Best Gaming PC Deals: Big Savings on Desktops With RTX 4080 and RTX 3080 – CNET
Best Gaming PC Deals: Big Savings on Desktops With RTX 4080 and RTX 3080 - CNET
If you’re the sort of person who doesn’t have the time or tech-savvy to build your own computer, then buying a prebuilt is a perfectly fine option. Yes, some people might give you a bit of grief, but ignore them; as long as you can get a gaming PC that you’re happy with, that’s the important thing. While it is true you spend a lot more buying prebuilt than buying the parts and assembling it yourself, we’ve found some pretty excellent deals across the board that will make up for any difference.
There are tons of excellent preassembled gaming PCs on the market right now that are ready to run the latest games right out of the box. Check out the best gaming PC deals at Best Buy and Newegg on models with the latest RTX 4000-series graphics cards, as well as systems with previous-gen — but still highly capable — RTX 3000-series GPUs.
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Check back regularly, as we’ll keep this list updated as current discounts expire and new deals emerge. Note that not all of these PCs are on sale, per se — the section at the bottom includes systems that are just great value alongside some that have been further discounted in the past.
Best gaming PC deals
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If you’re looking for a great starter-to-mid-range gaming PC, the Lenovo Legion Tower 5i is a great choice. While the RTX 3060 isn’t very powerful, it’s still great for 1080p and can manage respectable 1440p performance. You also get the mid-range i5-13400F, which is more than enough for most productivity work, and the 16GB of RAM is DDR5, the latest and fastest on the market. The only small downside is the 512GB of storage, which isn’t much considering how big games are these days, but you could always upgrade the size somewhere down the line.
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The 12th-gen Core i7 CPU is a generation old, but with its enormous $400 discount, this is one of the most affordable gaming PCs with a current RTX 40-series GPU. It features RTX 4060 Ti graphics, which is great for 1080p gaming, along with 16GB of DDR4 RAM, a 1TB solid-state drive and a 600-watt power supply.
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If you’re planning on playing at 1440p, then the RTX 3070 that comes with this Asus ROG desktop is a good choice. While you might still struggle to play the latest AAA games at the highest settings and 144Hz refresh rate, it will still manage to play most games at relatively excellent resolution and settings. You also get the mid-to-high-end i7-13700KF processor, which can handle most simulation and strategy games, as well as any productivity work you throw at it — and it might manage some editing too. It comes with an impressive 16GB of DDR4 RAM and 1TB of storage.
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You can save $200 at Newegg on this ABS system that pairs a Core i7-13700F CPU with RTX 4070 graphics. It also supplies 16GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD and a 700-watt PSU. When you consider that most RTX 4070-based gaming PCs cost more than $2,000, this discounted ABS Stratos Aqua machine is a great deal.
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The RTX 3080 is a beast and will get you very close to some great 4K gaming performance, and if you use it at 1440p, then you’ll easily handle high settings and high refresh rates. It also comes with a high-end i7-12700KF, 16GB of DDR5 RAM, and a tidy 1TB of storage space. Also, if you haven’t noticed, the case is incredible looking, and that alone is worth a couple of hundred in the price, although you’re getting it here with a steep $780 discount.
