Screw you, RAMpocalypse, the Spring Sale just delivered an RTX 5060 machine for less than $860 WITH 32 GB OF MEMORY

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ABS Cyclone Aqua: was $1,199.99 now $854.99 at Newegg

I think this is a great deal for a pretty decent gaming PC. Some compromises have been made, for sure, but the headline stats here are you're getting a six-core, 12-thread Raptor Lake CPU, an RTX 5060 GPU, 32 GB of DDR4 RAM, and a 1 TB SSD, all for just a shade over $850. You're normally looking at RTX 5050, 16 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD territory for that sort of money. The SSD may be old, and relatively slow in PCIe 4.0 terms, but it's a good size, and still waaaaay quicker than any spinning platter hard drive. And honestly, you won't have an issue still running last-gen memory on a budget gaming rig like this. Use promo code ABS10MARCH for the full discount.

Key specs: Intel Core 5 120 | Nvidia RTX 5060 | 32 GB DDR4-3200 | 1 TB SSD | 650 W PSU

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I'll grant you, there is more than a whiff of the last-gens about this budget gaming PC. But for this price, during this latest PC hardware pricing crisis, I'm willing to accept a few more compromises than I otherwise might. That price in question is $855 at Newegg for an Advanced Battlestations gaming PC with an RTX 5060 graphics card, a 12-thread Intel CPU, 32 GB of DDR4 RAM, and a 1 TB SSD.

Now, none of that is going to set the world alight when it comes to straight gaming performance, but if you want a system that's going to rock 1080p native frame rates without having to resort to DLSS, then this is a system that will do it.

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And if you do want to get busy with upscaling and frame generation, then you're also going to get some actually pretty damned playable performance at top settings at 1440p. Who said 8 GB wasn't playable in 2026? Okay, we'd all love more video memory in our graphics cards, and Andy's testing there does show how much extra performance you can get with double the frame buffer, but that memory sure costs a pretty penny... especially right now.

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1080p gaming performance

Black Myth Wukong (1080p High)Cyberpunk 2077 (1080p RT Ultra)F1 24 (1080p Ultra high)Homeworld 3 (1080p Epic)Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition (1080p Ultra)The Talos Principle 2 (1080p Ultra)Total War: Warhammer 3 (1080p Ultra)

Avg FPS

1% Low FPS

RTX 5060

64

48

RTX 4060

50

42

RTX 5050

50

38

Arc B580

43

34

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Black Myth Wukong (1080p High) Data

Product	Value
RTX 5060	64 Avg FPS, 48 1% Low FPS
RTX 4060	50 Avg FPS, 42 1% Low FPS
RTX 5050	50 Avg FPS, 38 1% Low FPS
Arc B580	43 Avg FPS, 34 1% Low FPS

Avg FPS

1% Low FPS

RTX 5060

46

30

RTX 4060

31

22

RTX 5050

32

23

Arc B580

39

32

015304560

Cyberpunk 2077 (1080p RT Ultra) Data

Product	Value
RTX 5060	46 Avg FPS, 30 1% Low FPS
RTX 4060	31 Avg FPS, 22 1% Low FPS
RTX 5050	32 Avg FPS, 23 1% Low FPS
Arc B580	39 Avg FPS, 32 1% Low FPS

Avg FPS

1% Low FPS

RTX 5060

73

39

RTX 4060

63

42

RTX 5050

54

24

Arc B580

70

44

020406080

F1 24 (1080p Ultra high) Data

Product	Value
RTX 5060	73 Avg FPS, 39 1% Low FPS
RTX 4060	63 Avg FPS, 42 1% Low FPS
RTX 5050	54 Avg FPS, 24 1% Low FPS
Arc B580	70 Avg FPS, 44 1% Low FPS

Avg FPS

1% Low FPS

RTX 5060

109

53

RTX 4060

96

65

RTX 5050

96

58

Arc B580

63

34

037.575112.5150

Homeworld 3 (1080p Epic) Data

Product	Value
RTX 5060	109 Avg FPS, 53 1% Low FPS
RTX 4060	96 Avg FPS, 65 1% Low FPS
RTX 5050	96 Avg FPS, 58 1% Low FPS
Arc B580	63 Avg FPS, 34 1% Low FPS

Avg FPS

1% Low FPS

RTX 5060

87

47

RTX 4060

71

46

RTX 5050

65

43

Arc B580

86

56

0255075100

Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition (1080p Ultra) Data

Product	Value
RTX 5060	87 Avg FPS, 47 1% Low FPS
RTX 4060	71 Avg FPS, 46 1% Low FPS
RTX 5050	65 Avg FPS, 43 1% Low FPS
Arc B580	86 Avg FPS, 56 1% Low FPS

Avg FPS

1% Low FPS

RTX 5060

52

34

RTX 4060

49

30

RTX 5050

46

28

Arc B580

45

25

015304560

The Talos Principle 2 (1080p Ultra) Data

Product	Value
RTX 5060	52 Avg FPS, 34 1% Low FPS
RTX 4060	49 Avg FPS, 30 1% Low FPS
RTX 5050	46 Avg FPS, 28 1% Low FPS
Arc B580	45 Avg FPS, 25 1% Low FPS

Avg FPS

1% Low FPS

RTX 5060

78

57

RTX 4060

50

36

RTX 5050

54

40

Arc B580

64

49

020406080

Total War: Warhammer 3 (1080p Ultra) Data

Product	Value
RTX 5060	78 Avg FPS, 57 1% Low FPS
RTX 4060	50 Avg FPS, 36 1% Low FPS
RTX 5050	54 Avg FPS, 40 1% Low FPS
Arc B580	64 Avg FPS, 49 1% Low FPS

1440p upscaling performance

Black Myth Wukong (1440p High + Upscaling (quality))Cyberpunk 2077 (1440p RT Ultra + upscaling (quality))F1 24 (1440p Ultra high +upscaling (Quality), 2x FG)Homeworld 3 (1440p Epic + upscaling (quality))The Talos Principle 2 (1440p Ultra +upscaling (quality), 2x FG)

Avg FPS

1% Low FPS

RTX 5060

73

62

RTX 4060

58

50

RTX 5050

57

49

Arc B580

51

39

020406080

Black Myth Wukong (1440p High + Upscaling (quality)) Data

Product	Value
RTX 5060	73 Avg FPS, 62 1% Low FPS
RTX 4060	58 Avg FPS, 50 1% Low FPS
RTX 5050	57 Avg FPS, 49 1% Low FPS
Arc B580	51 Avg FPS, 39 1% Low FPS

Avg FPS

1% Low FPS

RTX 5060

81

54

RTX 4060

40

32

RTX 5050

61

40

Arc B580

77

42

0255075100

Cyberpunk 2077 (1440p RT Ultra + upscaling (quality)) Data

Product	Value
RTX 5060	81 Avg FPS, 54 1% Low FPS
RTX 4060	40 Avg FPS, 32 1% Low FPS
RTX 5050	61 Avg FPS, 40 1% Low FPS
Arc B580	77 Avg FPS, 42 1% Low FPS

Avg FPS

1% Low FPS

RTX 5060

101

11

RTX 4060

87

52

RTX 5050

82

55

Arc B580

134

61

037.575112.5150

F1 24 (1440p Ultra high +upscaling (Quality), 2x FG) Data

Product	Value
RTX 5060	101 Avg FPS, 11 1% Low FPS
RTX 4060	87 Avg FPS, 52 1% Low FPS
RTX 5050	82 Avg FPS, 55 1% Low FPS
Arc B580	134 Avg FPS, 61 1% Low FPS

Avg FPS

1% Low FPS

RTX 5060

113

61

RTX 4060

100

62

RTX 5050

94

56

Arc B580

64

33

037.575112.5150

Homeworld 3 (1440p Epic + upscaling (quality)) Data

Product	Value
RTX 5060	113 Avg FPS, 61 1% Low FPS
RTX 4060	100 Avg FPS, 62 1% Low FPS
RTX 5050	94 Avg FPS, 56 1% Low FPS
Arc B580	64 Avg FPS, 33 1% Low FPS

Avg FPS

1% Low FPS

RTX 5060

84

41

RTX 4060

74

46

RTX 5050

68

24

Arc B580

71

43

0255075100

The Talos Principle 2 (1440p Ultra +upscaling (quality), 2x FG) Data

Product	Value
RTX 5060	84 Avg FPS, 41 1% Low FPS
RTX 4060	74 Avg FPS, 46 1% Low FPS
RTX 5050	68 Avg FPS, 24 1% Low FPS
Arc B580	71 Avg FPS, 43 1% Low FPS

The GPU is current-gen, albeit around the low end, but it must be said that the rest of the supporting cast is decidedly last season's look. The CPU, for one, despite nominally being released late last year, is still actually an early 2024 chip in disguise. The Intel Core 5 120 is a Raptor Lake CPU: Think Core i5 13400 with its Efficient cores lopped off.

That means you're just getting six Performance cores (with Raptor Lake's Hyper-Threading still giving you 12 threads), a slightly lower clock speed, and a little less cache. But, it should still be capable of feeding that Nvidia GPU enough to keep the frame rates rolling.

The memory is also last-gen, being DDR4 instead of DDR5, but honestly, in a budget gaming PC, that's absolutely fine. And you're still getting a full 32 GB of the stuff anyways, and that's not easy to come by right now. Nor is a 1 TB SSD in a sub-$900 gaming PC, either. It's a little slow in terms of peak transfers, but the Kingston SNV3S will still slay any hard drive out there, and that's a decent amount of storage to get you started in the world of PC gaming.

For this sort of money, I'd expect an RTX 5050, 16 GB of DDR4 instead, and maybe even a paltry 512 GB SSD. This system is way beyond that and worth a look for sure.

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