UPDATE: making a list of the best deals below, will update this post as things change:
Best Desktop PC Black Friday deals:
50% off desktop PCs (Walmart.com)
$620 off gaming PCs (Walmart.com)
$860 off HP desktops, All-in-One, mini PCs, more (HP.com)
$1,150 off Dell All-in-Ones, desktop PCs (Dell.com)
34% off Lenovo desktop PCs (Lenovo.com)
Best gaming PC Black Friday deals:
$620 off gaming PCs (Walmart.com)
$860 off OMEN gaming PCs (HP.com)
$1,150 off Dell Alienware gaming computers (Dell.com)
Corsair gaming PCs & laptops on sale (Corsair.com)
$600 off iBUYPOWER gaming PCs (Walmart.com)
$620 off CyberPowerPC gaming desktops (Walmart.com)
$400 off MSI gaming PCs (Walmart.com)
Hello guys, trying to put together a list of the best budget desktop pc deals worth grabbing this year. i’m mainly looking for anything that’s actually good value and not the usual fake sale stuff. prebuilts, diy parts bundles, refurbs, whatever. if you’ve seen anything that’s legit and under the usual price, drop it here. would also love to know what you’re planning to buy or avoid. let’s make a solid list before everything sells out.
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I’ve enabled parametric filters and choices for some sections. A quick note on the motherboard: make sure you get one with solid VRMs. It should be able to handle a potential future 170W+ CPU with 12+ cores(11700x3d or whatever they call it) without breaking a sweat. I'm avoiding asrock for the time being due to high instances of X3Ds burning with no resolution.
For CPUs, the Ryzen 5 9600X / 7600 / 7600X are excellent AM5 starters. They give you a cheap, powerful entry point now while leaving the door open for an eventual upgrade to something like the 11700X3D or 11800X3D. Just don’t miss out on deals like the 5700X3D at $140,that’s the kind of value that disappears fast(just look at the number of people asking if they should get a $250 5700x3d or upgrade to AM5 rn). On the flip side, overspending on a 7800X3D or 9800X3D doesn’t make sense for most people. Modern demanding titles are still GPU-bound, especially once you crank up ray tracing and upscaling. The only exception is if you can snag a heavily discounted 7800X3D at Microcenter, but that doesn’t apply to most.
The Thermalright Royal Pretor is currently one of the best air coolers on the market, and for $45 it’s basically a no brainer. It’s a solid step up from the Phantom Spirit in performance.
On the GPU front, the RX 9070 16GB at $600 is fantastic value. With a little undervolting/overclocking, it can perform close to a 9070XT. If you can stretch your budget, the 5070 Ti is another stellar option at MSRP. DLSS, path-tracing performance, and Frame Generation are often underrated, especially combined with Reflex 2, which massively reduces latency. Just make sure your native framerate sits at 45 FPS or higher before enabling Frame Gen, and you’ll be golden.
For storage, a 2TB Gen4/Gen5 NVMe SSD is the sweet spot. Game load times aren’t sensitive to NVMe speeds, and the handful of DirectStorage titles out there barely show a difference between Gen3 and Gen4 anyway. Grab whichever is the best deal.
Cases are down to personal preference. I’ve picked airflow-focused and well-priced options, but MATX is also a fantastic choice if you want to keep things compact. The Dan A3 didn’t make it into this list, but it’s still one of my personal favorites.
Power supplies are simple: grab an 850W 80+ Gold ATX 3.1 unit with at least a 10-year warranty, Tier B+ or higher. The 750W variants are often just $10-$15 cheaper, so it’s worth stepping up to 850W for peace of mind.
PCPartPicker Part List
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | *AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor | $179.90 @ Amazon |
| CPU Cooler | *Thermalright Royal Knight 120 80.45 CFM CPU Cooler | $34.59 @ Amazon |
| Motherboard | *Gigabyte B850M GAMING X WIFI6E Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard | $159.99 @ Amazon |
| Memory | *Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory | $86.99 @ Newegg |
| Storage | *Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive | $117.99 @ Amazon |
| Video Card | *PNY OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card | $542.99 @ Best Buy |
| Case | *NZXT H5 Flow (2024) ATX Mid Tower Case | $59.99 @ Amazon |
| Power Supply | *Montech CENTURY II 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply | $89.90 @ Amazon |
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts | ||
| Total | $1272.34 | |
| *Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria | ||
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-09-30 12:34 EDT-0400 |
Just scored an incredible deal on a gaming PC from Marketplace, and I’m beyond hyped! I think I struck gold with this rig—check out these specs and let me know what you think! I paid $800
Specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (8-Core, 16-Thread)
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 GAMING OC 24GB
RAM: G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 6400MT/s CL32-39-39-102
Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO
Storage:
2x Samsung 990 PRO 1TB NVMe SSD
1x Samsung 9900 PRO 1TB NVMe SSD
PSU: CORSAIR HX1200i Fully Modular
Case: NZXT H5 Flow RGB
Cooling: NZXT Kraken X73 360mm Liquid CPU Cooler
This is my first gaming PC so I'm curious to hear your guys thoughts or any tips for optimizing this monster. 😎
Are any of these good deals/worth getting?
UPDATE: I'm listing the best deals I’ve seen so far and will keep this updated.
Best gaming PC Black Friday deals:
$620 off gaming PCs (Walmart.com)
$860 off OMEN gaming PCs (HP.com)
$1,150 off Dell Alienware gaming computers (Dell.com)
Corsair gaming PCs & laptops on sale (Corsair.com)
$600 off iBUYPOWER gaming PCs (Walmart.com)
$620 off CyberPowerPC gaming desktops (Walmart.com)
$400 off MSI gaming PCs (Walmart.com)
Trying to decide if I should wait for black friday to get a prebuilt gaming PC or just build one now. GPU prices have been all over the place and I have no idea if black friday will actually be cheaper.
Do the prebuilt companies like ibuypower, nzxt, cyberpower etc actually have good sales? Or is it better to just wait for individual component sales and build it myself?
For people who've bought gaming PCs on black friday, did you go prebuilt or on own? And was it actually a better deal than just buying throughout the year?
looking to get my first pc and my budget was under 400-500 for secondhand pc/parts but have gotten no luck, i an now looking for a new one at a store for about 800-900, any suggestions or good deals you guys have seen
I am not an adult yet so (me is broke) And im relying on my father to get me a pc and a monitor.But a pc is like more than 1000 dollars and there is no way my dad is going to buy that..It obviously isnt going to be the fastest but i need a pc that is not over 450 bucks.I also need to be able to record while playing on the pc.I was going to buy the a stg auborn pc bundle but the bad reviews were a deal breaker for me.The whole point of me getting this pc is so i can make gaming content on youtube,but im on a tight budget.The games i wanna play and record are fortnight, apex,and maybe some roblox.If its not possible its fine ill live without it.
If you don't know much about modern gaming PC hardware and you're looking to buy a prebuilt computer, you've come to the right place! Buying a prebuilt gaming PC can be very confusing if you're unfamiliar, I was there once too. Without wasting anymore of your time, let's get right into it!
General Brand Info / Brand FAQ / Intel vs AMD vs Nvidia
Intel CPUs
Intel CPUs offer great single thread, multi thread, and gaming performance. They're very good all-rounder CPUs, and that's why they're very common in prebuilt gaming PCs. Ultimately the company building the gaming PC doesn't know what you're going to use it for beyond gaming, and so their best bet is to put an intel CPU in it. This versatility may be of interest to you if you record and edit or stream your gameplay or do other CPU intensive tasks.
The 13th and 14th generation intel processors are very similar, the 14th generation CPUs have slightly higher clock speeds making them a touch faster. The 13th and 14th generation i5, i7, and i9 are all very capable gaming processors, don't skip a prebuilt PC because it has an i5, the i5-13600K and i5-14600K are right up there with the most powerful gaming CPUs.
AMD CPUs
AMD CPUs are generally cheaper and are typically found in some budget prebuilt PCs. It's important to note that their CPUs that end with a G perform a good chunk worse than the models that don't. For example the Ryzen 5 5600 and Ryzen 5 5600X perform much better in gaming than the Ryzen 5 5600G. This is because the "G" CPU features on board graphics, meaning you can display stuff to your monitor without a graphics card. This feature holds back AMD CPUs, and also isn't necessary for a gaming PC because we will have a dedicated GPU.
The AMD CPUs that are powerful for gaming end with X3D, and they're kind of rare to find in prebuilt gaming PCs, but they're out there. They work much better for gaming because of the CPU's L3 cache, it has a ton of it, and while it isn't necessarily important for you to know why, it is important for you to know that it does mean that the X3D chips are very powerful for gaming specifically. Here's a quick chart stolen from Tom's Hardware that shows average FPS for each modern CPU at 1080p:
This chart is kind of busy, but it can give you an idea of how important it is to have a powerful gaming CPU in your system. Up at the top are AMD's latest X3D chips, followed by intel's latest performance chips. It's important, but not quite as important as your GPU...
NVIDIA GPUs
NVIDIA has been the king of gaming GPUs for quite some time. They offer quite a few features that AMD cards don't. If having ray tracing in your games is important to you, you want to stream or record your gameplay, if you like artificial frame generation, or you want to use CUDA cores for something like deep learning neural network training, or you use other applications that take advantage of NVIDIA GPU architecture, then get an NVIDIA GPU.
The FPS per dollar typically isn't as good as AMD, but with the above features in mind, you may consider getting an NVIDIA card if you want some of the features that come with one.
AMD GPUs
AMD has made some amazing strides in its last two generations of GPUs, starting to compete with the long-time king of gaming GPUs, NVIDIA. While they're not good at high performance ray tracing, and lack the features I mentioned above, they do generally offer great FPS per dollar for gaming. If an NVIDIA card and an AMD card get the same FPS at the same resolution in a game, typically the AMD card is cheaper, and if you don't care about the NVIDIA bells and whistles, ultimately the AMD card offers a better deal.
Here's a quick chart stolen from Tom's Hardware that shows average gaming performance at 1440p Ultra:
The latest GPUs are shown on the left, and older generations go towards the right. You can see how AMD has put up quite a fight with NVIDIA the last two rounds of GPU generations.
But what about Intel Arc GPUs? If you're new to the gaming PC space, I'd suggest staying away from Intel Arc GPUs, they have many driver issues. While these issues are getting better each time intel releases a new driver update, many games still run poorly or not at all. To avoid these issues entirely, go with an AMD or NVIDIA GPU.
Brand Conclusion
The vast majority of prebuilt gaming PCs are going to come with an Intel CPU and an NVIDIA GPU, and this is fine, but just be aware of the potential performance per dollar benefits of AMD and weigh these in your considerations. For a gaming PC that's capable of recording and streaming as well as getting good performance in games, the Intel and NVIDIA combo is the way to go.
Where Do We Get Started?
You'll want to find a prebuilt gaming PC retailer, in the United States newegg.com is a great example. For this example, we'll be using newegg, but you can use other websites just the same. It's also important to try multiple websites to compare deals. From a couple previous projects I've done, I can tell you that Lenovo, MSI, iBUYPOWER, NZXT, and HP Omen / Victus offer decent performance per dollar for prebuilt gaming PCs on their own websites. Be warned though, that deals vary massively even within one company, some are good deals, some are terrible deals. But those that I've listed generally offer some of the best performance per dollar.
On Newegg's home page, click the bars in the top left, Computer Systems > Desktop Computers > Gaming Desktops. Now on this page, you'll want to click Power Search on the left.
Now, the theory here to maximize our performance per dollar is to get the best GPU possible for the cheapest. It's kind of rare that a poorly performing CPU is put with a good GPU, but it is fairly common for a good CPU to be paired with a poor performing GPU. Refer back to the Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy picture, and select a modern GPU that you think you might be able to afford in a gaming PC. This first search can be sort of a shot in the dark, but that's okay.
For this example, let's say that I have a decent budget, but nothing crazy, and I want to be able to stream. I have referred to the Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy and see that the RTX 4070 gets about 100FPS on average at 1440p Ultra and that's exactly what I want. In this case, I'll use Power Search (search filter) to look for gaming PCs that have an RTX 4070.
Then hit the search box at the bottom of the page. This brings you back to the Gaming Desktop list, but it should only be gaming PCs with an RTX 4070 in them. However, the default sort is "Featured Items" which isn't what we want, we want to change it to Lowest Price to look for some good deals on prebuilt PCs with an RTX 4070.
Now, we have all Gaming Desktops on newegg that have an RTX 4070 in them, sorted by price low to high.
The cheapest prebuilt gaming PC with an RTX 4070 will be displayed first. In my case, it is $1,159 and features an i5-13400F Intel CPU. The 13400F appears on the Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy for modern gaming CPUs, it's towards the middle of the pack for modern gaming performance, but so is the RTX 4070, making this a decently balanced gaming PC.
Other things to consider may include things like if the CPU is powerful enough for any CPU intensive tasks you're going to throw at it, 16GB of RAM is plenty for most people but maybe you need more if you want to have a lot of applications open at the same time. If you want to store a lot of large files or games you may want a larger storage drive. If any of these types of things are important to you beyond gaming capabilities, you may want to refine your "power search" (search filter) and include these things in it.
Now what?
If my budget is comfortably more than $1,200 and I shot too low and I'm looking for more performance, I'd try the same thing again with an RTX 4070 Ti or RTX 4070 Ti Super, etc. until I found a PC that is more suited for my allocated budget and performance goals. If I shot too high, and my budget is lower than $1,200 then I'll try my search again with an RTX 4060 Ti or RTX 4060.
Change the GPU in the search filter to be higher or lower tier depending on your budget. If your budget is on the lower side and you're having difficulty finding a gaming PC with a modern card that fits your budget, you might consider looking for one that has a GPU from last generation, i.e. RTX 3000 or RX 6000 series.
The end goal is to get the best GPU you can without getting an outdated or weak CPU in the process. The bulk of your gaming performance comes from your GPU and the second most important part is your CPU.
Why don't we just simply look at prebuilts that fit my budget?
The reason we don't just simply search for gaming PCs and sort by price is because not every $1,200 prebuilt PC is created equal. Some will have parts from a couple generations ago, some will have weak modern parts, some will be good deals like the one that we found by searching for the GPU first.
For example, I'll navigate back to the Gaming Desktops page, and only put a price filter for $1,100 to $1,250 and see what comes up. The first result has a Ryzen 5 5600X and an RTX 4060, both of which are weaker than the PC we just looked at.
Weaker components at the same price pointOr this one, which while looking a little cooler, it also has significantly weaker parts than the first PC we looked at while being more expensive. Compare an RTX 4070 to an RTX 3060 back on the GPU hierarchy graph.
Even weaker components at about the same price pointThis is why it is important to search for the GPU first, and look for the most affordable options for prebuilt PCs with the GPU we are looking for.
And just for fun, here's an example of how bad performance per dollar can get, a PC that costs enough to buy a prebuilt gaming PC with an RTX 4090 (the most powerful gaming GPU at the moment) that has an RTX 3050 in it, again, refer to the GPU Hierarchy graph and compare an RTX 4090 to an RTX 3050...
It's just baffling that someone somewhere entered that price and hit submit with a straight face.Conclusion / TL;DR
I hope this has been informative for some people who are new to the PC space. If you don't want to build yourself and want to make sure you're getting a good deal on a prebuilt gaming PC, this is how you should go about it. Search for the GPU first under gaming desktops, then sort by price. There are absolutely laughably terrible deals on every prebuilt PC retailer, and there are decent ones as well. It's important to be able to distinguish them and find the good deals where they are.
my daily computer is a mac and i can’t play a lot of games on it, so i was thinking of getting a second pc. i don’t know anything about computers. obviously, i’m a casual gamer. the kinds of games i’m interested in playing are task management games, farming sims, shop simulator games, and some puzzle games. what kinds of specs are necessary for those types of games?
edit: located in USA, budget: as low as possible - but could save up $500-$600
Hey all, I just recently got my first PC and I know that there are super affordable ways to obtain games. I don't know how to find them though. Any help?
UPDATE: I've rounded up the best deals below, will be updating this regularly:
Best gaming PC Black Friday deals:
$620 off gaming PCs (Walmart.com)
$860 off OMEN gaming PCs (HP.com)
$1,150 off Dell Alienware gaming computers (Dell.com)
Corsair gaming PCs & laptops on sale (Corsair.com)
$600 off iBUYPOWER gaming PCs (Walmart.com)
$620 off CyberPowerPC gaming desktops (Walmart.com)
$400 off MSI gaming PCs (Walmart.com)
hey guys, looking to finally upgrade my gaming pc and with black friday and cyber monday coming up i want to know what deals are actually worth grabbing. i mainly play on high settings and need something that can handle new games without slowing down. seen a few deals online but not sure which are legit or just hype. anyone tracking the best prices or know which stores usually have the real discounts?
im not smart enough to build my own pc but its time for an upgrade. with black friday coming is there any places that are doing any deals? i have a 1-2K budget for pc. i just need it for competitive FPS gaming (mostly just cs2) and also streaming. what do you guys reccommend from companies to get a prebuilt from or any specific specs?