 modules, too.

The two 16GB memory modules can be installed in the also-supplied MSI MPG X870E Carbon WiFi ATX motherboard. That's a decent board for gamers that gained a four-star review when we tested it, too. It has plenty of USB-C ports and includes 5Gb and 2.5Gb Ethernet connectivity, along with WiFi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 support.

Along with the parts that are officially included here, you're also getting an MSI MAG Coreliquid A13 240mm AIO cooler thrown in for free. This cooler would set you back $72.49 if you bought it individually, and it will help you keep that powerful CPU cool during use.

This $1,308.99 Newegg combo deal is a serious option for upgrading or building a new gaming PC. This bundle brings the effective cost of RAM down to just $230, which is simply impossible to beat if you buy the parts separately right now, so make sure to give it consideration before it sells out.

If you're looking for more savings, check out our Best PC Hardware deals for a range of products, or dive deeper into our specialized SSD and Storage Deals, Hard Drive Deals, Gaming Monitor Deals, Graphics Card Deals, Gaming Chair, Best Wi-Fi Routers, Best Motherboard, or CPU Deals pages.

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Save $900 on this RTX 5070 gaming PC from MSI in this limited-time Woot deal, now $1,399 β€” grab a huge saving on this Codex R2 rig with a 10-core Intel CPU, 32GB DDR5, and a 1TB SSD

31 July 2026 at 11:03

There's a great bargain to be had right now on an RTX 5070 gaming PC that'll give you enough performance for gaming at 1440p. This MSI Codex R2 rig has a 10-core Intel CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, 1TB of SSD storage, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM for just $1,399.99 right now, knocking $900 off its list price in the process.

● Grab this MSI gaming PC deal at Woot

You'll struggle to find a comparable set of specs on any other pre-built at the moment at this price point. The RTX 5070 is the big winner here, delivering you the power you'll need to game at 1440p, bolstered by current-gen Nvidia features like DLSS 4, which'll give you access to upscaling and multi-frame generation to make your games even smoother to play.

Our RTX 5070 review is clear about the performance offered by this mid-tier Nvidia Blackwell GPU. Shipping with this pre-built means you've got a graphics card that makes our best GPU list as the best all-round Nvidia GPU for gamers from its current generation.

The MSI Codex R2 gaming desktop comes with Intel Core i5-14400F, RTX 5070 12GB, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and 1TB NVMe SSD, as well as Wi-Fi 6E and Windows 11. View Deal

Specs-wise, the RTX 5070 comes with 6,144 CUDA cores and 12GB of GDDR7 VRAM operating on a 192-bit memory bus. What that means for gaming is that you can expect high frame rates at 1080p, even with high to ultra graphics presets. 1440p is an option here, too, but the most demanding games will require you to tweak your graphics settings to cope. The GPU benchmarks make clear that this is a GPU that is modestly better than its predecessor, the RTX 4070, while sitting below the more powerful RTX 5070 Ti.

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Meanwhile, the Intel Core i5-14400F processor included in this MSI gaming PC isn't a bad option for 1080p gaming, and it continues to be well-sold in many pre-built rigs. It comes with 10 cores, of which six are performance cores that will deliver the best gaming performance. The other four, meanwhile, are efficiency cores, which are good to use for multi-threaded tasks. The i5-14400F has a clock speed that can boost up to 4.7 GHz, too.

We'd expect to see compromises at this price point, whether it's on RAM or storage, but there are none. You're getting 32GB of DDR5 RAM here, so you're not settling for lower capacity or slower DDR4 modules, which, given the rapid rise in memory pricing, is a nice surprise. Likewise, you're also getting a 1TB NVMe SSD with this build, which gives you enough space for a decent set of modern games alongside Windows.

The $1,399.99 sale price for this MSI Codex R2 gaming PC is a seriously good deal in the current market. It's a current-gen rig with the performance to deliver 1440p gameplay and should last for several years into the future. You've got less than a day to pick up this deal before it expires, and we'd expect this Woot deal to sell out fast, so if you're interested, make sure to pick it up quickly.

If you're looking for more savings, check out our Best PC Hardware deals for a range of products, or dive deeper into our specialized SSD and Storage Deals, Hard Drive Deals, Gaming Monitor Deals, Graphics Card Deals, Gaming Chair, Best Wi-Fi Routers, Best Motherboard, or CPU Deals pages.

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Valve says that Steam Machine reservations won't be fulfilled until β€˜the end of this year’ β€” company also releases CAD files for the PC console’s external shell under Creative Commons

Steam Machine fans who weren’t lucky enough to get a chance to buy the console on its first drop will have to wait until as late as December 2026 to get it. Valve said in its update that the reservation queue varies between products and regions, meaning Valve is already going through the waitlist for some versions of the consoles in select areas. However, it seems that others would have to wait longer if they chose a particularly popular trim of the Steam Machine in a region where there are many buyers, too.

β€œWe’re fulfilling orders on a daily basis, sending out emails to reservation holders with the option to purchase in the order in which they landed on the list post-randomization. We expect everyone in the reservation queue will have the option to purchase by the end of this year,” Valve said in its update. It also added, β€œWith each reservation queue and corresponding waitlist being per-product, per-region, they can move at different speeds based on demand. This means for some products in some regions, we've reached the end of the reservation queue and have started inviting folks from the waitlist.”

That means users who reserved the Steam Machine but haven’t had the chance to buy them yet can expect to get their hands on one before the new year. While this means that all the original reservations will finally be fulfilled in 2026, it doesn’t offer much comfort for those who want to have a new gaming PC console just in time for the holiday season.

Valve lets you 3D-print your own Steam Machine case, face plates

Users who haven’t received their Steam Machine yet (or even those who didn’t order one) could 3D-print their own shell for the console in the meantime. That’s because the company just released the CAD files for the β€œGabe Cube” on GitHub in STP format. This lets you create your own face plates and case based on Valve’s own designs, ensuring that the cases or skins you create yourself will exactly match the PC console.

Jsaux Gaming Steam Machine covers

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We’ve already seen some manufacturers offer custom plates and skins for the Steam Machine, although Dbrand had to drop the Portal 2-inspired Companion Cube after Valve threatened to sue the company for copyright infringement. With the release of these files, you can 3D-print or create your own skin (even your own Companion Cube skin) without worrying about getting sued as long as you follow the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license that Valve put on the PC console. β€˜

If you’re brave enough, you can even make your own case for the Steam Machine and transfer the innards to that custom one you build. Pierre-Loup Griffais, one of the Valve engineers who gave us in-depth details on the Steam Machine, warned that doing so might void your warranty, though.

β€œYour Steam Machine is yours, and you have the right to do with it what you want,” Griffais said on the GitHub post. β€œThat said, we highly recommend you leave it to professionals. Any damage you do will not be covered by your warranty – but more importantly, you might break your Steam Machine, or even get hurt! Be careful, and have fun.”

Save up to $700 on these iBuyPower gaming PCs, fitted with an RX 9070 XT for 4K gaming β€” liquid-cooled AMD rigs feature either a 9800X3D or 9900X CPU, along with 32GB DDR5 and a 1TB SSD, starting from $1,799

29 July 2026 at 10:09

With PC hardware prices going up and up, thanks to the AI boom, you'll need to score a bargain where you can. Luckily, Walmart has slashed the cost of two different versions of this iBuyPower Y40 gaming PC, both fitted with an AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, with the 9800X3D model costing you $2,099 right now.

● Check out this deal at Walmart

iBuyPower builds custom and pre-built gaming rigs that are both powerful and gorgeous to look at. This Y40 rig is no different, using a black Hyte Y40 case with a wrap-around glass panel to give you full exposure of the powerhouse components within. This is an all-AMD affair, with the top spec build combining an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D with the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT.

These aren't mid-tier components. The 9800X3D is our top choice as the best gaming CPU on the market right now, fitted with eight cores, 16 threads, and boost clock speeds up to 5.2 GHz, but it's the 3D V-Cache that steals the attention here. This X3D chip comes with a boosted 96MB of L3 cache, ensuring that the CPU doesn't need to fall back on slower system RAM, boosting frame rates and performance as a result. The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is no slouch, either, as it's currently AMD's top GPU, and one of the best value choices for a gamer, with performance rivalling the RTX 5070 Ti for a lot less cash.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RX 9070 XT, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD

Featuring the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Radeon RX 9070 XT, liquid cooling, and a premium Hyte Y40 chassis, this iBuyPower Y40 gaming PC delivers high-end gaming performance at 1440p and 4K.View Deal

The CPU benchmark data below is clear: the 9800X3D is a performance beast for gaming, and without massive power demands. It offers the best performance per watt compared to its rivals, including over the newer AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D. In fact, our data shows that the difference in FPS between the Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Ryzen 7 9850X3D is just 3%, and that's at 1080p. The gap is closed even further at 1440p and 4K, which we'd expect you to be playing at with a rig like this.

You can expect this X3D chip to continue to dominate charts like this for some time, giving this iBuyPower PC longevity for gaming well into the future.

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The 9800X3D is paired well with the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, as you won't be facing bottlenecks to hit high frame rates with decent graphics settings at 1440p. 4K is a possibility here, too, but you may need to adjust your graphics settings to cope if you see frame rates drop in any seriously intensive games. Luckily, the RX 9070 XT's 16GB of VRAM means you have more breathing room at the higher resolutions for more stable frame rates, especially versus cheaper GPUs with 8GB VRAM.

Other parts used in this build include 32GB of DDR5 memory, rated at 5,200 MT/s. That isn't the fastest RAM out there, but it's still faster than older DDR4, which would typically max out at 3,600 MT/s. You've also got a 1TB SSD for storage, enough for a couple of big game installations, and to keep the rig cool, you've got a 360mm AIO liquid cooler, along with several 120mm ARGB case fans. There's even a keyboard and mouse thrown in for free to get you started.

While we've seen this rig cheaper in the past, it's still a lot of spec for the $2,099 sale price, especially compared to rival builds on sale right now. That said, if you're happy to compromise on that X3D chip, you can go for a cheaper alternative. The same iBuyPower Y40 rig, but with the 9800X3D swapped out for a 12-core 9900X instead, is just $1,799 right now. That's $300 cheaper than the 9800X3D model, and a big $700 discount on its usual price.

AMD Ryzen 7 9900X, RX 9070 XT, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD

This cheaper alternative features the same spec sheet as the model above, but replaces the 9800X3D with the 12-core AMD Ryzen 7 9900X CPU instead.View Deal

The build, including GPU and case, is almost exactly the same otherwise, although this is an all-white build versus the black colorway for the 9800X3D model. The AMD Ryzen 7 9900X is a downgrade compared to the 9800X3D, as it loses the huge advantage offered by the 96MB L3 cache capacity, but it's no slouch. It can still deliver impressive gaming performance, however, sitting between the Intel Core i7-14700K and beating the newer Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus in our CPU benchmark results at 1080p. You'll see boosted performance if you decide to overclock it using AMD's built-in Precision Boost Overdrive on supported motherboards, too.

These are two powerful gaming PCs for 1440p and 4K gaming at prices that won't be around for long. You can pick up the all-black iBuyPower Y40 with the 9800X3D for $2,099 right now or, if you want an even cheaper bargain, the white iBuyPower Y40 with the 9900X is $1,799 instead.

Save $1,000 on this RTX 5090 gaming PC from MSI, just 17% more than the GPU's standalone cost right now β€”score this 4K powerhouse with 64GB DDR5 and a 2TB SSD for $4,899

28 July 2026 at 11:36

With the AI boom continuing to push prices up, you'll need to take advantage of deals like this one if you're looking for the best spec'd machines for gaming. MSI has slashed the price of this MSI Aegis R2 gaming PC, featuring an RTX 5090, 62GB DDR5, and a 2TB SSD, along with an Intel Core i9-14900K, to $4,899. That's a $1,000 discount that makes it just 17% more expensive than buying the GPU on its own, with the cheapest RTX 5090 available on sale for a whopping $4,199 right now.

● Grab this deal at MSI's store

The MSI Aegis R2 C14NVZ9-1436US is nothing short of a powerhouse. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 is clearly the MVP of this build, giving you the power to deliver 4K gaming at the highest possible resolutions, with added functionality like DLSS 4 that unlocks a full arsenal of performance in this Nvidia Blackwell GPU. 4K, ray tracing, and Ultra graphics presets are all easily achievable with this GPU installed.

RTX 5090, 64GB DDR5, 2TB SSD

This top-tier gaming rig from MSI leaves you with all the power you'll need for 4K gaming with ray tracing. It has an RTX 5090, 64GB of DDR5 RAM, 2TB SSD storage, and comes equipped with the 24-core Intel Core i9-14900K.View Deal

There simply isn't a better consumer graphics card on sale right now, as our GPU benchmarks below will confirm. It ships with 21,760 CUDA cores, which is more than double what is available in the second-best RTX 5080. It also has 32GB of GDDR7 VRAM, with a huge 512-bit memory bus. There won't be a game that this GPU can't handle.

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The Intel Core i9-14900K you're getting is a little older these days, but it's still a popular choice for pre-builts. It continues to rank highly among our CPU benchmarks, delivering performance that beats plenty of its Intel successors. It has 24 cores, eight of which are the best-for-gaming performance cores, along with a top 6 GHz boost clock speed.

There aren't many compromises to spot elsewhere, either. 64GB of DDR5 RAM is generous in a pre-built these days, given the cost of memory right now. Meanwhile, that 2TB SSD gives you scope for a good set of game installations alongside Windows. This is an all-MSI affair, in a simple case with plenty of case fans to keep the build running cool, even under load.

This is a formidable rig for anyone, whether it's for gaming or productivity. The price alone makes it a sensible choice if you're looking to buy an RTX 5090: why buy just the GPU when you can pay 17% more for an entire machine? The additional cost of RAM, along with the SSD, will easily outstrip what you'd pay here. While we can't change the market, if you're looking for a gaming PC with one of the highest specs available, this MSI Aegis R2 rig for $4,899 is well worth considering, so make sure to grab it before this limited-time discount disappears.

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'RAM Machine' case probably costs more than the entire build β€” Nvidia RTX 5060, Core Ultra 5 CPU, and 32GB DDR5-8200 RAM are hiding inside

u/DaKrazyKid went on Reddit to exhibit their mini-ITX gaming PC build dubbed "RAM Machine," which features 36 RAM sticks. The OP said the Steam Machine, with its paltry 16GB of RAM, inspired the build, which has 16 RGB RAM sticks controlled through SignalRGB to give you all that RGB goodness, and they’re giving it away to one lucky commenter in the r/PcBuild subreddit. It’s unclear if the Redditor is affiliated with SignalRGB, although the giveaway seems to be sponsored by the company because of the disclaimer that excludes employees, affiliates, and subsidiaries of SignalRGB, their immediate family members, and persons living in the same household from the sweepstakes.

Although the PC itself isn’t a top-of-the-line unit, it’s a decent build that offers better specifications than the Steam Machine. The RAM Machine comes with an Intel Core Ultra 5 CPU, a single-fan RTX 5060 GPU, 32GB of Patriot DDR5-8200 RAM, and a 2TB Patriot SSD, all attached to a B860-I motherboard and powered by a 750-watt PSU. While this might not give you native 4K gaming, this is more than enough for 1080p gaming and could even handle some 1440p titles. We checked the cost of this mini-PC on PCPartPicker, and a similarly specced unit costs more than $1,500. This makes it 50% more expensive than the Steam Machine and quite a valuable giveaway.

RAM Machine Giveaway - To enter this giveaway, simply leave a comment. from r/PcBuild

This isn’t the first time that SignalRGB has sponsored a giveaway of a wild-looking PC if the company indeed sponsored this. Just last year, it turned a microwave into an all-in-one PC and gave it away to one lucky winner. It also had another raffle in 2023, this time a powerful gaming PC built inside a Starfield control panel case. The biggest thing these three PCs have in common, of course, is that they use SignalRGB to control the RGB lights in these systems. Although this is a free app you can use to control the RGB lights on your computer, no matter what brand they’re from, it also offers a Pro subscription which costs $5.99 a month or $45 a year. This tier gives you more advanced features like cooling control, system monitoring, macros, and more.

If you want to join the giveaway, all you need to do is head to the Reddit post and leave a comment. Don’t get your hopes up, though, as it already has more than 78,000 comments at the time of writing.

Save $460 on this AMD 9800X3D gaming PC with RTX 5080 β€” get blistering 4K performance for less

If you're trying to build a gaming PC in 2026, you could be forgiven for just throwing in the towel. Pre-built PCs remain a consistent source of good value for gamers, and this CyberPowerPC offering at Newegg is one such deal. Right now you can score $460 off this Ryzen 7 9800X3D PC with RTX 5080, now just $2,829.

● Check out this deal at Newegg

Not only is this a nifty discount, but it's also the cheapest 9800X3D/5080 combo at Newegg from a reputable brand. This PC will make light work of any 4K title and set you up for years of future-proof PC gaming. The GPU alone in this rig is worth $1,300 right now.

Get an RTX 5080 PC with AMD's coveted 9800X3D CPU, 32GB of DDR5, 2TB SSD, and Windows 11. View Deal

As you can see from our testing data, the 9800X3D is one of the fastest gaming CPUs on the market and retains our crown as the best gaming CPU in 2026. This 8-core processor shines thanks to its generous 3D cache, which gets you much higher and more consistent frame rates compared to other CPUs, because it doesn't have to fall back on your PC's slower RAM as often.

As such, our testing registers absolutely blistering performance.

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This is pretty much as good as it gets for a gaming CPU, and the powerhouse chip is complemented by Nvidia's hefty RTX 5080. This 16GB VRAM beast has 10,752 CUDA cores, capable of breezing through titles at 4K. As you can see, the 5080 is only overshadowed by the RTX 5090, which costs more than this entire PC.

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Even in our 4K testing, the RTX 5080 is capable of sustaining 60 frames per second, and that's before you start using Nvidia's powerful DLSS suite of frame generation tools.

This potent one-two punch of CPU and GPU is well-supported by 32GB of DDR5 RAM, the sweet spot for AM5 gaming and a $400 commodity in today's market, as well as 2TB of PCIe 4.0 NVMe storage, offering ample space for your Steam library.

There's also a 1000W power supply, and the B850 motherboard offers Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, and plenty of ports.

So if you want a buy-it-once-and-forget-about-it PC you won't have to upgrade for the next five years, this is a substantial saving on a really solid and capable rig. The cost of the CPU, memory, storage, and GPU alone is almost $2,500 if you were to buy these parts separately, so if you factor in the motherboard, cooler, case, PSU, and Windows 11, plus the convenience, this looks like a pretty good deal.

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Save 10% on the brand-new Creality Pika 3D scanner β€” easily scan models and textures for $629

23 July 2026 at 11:55

3D printing is an amazingly popular hobby, with printing technology getting better by the day. The main limits are your imagination and how you transfer your ideas to print. Creality's latest product offers a portable solution to capture your projects in great detail and then upload them to your printer software for production. The Creality Pika is available for pre-purchase at just $629. Grab a 10% discount of $70 for a limited period. This offer is only available for the next 19 days.

● Check out this deal at Creality

The Creality Pika is a portable 3D scanner that is pocket-sized for easy transportation and use. Measuring only 100 Γ— 60 Γ— 35 mm and weighing only 260 grams, this small scanner still packs a host of features.

View your scans on the 3-inch touchscreen, where the dual-optical 7-line blue laser captures fine details with 0.03 mm accuracy and a minimum scan volume of 10 Γ— 10 Γ— 10 mm. The Pika can even scan black and metallic surfaces without spray.

Creality's brand-new pocket-sized 3D scanner can capture your subjects' fine details, textures, and colors, ready for reproduction with your 3D printer. It supports phone-based scanning over Wi-Fi 6 and carries two hot-swappable 3,350 mAh batteries for continuous fieldwork.View Deal

The Pika uses a Gaussian Splatting method to reproduce your scans, tracking textures, color, and spatial detail more realistically than some other older texture mapping methods. Once you have your scans, you can export them to STL, OBJ, PLY, and ASC for 3D printing and modeling.

Because of this scanner's size, you can take it anywhere. There's no need for a stand or static scanner. But if you're out in the field capturing your subjects without a mains power source - fear not - as the Pika comes with two hot-swappable 3,350 mAh batteries for uninterrupted scanning. Once your scans are complete, you can upload them using either USB 3.0 or a Wi‑Fi 6 connection.

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This astonishing $850 gaming PC contains well over $1,200 worth of parts, including $400 of 32GB DDR5 alone β€” get a potent Steam Machine rival thanks to this budget Intel Arc desktop

The pricing troubles of the Steam Machine make it easy to think that budget gaming PCs are dead, but this incredible ABS gaming desktop I've just found might convince you otherwise. Right now at Walmart, you can grab this ABS Flux II Aqua with Intel Core i5 14400F, Intel Arc B580, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB SSD for just $849. That's a $150 saving on the $999 list price, for a PC with parts worth well over $1,200 in today's market.

● Check out this deal at Walmart

This PC features a Raptor Lake Refresh CPU worth $178, 32GB of Patriot DDR5 priced at $400, a $150 SSD, and a $309 GPU from Intel for unparalleled budget value. Fire those parts into PCPartPicker, and you'll see that, along with a motherboard, the cost is some $1,158 to build this rig yourself. And that's before you've added a CPU cooler, case, power supply, and Windows 11, all of which are included in this build.

Save $150 on this gaming PC with Intel Core i5 14400F, Intel Arc B580, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM. Also features a 1TB SSD, an air cooler, an ASRock B760M motherboard, a 650W 80+ Gold PSU, and Windows 11. View Deal

Make no mistake, this is not a blistering gaming PC capable of 4K; there's no fancy X3D SKU or RTX 5080 inside. What you do get is a punchy budget CPU with a total of 10 cores, six performance and four efficiency, with 16 threads and boost clocks of up to 4.7 GHz. As you can see from our testing data, the 14400 can sustain 123 fps in our 1080p testing suite.

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The Intel Arc B580 puts out respectable average benchmarks in our 1080p testing suite. Featuring 12GB of VRAM and 2560 cores, it's a great budget GPU capable of delivering an average of 80 fps in Assassin's Creed Mirage at 2560 x 1440 Ultra settings, better than the RTX 4060.

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If you're looking for couch gaming on a budget, this might be the perfect Steam Machine alternative. When you consider that it gets you 512GB of SSD storage and 16GB of DDR5 RAM for $1,049, this $850 package for 1TB and 32GB, plus the aforementioned CPU and GPU combo, is really excellent value. Purely on the value of the parts contained alone, this gaming PC is honestly an absolute steal.

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Just $1,399 for this potent RTX 5060 Ti 16GB-powered gaming PC β€” 32GB of DDR5 RAM and AMD's 7800X3D to help you crush the competition

22 July 2026 at 11:06

Prebuilt gaming PCs are looking like better and better value as the price of individual components rises. This Skytech Gaming King 95 Desktop Gaming PC is only $1,399 at Walmart, with a cool $600.99 knocked off the $1,999.99 list price. This is pretty good value considering the specifications of the hardware inside. It's certainly not bleeding-edge, but at $1,399, you would struggle to build this system yourself from individual parts.

● Check out this deal at Walmart

Contained inside the Skytech Gaming King 95 Desktop Gaming PC is the AM5 powerhouse Ryzen 7 7800X3D gaming processor with its potent 3D V-Cache and 360mm ARGB AIO liquid cooler, an Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti graphics card with a large 16GB of VRAM, a 1TB SSD, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM.

This machine will excel at 1080p and 1440p gaming, with 4K gaming on the cards if you use the appropriate settings. The 16GB of VRAM and the use of DLSS 4 will help with beefing up the frame rates and rendering textures and shaders.

This superb-value gaming PC includes a Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor, an Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti graphics card with 16GB of VRAM, a 1TB SSD, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM. There's more than ample power headroom with an 850W Gold-rated ATX 3 PSU, with CPU cooling covered by a large 360mm ARGB AIO liquid cooler. The operating system is Windows 11.View Deal

The 7800X3D is the last-generation AM5 king of gaming CPUs, replaced by the 9800X3D. Both processors have eight cores, with access to a large stacked 3D V-Cache. This cache improves latency massively by limiting how often the CPU has to fall back on the slower system RAM during gaming, delivering much higher and more consistent frame rates. Its performance is still comparable to the current X3D CPUs, as you can see from our hierarchy benchmark charts.

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If you're looking for a competent gaming PC at a very reasonable price, then you can't go too wrong with this $1,399 deal on the Skytech Gaming King 95 gaming PC. The only obvious negative of this prebuilt PC is the RAM. The amount is great, but it's only DDR5-5200 MT/s, which is a little slow. But the performance of the PC won't be massively impacted. This is something you can't easily upgrade anymore due to the insane cost of RAM these days. Not a deal-breaker, but certainly something to consider when looking at this machine.

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Lucky PC gamer scoops insane $1,140 9800X3D PC at Costco while shopping for rotisserie chicken β€” iBuyPower prebuilt with 32GB RAM and RTX 5070 was a display unit discount

Finding a good deal on a prebuilt gaming PC isn't easy these days, especially with the ongoing global memory crisis. But what are the chances of stumbling across an unbeatable deal while you're out shopping for rotisserie chicken? Well, that's exactly what happened to one lucky Costco shopper, who walked away with a heavily discounted iBuyPower gaming PC for $1,140, down from its original price of $1,899.99. Now that’s a true winner winner, chicken dinner.

According to their post on the PC Master Race subreddit thread, u/klcp20 stumbled on one of the last display units at Costco during their weekly groceries run. While display units are generally sold at a discount to free up showroom space, buyers should keep in mind that such systems may have been on display for months and could be missing some accessories.

snagged a costco display unit couple of weeks ago from r/pcmasterrace

As per the shared spec sheet, the iBuyPower prebuilt PC includes an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, which is rated as one of the best gaming CPUs that you can purchase today. Other components include 32GB of DDR5 memory, a 2TB SSD, and an Nvidia RTX 5070 graphics card with 12GB of VRAM.

The system also comes with an AIO liquid cooler, a keyboard and mouse combo, and a copy of Windows 11, making it a well-rounded gaming PC for modern AAA games at 1440p and even some 4K gaming with the right settings. The buyer also notes that they plan to swap the included power supply, suggesting they aren't entirely confident in its quality.

Such deals don't come around often, but this also isn't the first time a display PC has been sold at a massive discount. Just a few months ago, another Costco shopper reportedly picked up what seems to be the exact same iBuyPower prebuilt gaming PC for $1,000, down from its original retail price of $1,899.99.

It is important to note that such discounts are largely dependent on individual stores and their inventory. We highly suggest keeping an eye on display units and limited-period discounts, especially at big-box retailers. If you're already making a trip for groceries, it might be worth taking a quick detour through the electronics section.

Save $544 on a new RTX 5080-packed Cyberpower gaming PC β€” also features AMD's 9800X3D, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 2TB SSD for $2,744

13 July 2026 at 11:18

Everyone is more than aware of the rise in prices of everything, especially anything using RAM or storage. Just take a look at the cost of the recently released Steam Machine as a prime example of the tragic near-future of home computing for the masses. It's all a bit doom and gloom, and some people may try to choose to wait it out in the hopes that things may get cheaper in a few years, but there's no guarantee that's going to happen. Rather than building your own PC, it's now cheaper to purchase prebuilt gaming rigs, with some companies still offering discounts in the current economy. This Cyberpower GML 99653 gaming PC is just $2744.55, after receiving a $544 discount. Packed inside are some of the most powerful currently available PC hardware components for pure gaming.

● Check out this deal on Cyberpower

Cyberpower has stacked two deals together, first knocking off $400 off the $3289 total due to a $400 discount on any PC valued over $2500, and then giving you a coupon code GAMER2026 that allows you to take a further 5% ($144.45) off the price. This gives you a $544.45 (17%) total saving.

So what do you get for $2744.55? Well, you get some of the most powerful gaming hardware that's currently available, including one of the best CPUs for gaming - the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, and Nvidia's RTX 5080 graphics card with 16GB of GDDR7 VRAM. Also, apart from those standout components, you're getting 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a 2TB SSD for storage. All packed in an attractive Montech Curved glass-panel PC case.

No game is too big for this monster PC. This Cyberpower rig sports a high-end RTX 5080 graphics card and an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor. Top-tier hardware for playing your favorite game titles on the highest settings.

Use code GAMER2026 for 5% off your purchase at checkout. View Deal

The 9800X3D is one of the absolute best CPUs for pure gaming, especially at 1080p, where the large 3D V-cache helps the processor to output incredible frame rates. For multi-threaded performance, something like the Intel Core Ultra 270K Plus would be a far superior option, but if you are only concerned with pure gaming, then the 9800X3D is the CPU for you. See our CPU benchmarks below for an idea of relative performance between processors.

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If you take into account the lowest price of a new RTX 5080 GPU ($1,256), 9800X3D ($444), 32GB of DDR5 memory ($394), and 2TB of SSD storage ($239), you're at $2,333 without even adding the case, power supply, cooler, motherboard, fans, and any other extras such as the operating system. Plus, you don't have to build it yourself or worry about the warranties for individual parts. So if you like the look of the Cyberpower GML 99653 gaming PC for $2,744.55, then grab this deal while the offer still stands.

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Save $527 on this 1440p gaming PC from Newegg with a 16GB RTX 5060 Ti right now β€” huge discount for high-end performance rig with an Intel Core i7-14700F, 32GB DDR5, and a 1TB SSD

8 July 2026 at 11:44

PC builders and buyers are being forced to deal with persistent price rise, with the AI boom causing the price for individual PC hardware components to shoot through the roof. That's why brilliantly discounted rigs, like this $1,472.49 ABS Flux II Aqua gaming PC with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GPU, can't be missed when they appear on sale.

● Grab this gaming PC deal at Newegg

The specs in this machine make it a formidable option for high-end 1440p gaming, with 4K certainly on the table. You'll need to make sure you use the JULY5 coupon code at checkout to get this fully discounted price. If you do, you'll secure a spec sheet that, alongside that powerful RTX 5060 Ti GPU, includes 32GB of DDR5 RAM, a 1TB SSD with PCIe 4.0 speeds, and the still-fast Intel Core i7-14700F with 20 cores.

Make sure you use the JULY5 coupon code at checkout.

Inside the ABS Flux II Aqua gaming PC is a 16GB Asus Dual OC RTX 5060 Ti GPU, 32GB of Kingston Fury DDR5-6400 RAM, a 1TB Kingston SNV3S PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 SSD, and an Intel Core i7-14700F processor. This is a speedy gaming PC that will excel for 1080p and 1440p gaming.View Deal

As our Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB review makes clear, this is a GPU that delivers great mainstream performance. 16GB of fast GDDR7 VRAM gives it both the bandwidth and additional memory to push performance higher than cheaper 8GB models, and is given a further boost by this Nvidia Blackwell GPU's DLSS 4 support, along with 4,608 CUDA cores, a small boost over the RTX 4060 Ti's 4,352 count.

The GPU benchmarks below confirm that this is firmly a mid-tier option for gaming, but the price-to-performance ratio means that it's a better option than the raw specs suggest. 16GB of VRAM leaves plenty of room for gaming at 1440p, ensuring no bottlenecks while trying to handle the textures and shaders at that high a resolution.

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You're also getting the Intel Core i7-14700F in this build. While the 14700F is getting a little old, this Raptor Lake Refresh CPU is still a popular choice in pre-built systems at this price point, and it continues to deliver good performance for gaming. Those 20 cores are split across eight performance cores, which are best for gaming, along with 12 efficient cores for multi-threaded work.

There are a few compromises elsewhere in this rig, either. 32GB of Kingston Fury RAM is available here, split across two 16GB modules for dual-channel performance, with fast speeds of 6,400 MT/s. You also have a 1TB Kingston SNV3S SSD installed, offering read and write speeds of 6,000 and 5,000 MB/s apiece, with enough storage for a couple of big AAA games.

Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.3 support is included, and the build uses a Gamdias Flux II case with a wraparound glass frontage, giving you a full view of the RGB-lit fans and CPU cooling inside.

Overall, the $1,472.49 sale price for this ABD Flux II Aqua gaming PC makes it an affordable option for a rock-solid 1440p gaming rig. Make sure to use the JULY5 coupon code to get this full discount, however, while it lasts.

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Score a massive $1,050 saving on this RTX 5090 gaming PC that's just 16% more than the GPU's standalone price right now β€” epic discount secures you a formidable 4K gaming rig with a 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5, and a 2TB SSD

6 July 2026 at 11:45

There isn't an alternative to the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 if you want the most powerful GPU in your gaming PC. The only problem is that, right now, it'll set you back $4,000 to buy one, without thinking about the rest of your PC. That's why this $4,749.99 ABS Kaze II Ruby gaming rig, with the RTX 5090, along with the powerhouse AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, is an absolute steal that you can't afford to ignore.

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You'll need to make sure you use the JULY5 coupon code at checkout to get the full discount. Doing so gets you an all-powerful 4K gaming machine, shipped under Newegg's own ABS brand, that will handle any game you throw at it, with the best graphics presets applied, and will give you game-leading performance for years to come. You're getting this highest spec'd machine for just 16% more than the lowest available price for this GPU if you were to buy it separately, which is a very good deal in the current market.

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Grab a huge saving on this ABS Kaze II Ruby gaming PC, made and shipped by Newegg. It comes equipped with an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, 32GB of DDR5-6000 RAM, and a 2TB SSD.View Deal

The overall spec on this machine is the real selling point, though, because there are few options better than the combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 for any current-gen gaming PC. Our 9800X3D review makes clear how formidable a choice this eight-core, 16-thread AMD CPU is. It provides performance that makes it a powerhouse for gaming, thanks to AMD's 3D V-Cache technology. This market-leading tech increases the available L3 cache to 96MB, which ensures that it doesn't need to fall back so often to using your (slower in comparison) system RAM while you're gaming. This means better, more consistent frame rates for longer.

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D continues to be the best CPU in our recommendations for most gamers, despite being dethroned by the 9850X3D as the most powerful. It's all down to the performance-to-power ratio, and as our CPU benchmarks below will confirm, the 9800X3D continues to sit at the top of the food chain: few CPUs can match it, let alone rival it.

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As CPUs go, the 9800X3D is a seriously powerful option, but coupled with the RTX 5090, it's unstoppable. There are few matches more potent, given that the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 is the most powerful consumer GPU on the market today, according to our GPU benchmarks. It ships with 21,760 CUDA cores (more than double the RTX 5080's), 32GB of GDDR7 VRAM, with a huge 512-bit memory bus.

There isn't a better, more powerful gaming GPU you can buy right now. It is a beast in every measure, with added functionality like DLSS 4 unlocking the full arsenal of this Nvidia Blackwell GPU. 4K, ray tracing, Ultra graphics presets: these are the specs to comfortable have all three.

Alongside this GPU and CPU combo is 32GB of G.Skill Ripjaws M5 Neo RGB DDR5 RAM, offering speeds of 6,000 MT/s. It's dual-channel, coming in two 16GB modules, so your PC has double the bandwidth between the RAM and CPU to ensure no surprise bottlenecks. A 2TB Team Group SSD is installed, and while it isn't the fastest, it will give you Gen 4 speeds and leave you with plenty of space for a good set of installed games, along with your important documents.

The $4,749.99 sale price for this ABS Kaze II Ruby gaming PC really is a great one in the current market. The AI boom has forced component prices to skyrocket over the last six months, and there are no signs that it's going to stop. If you want a rig that offers you the most powerful specs on the market, this is a rig you'll want to pick up before the price runs out. Just make sure to use the coupon code JULY5 at checkout to get the full 5% off.

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The ultimate 4K RTX 5090 gaming titan plummets $2,580 β€” huge discount makes the Alienware Area-51 with 24-core CPU and 64GB RAM irresistible

4 July 2026 at 11:43

There is no such thing as future-proofing, especially in technology, where it evolves so rapidly. However, Alienware Area-51, which wields some of the best hardware that's available today, will get you through a few years of high-end 4K (3840x2160) gaming without a sweat. The formidable gaming desktop usually sells for around $8,579.99, but Dell has slashed the price by 30% to bring the price down to $5,999.99.

The Alienware Area-51 is the closest thing to a perfect gaming system by today's standards. Equipped with a Core Ultra 9 285K processor, it has 24 cores (eight P-cores and 16 E-cores) at its disposal. That's more than enough firepower to move any AAA games at 4K. While the chip is impressive in its own right, the GeForce RTX 5090, Nvidia's current flagship gaming graphics card, is the best technology has to offer for 4K gaming right now.

Despite being in the middle of a memory and storage shortage, the Alienware Area-51 doesn't compromise on either aspect. It has 64GB (2x32GB) of high-speed DDR5-6400 memory that exceeds the memory requirements of modern titles. As for storage, the gaming system provides a 4TB PCIe 4.0 SSD that will suffice for a long time while you grow your gaming library.

The Alienware Area-51 has no weaknesses in processing, graphics, memory, or storage performance. It leverages a Core Ultra 9 285K, GeForce RTX 5090, 64GB memory, and a 4TB PCIe 4.0 SSD.View Deal

The gaming system resides inside Dell's custom Alienware case with a tempered glass side panel to show off the internals. It also uses a 360mm AIO liquid cooler to cool the Core Ultra 9 285 K. Meanwhile, a 1,500W 80 Plus Platinum-certified power supply keeps every component in the Alienware Area-51 well fed and provides headroom for future upgrades, whether it's more memory, a bigger SSD, or even a next-generation graphics card.

With the most affordable GeForce RTX 5090 starting at $3,999 and memory and SSD prices spiraling out of control, the Alienware Area-51's current $5,999 price tag looks pretty good if you're not into building your own system from scratch. The Alienware Area-51 features top-tier hardware and comes with Dell's Alienware Care 24/7 customer support with on-location repairs.

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