Holy RAMpocalypse! Here's an RTX 5070 Ti gaming PC with a load of RAM and SSD storage, all inexplicably at last year's price

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Well I never, is this an RTX 5070 Ti gaming PC retailing for last-year pricing? It certainly looks like it. Admittedly, we did see some decent RTX 5070 Ti rigs that were slightly cheaper than this in 2025, but not by much. And in case you've not kept your eye on tech news and are wondering why that's such a big deal, it's because prices have been consistently and sharply rising for the past few months thanks to the memory shortage.

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It's especially nice to see given the recent rumours—now disconfirmed—that the RTX 5070 Ti is EOL. It might not be EOL after all, but it certainly has been hard to come by, especially for a good price.

But enough context, how about the actual build? Well, in addition to the RTX 5070 Ti, the Legion Tower 5i is sporting an Intel Core Ultra 7 265F, 32 GB of DDR5 RAM, and 2 TB of storage. The CPU isn't going to win you any productivity workload awards, but it'll keep that GPU chugging along just fine for games, especially at higher resolutions where things are more GPU-bound. It's no X3D chip, but for most gamers it will be more than enough, especially with the Nvidia GPU shouldering most of the frame rate burden.

We've actually checked out a Lenovo Legion Tower 5i before and found it to offer pretty solid performance for its component/price bracket. All for a reasonable price, too, thanks to cutting out any "needless luxuries", as our Dave put it in his review. The PSU was a little limiting with that model, but this one is rated to 850 W, which should be plenty for the CPU and GPU combo.

Actual performance here should net you playable frame rates at any resolution, even 4K. Though for 60 fps you'll have to lower your settings in some games. 1440p will be no issue at all, though, and neither will 1080p, of course, for all you competitive gamers.

This would be exactly the kind of PC I'd be keeping my beedy eyes out for in the current market, if I were looking to snap one up. A solid win for Lenovo to start of 2026, I'd say, though B&H does say there's only a limited stock at this price. Hopefully that's not too limited, but we'll see.

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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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