This is 100% the gaming PC I would buy in these tech-starved times

This is 100% the gaming PC I would buy in these tech-starved times | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Gaming PCs Holy RAMpocalypse! 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Making this sort of deal a great way of upgrading your entire PC gaming setup.Key specs: AMD RX 9070 XT | AMD Ryzen 7 7700 | 32 GB DDR5-6000 | 1 TB SSD | 850 W PSUView DealPC 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.Take this Skytech gaming PC, by way of an example, where it’s $1,660 at Best Buy today. Just look at it, for one. That Lian Li O11 Vision chassis is a stunner of a fishtank case, and not some cheap makeweight case, allowing the internal components of your PC to really shine.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.Join us on WhatsApp for daily deals, direct to your phone.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. Previous 1 / 2 Next 1440p gaming performance Black Myth Wukong (1440p High)Cyberpunk 2077 (1440p RT Ultra)F1 24 (1440p Ultra High)Homeworld 3 (1440p Epic)Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition (1440p Ultra)The Talos Principle 2 (1440p Ultra)Total War: Warhammer 3 (1440p Ultra) Avg FPS 1% Low FPS RX 9070 XT 82 7