PC gaming is on fire right now. Both in the sense that more people than ever are playing and enjoying PC games, but also in the fact that actually getting hold of PC gaming hardware is a damned dumpster fire of a challenge today. Yes, we can put the blame at the feet of AI feeding the RAMpocalypse, but thankfully there are shining lights in the bleak midwinter of tech-buying.
And there are some rather tasty parts to show off, too. Top of the list, and top of the class is the outstanding AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT.
This is arguably the best graphics card that AMD has produced in at least a decade, delivering gaming performance that makes the more expensive RTX 5070 Ti look over its shoulder. Especially when you consider how much overclocking—or undervolting—performance headroom there is in this thing. It’s an outstanding graphics card at 1440p and even 4K resolutions, with FSR4 giving it the ability to match Nvidia on the upscaling challenges, too.
1440p gaming performance
| Product | Value |
|---|---|
| RX 9070 XT | 82 Avg FPS, 73 1% Low FPS |
| RTX 5070 Ti | 84 Avg FPS, 74 1% Low FPS |
Alongside that is the Ryzen 7 7700, itself one of the best CPUs of the Zen 4 generation, and even today is a fine eight-core, 16-thread processor. It is more than capable of keeping the Radeon GPU fed with data, and isn’t going to get into its way. Helping keep that fed is 32 GB DDR5-6000 memory, itself an incredibly valuable commodity in today’s market.
That level of RAM is around $400 in today’s money. A ludicrous sum, I’m sure you’ll agree, but when it comes as part of a system like this it’s far more reasonable. SSD prices have also spiked, and a 1 TB drive as included in this system can often cost somewhere in the region of $200.
All told, that means you’re getting a hell of a saving on top of what Best Buy is claiming with its $220 savings labeling. When the GPU, SSD, and memory included in this deal would cost $1,330 on their own, you’re getting some extra premium parts for a rather minimal sum.
Best gaming PC 2026
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