$1,099 for an RTX 5070 gaming PC this Amazon October Prime Day is giving me hope for our frighteningly expensive hobby

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I suppose we're at the special marker after a new GPU generation launch where prices for gaming PCs start to become genuinely enticing. It was one year ago, for last year's October Prime Day, that I highlighted an RTX 4070 Super gaming PC for the same price as this. Now, for October Prime Day 2025, we have an RTX 5070 gaming PC for just $1,099 at Walmart.

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That's not to say it's perfect, of course. The main problem with this build—its main compromise—is its RAM, because that's not even dual-channel DDR5 you're getting. It's just a single 16 GB stick.

As such, you'll probably want to upgrade that to a 32 GB (2x 16 GB) kit as soon as possible. You can pick up a decent pair such as this Patriot Viper Venom Kit for under $100. But in the meantime, the single 16 GB stick will do in a pinch, and you have a solid GPU and CPU combo at the heart of this to build around.

The Intel Core i5 14400F is a previous-gen 10-core chip (with six P-Cores) that's a great budget choice. It's no AMD X3D chip but it'll handle games just fine and should make for a good pairing with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070.

The RTX 5070 isn't our favorite of the RTX 50-series generation, and that's in large part because you're not getting much of an upgrade over the previous-gen Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super.

In fact you're getting fewer cores and whatnot, although actual raster performance is slightly better. The main reason to opt for the current-gen one, in addition to that slight performance benefit, is you get all that fancy new Multi Frame Gen.

The thing is, though, even if those magic frames aren't for you, it's still a great price for an RTX 5070 build. This is a graphics card that can net you over 100 fps in most titles at ultra settings at 1440p, and close to 60 fps in some of the most demanding titles. If you're happy lowering your settings, 4K is an option, too.

For just under $1,100, I'd be snapping that up, single stick or otherwise. You also get a gaming mouse and keyboard, which will be useful if you're a brand new convert to PC gaming (if so, welcome!).

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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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