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Best gaming PC deals: Powerful gaming rigs starting at $860

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Gaming PC deals are important to the gaming community in a way that few outside of it can truly understand.

If you play games on a Nintendo or Playstation, for example, all you have to do is wait for gaming console deals that match your preferences and buy things up quickly. They come around at predictable intervals, though, and once you get a console you can feel confident you’ll be able to play every game released for it. If you have a Playstation 5, for instance, you can rest assured that you’ll be able to play all of the best Playstation 5 games. It requires a sort of stoic patience, but there is a sense of assuredness at every step of the process.

PC gamers, on the other hand, face doubt at every corner of the process. With each new game announcement there is always the fear that their old PC won’t be able to handle it. There are lists of demanding PC games that almost seem designed to test your hardware. As a result, PC gamers are on a constant lookout for the best gaming PCs, looking for the very best of today to hold them over for a few years. And even then they recognize the need to upgrade RAM and other key components on a rotating basis. Overspending can easily ensue. If this sounds familiar, then you’re in the right place, as the following items in this article represent the best pre-built gaming PC deals available, so you can boot your game and keep your wallet.

iBUYPOWER TraceMesh Gaming Desktop — $860, was $900

A view of the iBUYPOWER TraceMesh so we can see what is going on inside of it.
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The iBUYPOWER TraceMesh has all you need to get started gaming. It’s got 16GB of RAM and 500GB of SSD storage space, which pass the pretty standard minimums for an enjoyable gaming experience. The core of the system is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, providing 8GB of dedicated video memory and the Intel Core i5 processor. The iBUYPOWER TraceMesh comes in a clear-sided tower with RGB fans and a delightful look into the workings of your gaming PC.

CyberPowerPC Gamer Master Gaming Desktop — $900, was $1,000

The CyberPowerPC Gamer Master Gaming Desktop alongside its mouse and keyboard.
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This gaming PC from CyberPowerPC includes everything you need get started gaming except for a gaming monitor and the games themselves. It comes with 16GB of memory, a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 tucked inside, and 500GB of SSD storage space. A gaming keyboard with some pretty intensive backlighting is also included, as is a gaming mouse. The CyberPowerPC Gamer Master Gaming Desktop includes six USB 3.2 connections, with two on the top of the tower being located near jacks for wired headphones and a mic.

Lenovo Legion Tower 5 AMD Gaming Desktop — $900, was $1,250

The Lenovo Legion Tower 5 AMD Gaming Desktop.
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The Lenovo Legion Tower 5 AMD Gaming Desktop comes as an understated, yet attractive tower. Within there is an AMD Ryzen 5-7600 for advanced multitasking and an NVIDIA RTX 3060 LHR that provides 12GB of dedicated video memory. The computer also has 16GB of RAM. Built-in connectivity for Bluetooth 5.2 alongside wired and wireless internet connections mean you’ll have to buy less PC accessories and dongles to get everything you want out of your experience.

HP OMEN 40L Gaming Desktop — $1,050, was $1,350

The HP Omen 40L gaming desktop with a monitor, mouse, and keyboard.
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The HP OMEN 40L Gaming Desktop is a more advanced gaming PC with some interesting features. First and foremost, you’ll be happy to see its 16GB of memory and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. Plus, it has a terabyte of SSD storage, which seems to be pretty critical nowadays with Starfield taking up to 140GB alone. And don’t worry, it has Wi-Fi 6 technology so you can start filling that SSD up even if you aren’t wired into your modem. Then, you’ve got built-in DTS:X sound tech, both USB-C and USB-A connections, OMEN Light Studio for cool systemwide RGB control. It is really one of the coolest Best Buy deals for gamers at the moment.

Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop — $2,000, was $2,250

A side view of the Alienware Aurora R16.
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Say what you will that looks don’t matter in a PC, but Alienware PCs are a truly unique beast. While the Aurora R16, with its more rectangular and boxy tower shape, is a bit tamer than other PCs you’ll see among Alienware deals, there’s still something compelling about it. Far from being a flashy RGB rave fiesta, the lighting of the liquid-cooled interior screams “alien abduction lab” in a way few gaming PCs will. But is there more to it than coloration? The Aurora R16 Gaming PC is built on an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, has 32GB of memory, and a terabyte of storage. So, yes, it is the complete package.

Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 — $2,240, was $2,990

Lenovo Legion Tower 7i gaming PC sitting on a table.
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The Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 is a powerful gaming PC powered by an RTX 4080 and a 13th Generation Intel Core i7 processor. What does that, with its 32GB of memory, terabyte of SSD storage, and WiFi 6 internet look and feel like? According to our Legion Tower 7i review, the tower is delightfully understated with an interior that is designed to allow future upgrades. In fact, it was so much loved that it was compared to the items you’d find on our best PC cases lists. In use, the machine was rated as one of the best prebuilt gaming desktops the reviewer had looked at, with few issues that were manually fixable.

Alienware Aurora R15 Gaming Desktop — $2,800, was $3,300

The Alienware Aurora R15's Dark Side of the Moon coloration form factor.
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Another beautiful gaming PC from Alienware, the Aurora R15 Gaming Desktop features an AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080. It has 32GB of RAM and a terabyte of SSD storage with a bonus of two terabytes of HDD storage. Our Aurora R15 review praised the device for being a step in the right direction for Alienware, having much better thermals and reduced noise of prior models. Even though you can take efforts to improve PC cooling on your custom model, there’s a lot of comfort in knowing that your prebuilt has the same level of care taken into its hardware.

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