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This is as cheap as I've seen a decent RTX 5070 rig in a long while, and this one even has a very nice current-gen CPU. Just bear in mind that it lacks integrated graphics. Also bear in mind that this rig appears to have just a single 16 GB stick of RAM; upgrading to a proper 32 GB kit should probably be a first port of call whenever doing so is in budget.
With the PC market being more than a little underwhelming this year thanks to the global memory shortage, I went into Prime Day last week with a bit of an attitude of looking for the best of a bad bunch. But I was quite pleasantly surprised to find a couple of genuinely impressive gems. So color me double excited that I've now found an RTX 5070 gaming PC that beats anything I spotted last week (including a rather nice $1,400 mainstay) .
It's currently going for $1,349 at Walmart, which puts it right in the middle of a bunch of RTX 5060 Ti gaming PCs that simply cannot compete with it when it comes to gaming. Judging by our RTX 5060 Ti testing, the RTX 5070 nets significantly more frames per second—about 30% more, very roughly—than even the 16 GB version of the lower-end card.
In fact, $1,350 is pretty good even for last year's pricing, before the memory crisis reared its ugly head.
That being said, there are some telltale signs of that memory crisis: most prominently, just 16 GB of single-channel DDR5 RAM. 16 GB is fine for gaming if 32 GB is too expensive, but having just a single stick of ram isn't great, depending on the CPU, as our Nick found in his testing.
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
75
65
RTX 5070
95
82
RTX 5070 Ti
113
98
037.575112.5150
Black Myth Wukong (1080p High) Data
Product
Value
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
75 Avg FPS, 65 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070
95 Avg FPS, 82 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 Ti
113 Avg FPS, 98 1% Low FPS
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
51
45
RTX 5070
68
60
RTX 5070 Ti
84
74
0255075100
Black Myth Wukong (1440p High) Data
Product
Value
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
51 Avg FPS, 45 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070
68 Avg FPS, 60 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 Ti
84 Avg FPS, 74 1% Low FPS
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
28
25
RTX 5070
37
30
RTX 5070 Ti
47
33
015304560
Black Myth Wukong (4K High) Data
Product
Value
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
28 Avg FPS, 25 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070
37 Avg FPS, 30 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 Ti
47 Avg FPS, 33 1% Low FPS
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
51
41
RTX 5070
72
56
RTX 5070 Ti
92
66
0255075100
Cyberpunk 2077 (1080p RT Ultra) Data
Product
Value
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
51 Avg FPS, 41 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070
72 Avg FPS, 56 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 Ti
92 Avg FPS, 66 1% Low FPS
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
32
26
RTX 5070
45
36
RTX 5070 Ti
61
48
020406080
Cyberpunk 2077 (1440p RT Ultra) Data
Product
Value
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
32 Avg FPS, 26 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070
45 Avg FPS, 36 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 Ti
61 Avg FPS, 48 1% Low FPS
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
15
12
RTX 5070
21
17
RTX 5070 Ti
30
24
07.51522.530
Cyberpunk 2077 (4K RT Ultra) Data
Product
Value
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
15 Avg FPS, 12 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070
21 Avg FPS, 17 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 Ti
30 Avg FPS, 24 1% Low FPS
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
90
71
RTX 5070
123
96
RTX 5070 Ti
162
115
050100150200
F1 24 (1080p Ultra high) Data
Product
Value
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
90 Avg FPS, 71 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070
123 Avg FPS, 96 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 Ti
162 Avg FPS, 115 1% Low FPS
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
56
45
RTX 5070
78
60
RTX 5070 Ti
108
84
037.575112.5150
F1 24 (1440p Ultra High) Data
Product
Value
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
56 Avg FPS, 45 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070
78 Avg FPS, 60 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 Ti
108 Avg FPS, 84 1% Low FPS
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
117
65
RTX 5070
125
64
RTX 5070 Ti
132
60
037.575112.5150
Homeworld 3 (1080p Epic) Data
Product
Value
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
117 Avg FPS, 65 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070
125 Avg FPS, 64 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 Ti
132 Avg FPS, 60 1% Low FPS
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
97
64
RTX 5070
112
64
RTX 5070 Ti
119
59
037.575112.5150
Homeworld 3 (1440p Epic) Data
Product
Value
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
97 Avg FPS, 64 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070
112 Avg FPS, 64 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 Ti
119 Avg FPS, 59 1% Low FPS
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
98
42
RTX 5070
139
88
RTX 5070 Ti
174
47
050100150200
Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition (1080p Ultra) Data
Product
Value
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
98 Avg FPS, 42 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070
139 Avg FPS, 88 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 Ti
174 Avg FPS, 47 1% Low FPS
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
72
34
RTX 5070
100
68
RTX 5070 Ti
129
89
037.575112.5150
Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition (1440p Ultra) Data
Product
Value
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
72 Avg FPS, 34 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070
100 Avg FPS, 68 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 Ti
129 Avg FPS, 89 1% Low FPS
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
75
41
RTX 5070
92
57
RTX 5070 Ti
115
62
037.575112.5150
The Talos Principle 2 (1080p Ultra) Data
Product
Value
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
75 Avg FPS, 41 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070
92 Avg FPS, 57 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 Ti
115 Avg FPS, 62 1% Low FPS
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
51
32
RTX 5070
64
42
RTX 5070 Ti
81
35
0255075100
The Talos Principle 2 (1440p Ultra) Data
Product
Value
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
51 Avg FPS, 32 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070
64 Avg FPS, 42 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 Ti
81 Avg FPS, 35 1% Low FPS
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
83
54
RTX 5070
104
53
RTX 5070 Ti
101
46
037.575112.5150
Total War: Warhammer 3 (1080p Ultra) Data
Product
Value
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
83 Avg FPS, 54 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070
104 Avg FPS, 53 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 Ti
101 Avg FPS, 46 1% Low FPS
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
60
44
RTX 5070
81
53
RTX 5070 Ti
90
44
0255075100
Total War: Warhammer 3 (1440p Ultra) Data
Product
Value
RTX 5060 Ti Palit Infinity 3
60 Avg FPS, 44 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070
81 Avg FPS, 53 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 Ti
90 Avg FPS, 44 1% Low FPS
The Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus here—Nick reviewed the non-F version—has about the same amount of cache as the 5600X, and the system with the latter was shown to drop some fps when switching from dual to single channel RAM. It's not a catastrophic drop, though, just a few percent on average.
As long as you bear that caveat in mind, though, this PC is well worth a look if you want solid mid-range gaming performance for cheap. The chassis is nice, and you get an AIO to keep that CPU cool. You even get a mouse and keyboard, which will be useful if you're coming at PC gaming fresh and need the peripherals.
Ultimately, though, it's the RTX 5070 that's the main draw, as usually you have to pay a couple hundred more dollars than this to get one in a prebuilt gaming PC. Long may the post-Prime Day gems continue to surface.
Jacob got his hands on a gaming PC for the first time when he was about 12 years old. He swiftly realised the local PC repair store had ripped him off with his build and vowed never to let another soul build his rig again. With this vow, Jacob the hardware junkie was born. Since then, Jacob's led a double-life as part-hardware geek, part-philosophy nerd, first working as a Hardware Writer for PCGamesN in 2020, then working towards a PhD in Philosophy for a few years while freelancing on the side for sites such as TechRadar, Pocket-lint, and yours truly, PC Gamer. Eventually, he gave up the ruthless mercenary life to join the world's #1 PC Gaming site full-time. It's definitely not an ego thing, he assures us.
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