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Best Memorial Day gaming PC deals: Get a gaming PC for just $880

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Building a PC from scratch can be quite daunting, especially if you don’t have a lot of time or tech-savvy to deal with the complexity of picking parts and putting them together. Gaming PCs can be even more complicated, so going for a pre-made gaming PC makes a lot of sense. While it is true you can save a little extra by putting parts together yourself, these early Memorial Day deals can save you quite a bit of money and may even exceed the savings you would have gotten by doing it yourself. Of course, if you don’t quite find what you’re looking for here, you can check some of these other great gaming PC deals too.

Best Gaming PC (Intel) Memorial Day Deals

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Intel

Intel is probably one of the most well-known CPU brands, and there are actually quite a lot of options out there when it comes to variety in specs. So, whether you’re looking for a more budget-oriented build for playing simple and older games, or want something super high-end, you’ll find something here.

Best Gaming PC (AMD) Memorial Day Deals

The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D installed in a motherboard.
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While AMD isn’t as popular, it does tend to be cheaper for the same processing power as you’d find with an Intel-bassed gaming PC. Not only that, but you’re more likely to find systems that comes with an AMD Radeon GPU, rather than the NVIDIA GPU you might be used to seeing, which also helps bring the price down for similar performance.

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