Things are finally looking good after a few nasty years for gaming hardware. A GeForce RTX 3060 may have cost you about $700 at the height of the recent GPU shortage, but now here's a gaming PC deal that makes it seem like that never happened.
For $699 you can get an HP Pavilion Gaming PC with an RTX 3060 at Walmart (opens in new tab) straight away. It's an entry-level full-tower gaming PC, complete with some basic peripherals to get you started.
Okay, so it might not have as much RAM as we'd like in a gaming rig today, and the SSD storage is a bit lacking, but for the price, you could do a lot worse than a current-gen, ray-tracing enabled GPU and a 10th generation Intel Core i5 CPU.
The Intel Core i5 10400F has no integrated graphics and has a locked multiplier, which prevents you from overclocking it. However, it's good value for money and still holds a place in our best CPU for gaming roundup as a result.
Don't expect this desktop to be a super-flexible multitasker. That 8GB of RAM would have been enough a decade ago, but it's wise to put a 16GB upgrade in your plans for future customizations. However, for basic gaming at medium resolutions, this machine will get you through it.
Adding RAM is pretty easy: check out our best RAM for gaming (opens in new tab) guide for some inspiration - and while you're at it, you'll probably want to shop around for a larger SSD, or even an HDD if you have a lot of files to keep.
The British option
But don't feel left out if you're in the UK, because the best Prime Day PC deals (opens in new tab) still have great discounts for gamers there too. While we can't quite compete with Walmart's $700 price tag, Amazon has the Lenovo Legion T5 for just £800. (opens in new tab)and it's honestly a much better machine.
The HP has a stingy 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD, while this Lenovo machine has a full 16GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a good AMD Ryzen 5000 series processor. This is a good gaming PC, without any drawbacks. Especially for the money.
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