I Found Three Budget-Friendly Gaming PCs That Are Perfect For Holidays

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Three great options under $500, $800, and $1000

Earlier this month, we saw some great tech deals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. However, if you couldn’t get your hands on a gaming PC deal during the sales season, no worries. I have gone through Amazon, Newegg, and other online retailers to round up the top three gaming PCs that offer the most value and performance for the money.

The graphics card was my main priority since it’s the key to the most framerates in pretty much any game, especially on a budget build, where you can cut down on extra bells and whistles like looks and RGB. To keep things straightforward, I focused on three price points: $800, $800, and $1,000. For each budget, I went through all the available deals, cross-checked their performance, and identified the PC that offers the best value, so you can find the perfect fit without breaking the bank.

Under $1000: iBUYPOWER Scale Orange – RTX 4060 Ti with Ryzen 5 7600

My first recommendation for anyone with a $1000 budget is this prebuilt PC from iBUYPOWER. It features an RTX 4060 Ti paired with the Ryzen 5 7600 processor. The 4060 Ti is a great choice for 1080p to 1440p gaming. In addition to that, if you turn on DLSS, you may get playable framerates at 4K on some titles as well. However, I would recommend it for its 1080p to 1440p performance, it can easily run competitive games at high FPS without any issues.

The Ryzen 7600 is also a solid option for both gaming and productivity. It has 6 cores, 12 threads, and a boost clock speed of up to 5.1 GHz, so you can even put some CPU-bounded workloads on it. The PC also packs 16 GB of DDR5 RAM, so you’re getting the latest memory, plus a 1TB NVMe SSD that delivers super-fast boot and game load times.

Under $800: ViprTech Ghost – RTX 3060 with Ryzen 5 5600G

For a $800 budget, you’ll get the most value out of your money by going with last-gen components. Now, this doesn’t mean that this is a bad configuration; in fact, an RTX 3060 paired with the 5600G makes it a great choice for high frame rates at 1080p. And, since this is a 12GB VRAM graphics card, you may even get decent FPS at 1440p in some games out of it. We recently saw that the RTX 3060 actually outperforms its predecessor, the RTX 4060, in Indiana Jones, meaning you can easily run all the latest games on it.

As for the 5600G, it is a good mid-range choice that can handle both gaming and productivity workloads. The “G” in its name means it also has integrated graphics (Vega 7). This makes it easier to troubleshoot in case you ever run into display problems in the future. This PC also has 16GB RAM, but you only get a 512GB SSD. If you play lots of games, this may not be enough, and you might want to look into getting a separate hard drive for extra storage. 

Under $500: STGAubron Gaming – RX 5600 XT with Core i5

Honestly, I would not recommend buying a prebuilt gaming PC under a $500 budget. Instead, you should look into the Facebook marketplace and score a second-hand motherboard, PC case, processor, and other components to get a better deal; this will give you more value for your money. However, if getting a prebuilt gaming PC is your only choice, I would recommend STGAubron’s RX 5600 XT with an Intel Core i5 processor.

It comes with an RX 5600 XT, a two-generation older graphics card. However, it is still good enough for casual 1080p gaming. If you’re into competitive FPS games like CS:2, Valorant, and Apex Legends, this card can handle it all. The PC also comes with a 512GB SSD and 16 GB of RAM, so the configuration is decent. It’s pretty much the most you can get from a prebuilt that costs less than $500.

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