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Newegg is selling the ABS Stratos II Aqua prebuilt gaming PC for $2,549, a $450 discount. The system pairs an Intel Core i9-14900KF processor with an Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GPU, 32GB of G.Skill DDR5 RAM, a 2TB M.2 SSD, an 850W Gold power supply, and a 240mm AIO cooler in an ABS Stratos II case.
Rising memory and silicon costs have pushed graphics card prices well above launch prices, with the Nvidia RTX 5070 now selling for over $800 despite its $549 launch price. This has led to advice that owners should consider reselling or repurposing older GPUs rather than discarding them, citing eBay listings where used cards like the RTX 3060 and even the decade-old GTX 1060 still fetch significant resale value.
Newegg has discounted the ABS Flux II Aqua pre-built gaming PC by $500, dropping its price from $2,299.99 to $1,799.99. The build pairs an Intel Core i7-14700F processor with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 GPU, 32GB of DDR5-6000 RAM, and a 1TB Gen 4 NVMe SSD.
Walmart is selling the CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme, built with an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti, 64GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 4TB SSD, for $2,739.99, down from $4,179.99. That amounts to a $1,440 reduction, roughly 34% off the listed price.
Walmart is selling the Gigabyte Gaming A16 Pro laptop for $1,449, featuring a 16-inch 2560x1600 IPS display, Intel's Core 7 240H processor, a mobile RTX 5070 Ti GPU with 12GB VRAM, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB SSD. The machine also includes HDMI 2.1, USB-C with DisplayPort, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.2.
Ray tracing is a rendering technique that simulates realistic lighting, shadows and reflections by tracing light rays, in contrast to older rasterization and screen-space reflection methods used in non-RT titles. According to Steam Hardware Survey data cited in the piece, NVIDIA's RTX 5070 is currently the most-used graphics card, indicating many PC gamers now own hardware capable of handling ray tracing. The author, who uses an RTX 5090 with DLSS 4.5 Multi Frame Generation, says gamers on older cards like the RTX 3060 or Radeon RX 6600 XT should disable ray tracing and prioritize stable frame rates instead.
Walmart is offering steep discounts on several gaming laptops, including the Asus TUF Gaming A16 with an RTX 5050 (now $1,099), the TUF Gaming F16 with an RTX 5060 (now $1,199), and the MSI Cyborg A15 AI with an RTX 5070 priced at $1,299 after an $800 cut. All three include 16GB of memory and fast PCIe 4.0 SSDs, with the Cyborg model offering a larger 1TB drive.
Skytech Gaming is selling its Harpy prebuilt desktop for $1799, a 22% discount, as part of a Prime Day sales event. The system pairs an AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU with an Nvidia RTX 5070 GPU, 32GB of DDR5-6000 RAM, a 1TB SSD, a 360mm liquid cooler, and an 850W 80 Plus Gold power supply.
Newegg is offering Gigabyte's RTX 5070 Ti Windforce 16GB graphics card for $1,099 through a promo code revealed after signing into a Newegg account and clicking through a discount prompt. The card is a triple-fan, dual-slot design measuring 304mm long, running at 2,497 MHz core clock with 16GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus, and uses the 12V-2x6 power connector with a included 8-pin adapter.
The Asus ATS Radeon RX 9070 GRE GPU is now available at Amazon for $529, a price below its original $549 MSRP. Over the past month, its price has fluctuated between $529.99 and $589.99, with the current deal representing a significant discount. The card features 12GB of GDDR6 memory, AMD’s RDNA 4 architecture, and offers solid performance for 1080p and 1440p gaming.
A free, open-source tool called Strata enables the 125-billion-parameter Qwen3.8-Flash-Next AI model to run locally on consumer gaming PCs with 12GB+ VRAM, rather than requiring server hardware. Testing on an RTX 5070 and RX 9070 XT showed response speeds ranging from roughly 44 to 94 tokens per second depending on model compression level, with all processing staying on the local machine.
Tom's Hardware reviewed iBuyPower's Slate gaming desktop, priced at $1,999, which pairs an Nvidia RTX 5070 GPU with an AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D CPU, a 360mm liquid cooler, and a tempered-glass RGB chassis. The unit also ships with included gaming peripherals rather than the bare-bones extras typical of the price tier.