With Black Friday officially over and Cyber Monday on our doorstep, there are still ways that you can build a fantastic gaming PC this weekend, even in the face of some pretty tough PC hardware pricing landscapes.
Putting together a great PC during this weekend isn't the easiest task. With spiraling RAM prices, SSD inflation, GPU shortages, and information overload around every corner, sometimes you just want someone to do the legwork for you.
We've scoured all the best Cyber Monday PC hardware deals going right now to put together a PC that can game however you want, including at 4K, without breaking the bank. And I'm afraid we've got some bad news. Despite our best efforts, rising DDR5 prices and creeping component prices mean that, try as we might, we weren't actually able to match the best Cyber Monday pre-built PC we've seen, this Alienware Aurora with an RTX 5080.
Our version, which you can see below, comes with an AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and a Radeon RX 9070 XT, and while it was more expensive than our previous attempts at this spec, we were feeling pretty pleased with ourselves.
However, this Alienware Aurora alternative features an Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF and a much better GPU. We might be missing out on the X3D cache from AMD, but instead, you get an RTX 5080, 16GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD, as well as a 1000W PSU and a liquid cooler. We beat Alienware for RAM, but even then, you can upgrade this Alienware PC to 32GB of RAM for just $100 more, pricing the enthusiast DIY market has no answer for.
Save 30% ($780) Alienware Aurora RTX 5080: was $2,579.99 now $1,799.99 at Dell Read more Read less ▼ Get a hefty gaming PC with an RTX 5080 for just $1,815. For just $100 extra, you can swap 16GB of RAM for 32GB, unheard of prices in these parts.
If you're a diehard DIY-er, or you want to wander through the ruins of PC building this Cyber Monday, take a look at our $1,800 Cyber Monday PC below.
$1,800 Cyber Monday gaming PC: Quick list
$1,800 4K Cyber Monday PC
Save 16% ($73.02) AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D: was $449 now $375.98 at Amazon Read more Read less ▼ This Zen 4 chip is still among the fastest gaming CPUs on the market. It's got 96MB of L3 thanks to AMD's explosive 3D V-Cache, along with eight cores and 16 threads. It also features a maximum boost clock of 5.0 GHz.
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