Spring Sale live - I'm tracking the best PC gaming hardware deals to help you beat the RAMpocalypse

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This Newegg bundle is a great starting point if you're looking to do a budget DIY build in this time where most of us thought that was going to be impossible. You're getting our current pick as the best budget CPU, the Ryzen 5 5500 (can't be beat for the money), as well as a motherboard and 16 GB of DDR4 memory. Yes, it's resolutley last-gen stuff, but it will absolutely do a job, especially when it's just $277 at Newegg right now.

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Newegg Budget PC bundle: was $393.98 now $276.99 at Newegg

With a 6-core, 12-thread Ryzen CPU at its heart, this budget PC bundle also gets you a B550M motherboard, and 16 GB of DDR4-3600 memory. It is last-gen stuff, but it's also still very capable, too. Paired up with something like an RTX 5050 and you're going to be getting a gaming rig capable of 1080p performance without breaking too much of a sweat.

Key specs: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | Gigabyte B550M Gaming X WiFi | TeamGroup 16 GB DDR4-3600

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The only sticking point for this is that you obviously still have to find all the rest of the components to build out the machine. But if you've got a case, hard drive or SSD from a previous system, you could be on to a good thing, here. Though if you're having to find some storage that is where this build does come unstuck against the pre-bult PC deals out there...

This is the rig which does somewhat make a mockery of the Newegg bundle below. Sure, if you've got existing hardware from a previous build you can make use of with the CPU, mobo, and RAM bundle, then happy days. But if you're going completely from scratch you are not going to be able to build a full, comparable PC, for under $900.

That's where the Zotac Mek comes in, sitting at a penny under $900 at Newegg right now.

Zotac Mek gaming PC: $899.99 at Newegg

This is the sort of prebuilt gaming PC that is making it hard to recommend building your own rig in these troubled RAMpocalypse times. Which is not a bad thing, to be honest, when you can get both a six-core, 12-thread CPU and a solid Nvidia RTX 5050 GPU, as well as 16 GB DDR4 memory. The real kicker here, though, is the 1 TB SSD. That's hard to come by in a sub-$1,000 gaming PC right now.

Key specs: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | Nvidia RTX 5050 | 16 GB DDR4 | 1 TB SSD | 650 W PSU

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A friend of mine recently purchased one of these keebs and was so enamoured with it that he had to show it off to me the last time I went around to his house. And quite right too, because this thing, while not really a gaming keyboard is a truly lovely keyboard. And comes with adjustable Hall effect switches which kinda does make it a gaming keyboard.

But it feels great to type on, and is a fantastically well-built keeb.

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Keychron K2 HE: was $139.99 now $111.99 at Amazon

We were impressed with the K2 HE in our testing and now it's even more affordable. Hall effect for less. Both black and white options are discounted via the link.

Key specs: Gateron HE Double Rail | PBT keycaps | 2.4 GHz + Bluetooth

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If you fancy completing the look with that Zotac Mek gaming PC down there, we've got some great deals on a host of budget PC gaming kit that will upgrade your setup for an impressively small sum.

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Acer Nitro KG241Y P3bip: $97.49 at Amazon

Why do monitor model names need to be so confusing? It's an eternal mystery. But if you can decode this Acer, you'll find it's a cracking deal. A 165 Hz gaming monitor for under $100. It uses a VA panel, so it won't have the best colors, but that's to be expected at this price point.

Key specs: 23.8-inch | 180 Hz | 1 ms | VA

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GamaKay NaughShark NS68: was $42.99 now $38.69 at Amazon

It might have the most ludicrous name you've ever seen for a keyboard, but this is actually the best budget gaming keeb you can buy right now. It might look and feel a bit cheap, but it packs all the latest gaming tech inside.

Key specs: 65% size | Hall effect switches | Rapid trigger | 8 kHz polling rate

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Logitech G305 Lightspeed: was $49.99 now $26.99 at Amazon

The best budget wireless gaming mouse is nearly always on sale, because it's quite an old model. However, there's nothing wrong with the classic that is the G305 Lightspeed: simple, solid, and very reliable.

Key specs: 12,000 DPI | 99 g | 250h battery life (AA cells)

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Corsair HS55 Stereo: was $59.99 now $48.50 at Amazon

Just like the Logitech mouse, Corsair's classic headset is frequently on sale and has been around for a long time. For good reason, though: it's the best budget headset you can buy. At this price, there's nothing to beat Corsair's cans.

Key specs: 50 mm drivers | 20 - 20,000 Hz response | Flip-up microphone

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iBuyPower is having a Spring Cleaning Clearance sale over this coming week, with discounts on its lineup of RDY prebuilt gaming PCs. Of course, if it really needs help clearing space in its warehouses, I'm there are a bunch of PC gamers out there only too willing to help... free on collection, yeah?

Sadly, until it really needs to clear out that space, iBuyPower is offering up to $200 off its prebuilt PCs with the code 'CLEARANCE'.

Ooh, I do like me an AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT. With the possible exception of the X1950 XT, it's my favorite Radeon card I've ever tested. And it is considerably more powerful than that venerable GPU. And when it comes packed into a gaming PC for such a relatively reasonable price (I mean, it is still a lot of money), then I'm even more sold on it.

The ABS Stratos Ruby has a 10% extra discount code on it right now, which means it's just $1,665 at Newegg before tax.

Considering that it's capable of around the same levels of gaming performance as the Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti, especially when undervolted, this is a great price for a serious gaming rig. The cheapest RTX 5070 Ti machine we've found so far is some $1,850.

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ABS Stratos Ruby | RX 9070 XT: was $1,999.99 now $1,664.99 at Newegg

This RX 9070 XT gaming PC also packs in some other great current-gen specs. In addition to the Ryzen 7 processor, that 32 GB of RAM is some fast DDR5, which is nothing to sniff at in the current market. So, an all-round fantastic high-end AMD build. Use promo code ABS10MARCH for the full discount.

Key specs: Ryzen 7 9700X | RX 9070 XT | 32 GB DDR5-6400 | 1 TB SSD

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Our Nick goes through graphics card prices ever Thursday to deliver the best graphics card deals around and we've been using those efforts to track the historical pricing since the summer of last year. You can see here how the pricing of all the GPUs spiked around the end of last year, but have reasonably plateaued in the past six weeks.

To a higher level, obviously, but at the moment it looks like things are realtively stable in graphics card land. Prices aren't going down, but at least they're not going super stratospheric.

GPU pricing data

Tracking the lowest price for each GPU from 14 August 2025 to 26 March 2026

Lowest pricing (Price ($))

Time (Week)

AMD RX 9060 XT 16 GB AMD RX 9060 XT 8 GB AMD RX 9070 AMD RX 9070 XT Nvidia RTX 5050 Nvidia RTX 5060 Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB Nvidia RTX 5070 Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti Nvidia RTX 5080

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Timestamp (Week)	AMD RX 9060 XT 16 GB (Price ($))	AMD RX 9060 XT 8 GB (Price ($))	AMD RX 9070 (Price ($))	AMD RX 9070 XT (Price ($))	Nvidia RTX 5050 (Price ($))	Nvidia RTX 5060 (Price ($))	Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB (Price ($))	Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB (Price ($))	Nvidia RTX 5070 (Price ($))	Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti (Price ($))	Nvidia RTX 5080 (Price ($))
1	370	280	600	700	250	300	430	368	550	780	1100
2	370	270	600	700	250	300	430	340	550	750	1099
3	370	280	550	700	250	291	430	370	524	750	1000
4	370	280	550	695	250	296	430	345	546	750	1000
5	350	270	600	670	250	300	430	340	481	749	1000
6	350	270	600	670	240	289	379	340	499	749	929
7	350	270	550	650	240	299	430	350	520	750	999
8	350	270	550	650	250	299	430	342	500	749	980
9	350	270	560	650	250	299	430	323	500	750	999
10	360	270	550	600	250	299	430	340	480	730	989
11	340	250	550	600	230	280	400	320	489	699	990
12	350	275	530	600	220	279	400	320	500	730	989
13	350	280	530	600	220	279	420	342	527	750	1000
14	370	280	530	600	220	279	420	313	540	750	1000
15	380	288	530	600	200	279	430	350	499	749	1000
16	380	288	530	620	200	270	430	350	499	750	1100
17	390	310	580	660	235	260	430	330	549	750	1230
18	390	310	580	700	240	290	450	330	540	829	1268
19	400	310	580	720	240	299	450	330	549	899	1380
20	440	310	600	720	240	299	520	330	620	1000	1350
21	440	350	590	730	260	299	520	351	620	950	1365
22	400	346	630	730	260	299	520	360	620	950	1365
23	440	346	630	730	260	340	520	360	630	950	1290
24	440	346	620	730	260	340	520	360	625	950	1290
25	440	346	610	730	260	349	550	360	630	950	1250
26	440	340	610	730	290	349	550	360	604	950	1260
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Cyberpunk 2077 - VRAM usage and performance

In-game testing, Ultra RT settings

1080p Ultra RT + Quality upscaling1440p Ultra RT + Quality upscaling1440p Ultra RT + Quality upscaling + 2x FG

Avg FPS

1% Low FPS

Avg VRAM

RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB

84

56

9.28

RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB

78

42

7.44

RX 9060XT 16 GB

86

68

10.67

RX 9060 XT 8 GB

68

36

7.69

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Product	Value
RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB	84 Avg FPS, 56 1% Low FPS, 9.28 Avg. VRAM
RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB	78 Avg FPS, 42 1% Low FPS, 7.44 Avg. VRAM
RX 9060XT 16 GB	86 Avg FPS, 68 1% Low FPS, 10.67 Avg. VRAM
RX 9060 XT 8 GB	68 Avg FPS, 36 1% Low FPS, 7.69 Avg. VRAM

Avg FPS

1% Low FPS

Avg VRAM

RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB

55

41

10.4

RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB

53

34

7.37

RX 9060XT 16 GB

53

33

11.57

RX 9060 XT 8 GB

45

19

7.36

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Product	Value
RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB	55 Avg FPS, 41 1% Low FPS, 10.4 Avg. VRAM
RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB	53 Avg FPS, 34 1% Low FPS, 7.37 Avg. VRAM
RX 9060XT 16 GB	53 Avg FPS, 33 1% Low FPS, 11.57 Avg. VRAM
RX 9060 XT 8 GB	45 Avg FPS, 19 1% Low FPS, 7.36 Avg. VRAM

Avg FPS

1% Low FPS

Avg VRAM

RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB

92

69

11.15

RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB

80

43

7.35

RX 9060XT 16 GB

99

81

11.27

RX 9060 XT 8 GB

74

40

7.61

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Product	Value
RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB	92 Avg FPS, 69 1% Low FPS, 11.15 Avg. VRAM
RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB	80 Avg FPS, 43 1% Low FPS, 7.35 Avg. VRAM
RX 9060XT 16 GB	99 Avg FPS, 81 1% Low FPS, 11.27 Avg. VRAM
RX 9060 XT 8 GB	74 Avg FPS, 40 1% Low FPS, 7.61 Avg. VRAM

Of all the graphics cards on offer at the moment, for my money, I would probably only be looking at these two realistically. The RTX 5060 Ti for $360 at Best Buy will deliver great performance at 1440p levels in even the most challenging games. I know some of you will tap the '8 GB isn't enough for gaming' sign, but I'm here to tell you, we've done the hard yards on that.

Andy did a ton of testing with the 8 and 16 GB versions of both the RTX 5060 Ti and the RX 9060 XT, from Nvidia and AMD respectively, to see whether gaming on 8 GB VRAM was okay in 2026 and just how much doubling the memory got you.

On the one hand, the performance gained with those 16 GB cards is rather surprising, but equally his testing shows that you can absolutely still get a great gaming performance out of the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB in pretty much any game you fling its way. There will always be edge cases, and ways you can force the card to its knees, but in any standard gaming situation you should be fine.

Interestingly, the Nvidia 8 GB card fared a lot better than AMD's, and while the RX 9060 XT 8 GB is $20 cheaper than the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB, the extra performance is worth the money.

RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB MSRP: $379

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MSI RTX 5060 Ti | 8 GB: was $409.99 now $359.99 at Best Buy

The 8 GB version of the new RTX 5060 Ti is a lot cheaper than the 16 GB one, and while the extra VRAM will be useful in the future, it's certainly not worth paying over $160 more for it. This is a great little GPU for the money.

Key specs: 4608 shaders | 2587 MHz boost | 8 GB GDDR7

RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB price check: Walmart $359.99 | B&H $379.99 | Newegg $409.99 | Amazon $418.39

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If you're looking for something more high-end I would suggest either the RX 9070 or RX 9070 XT. To be honest, the XT is looking a bit too pricey for me right now, but the RX 9070 is able to deliver very similar gaming performance, and has a ton of undervolting potential baked into it, too. And, for $630 it's not an awful price, though is still nearly $100 above MSRP.

RX 9070 MSRP: $549

ASRock RX 9070 | 16 GB: $629.99 at Newegg

The RX 9070 is one of AMD's better GPUs for many years and is not that much slower than the XT version. It's been so popular that it took months for the price to drop to anywhere near AMD's MSRP. Sadly, prices are now on their way back up again.

Key specs: 3584 shaders | 2520 MHz boost | 16 GB GDDR6

RX 9070 price check: Walmart $629.99 | Best Buy $639.99 | Amazon $669.99 | B&H $709.99

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Want a tasty OLED gaming monitor? Of course you do. It's one of the most impactful upgrades you can make to your PC gaming setup, and will deliver whether you're gaming, watching videos, or generally doing anything with your PC.

And at $385 at Amazon in the Spring Sale, this 240 Hz MSI 1440p OLED is a great price right now. Not so long back that was the price of a 27-inch 165 Hz IPS gaming monitor, and this is waaaay better,.

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MSI MAG 274QP X24: was $499.99 now $384.99 at Amazon

MSI's 274P X24 might have a silly name but there's nothing silly about the rest of this gaming monitor. It's a big, luscious 240 Hz OLED feast for your eyes. And thanks to Jeff, it's a proper Bezos Bargain too. This deal is for Prime members only, though.

Key specs: 27-inch | 2560 x 1440 | QD-OLED | 240 Hz | 0.03 ms

Price check: Newegg $399.99

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It's the Amazon Spring Sale, so of course there are spring cleaning products on sale right now, like this Wolfbox MF50 air duster for $36 at Amazon right now. With a 110,000 RPM motor this thing sure does push some air, so if you want to clean out your keyboard or blast out the vents and filters on your PC case, this will absolutely do the job.

Kicking off my Friday with a gaming PC which may be rolling back the years in terms of the CPU and RAM generations, but the six-core, 12-thread Raptor Lake processor still has the gaming chops to keep the Nvidia RTX 5060 GPU filled with data to keep frame rates rolling on. And the fact you're getting 32 GB of DDR4 more than makes up for the fact this budget gaming PC—which is just $855 at Newegg today—is running a memory system which is one generation old. For gaming, that matters little in all honesty.

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

I think this is a great deal, for a pretty decent gaming PC. There are compromises that 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 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 | 1 TB SSD | 650 W PSU

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There's no getting away from it, even though AMD recently released the Ryzen 7 9850X3D to be the defacto best processor for gaming, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D still hold the best gaming CPU crown for us. And this latest deal, dropping it to Amazon's lowest price of $420, only cements that position.

There are cheaper CPUs that will offer way better multi-threading and productivity chops, notably the new Intel chips, but if you're talking about pure gaming performance the 3D V-Cache technology inside this mighty silicon is what you should covet for your PC.

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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D: was $479 now $419.95 at Amazon

This is the best CPU you can buy for gaming, though it's also a very good all-round processor. If you need any other reason to buy one, you should know that this is as cheap as it's ever been right now.

Key specs: 8 cores | 16 threads | 5.2 GHz boost | 96 MB L3 | 120 W

Price check: Newegg $464

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Don't get me wrong, it absolutely blows that this is the price of 2 TB SSDs in 2026. Back in November last year you could pick up these drives—even the PCIe 5.0 version—for more than $100 off the current price. But we are not in November 2025 anymore, Toto, these are different times, and even if Micron's stock is going through one mother of a correction, memory and SSDs are still hella pricey.

So, if you want a 2 TB drive for your rig, then these are probably the best value options we'd recommend.

Crucial P310 | 2 TB: $229.31 at Amazon

This budget SSD is packing in a lot of space for just under $0.05 per GB, and while it might be QLC memory and comes without DRAM cache, it's still an impressively quick drive for the money, with strong sequential performance.

Key specs: PCIe 4.0 | Up to 7,100 MB/s read | up to 6,000 MB/s write

Price check: Newegg $290

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Crucial P510 | 2 TB: $252.27 at Amazon

Though left in the dust by fellow PCIe 5.0 drive, the WD Black SN8100, Crucial still can't be beat when it comes to balancing price against performance. Though not the speediest internal SSD, the P510 still offers proper Gen 5 performance for the cost of a Gen 4 drive—take a look at our full review.

Key specs: NVMe | PCIe 5.0 | Up to 11,000 MB/s read | Up to 9,500 MB/s write

Price check: Newegg $399.50

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If you've been after a new monitor but don't want to go either ultrawide or 4K, and the price of OLEDs is still bringing the bile to the back of your throat, then this KTC H27T22C-3 screen is a great option. This 27-inch gaming monitor is just $151 at Amazon right now.

Honestly, it ticks all my boxes for an affordable 1440p gaming monitor, and we gave it a heady 82% score when we reviewed it last summer. It's bright, punchy, rapid, and responsive. It's pretty much all the 1440p screen you could want without going OLED.

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KTC H27T22C-3: was $179.99 now $151.04 at Amazon

This is our current pick as the best budget 1440p gaming monitor, and for good reason. It's got a punchy IPS panel, with a high response rate and a 200 Hz refresh rate to boot. It's pretty bright, super cheap, and the sort of screen you'd have been paying $400 for not so long back.

Key specs: 27-inch | IPS | 200 Hz | 450 nits | 1 ms

Price check: Newegg $154.99

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There aren't a lot of good graphics card deals around right now. Pretty much everything is well above MSRP, and even the cards that are worth a look still cost more than you'd like this far into their lives. But Newegg is at least doing its best with the bundles it's offering. Whether that's CPUs, motherboards, and RAM at a discount, or SSDs getting wrapped up with other component sales, there are some good options out there.

Take this MSI RTX 5070 with free 750 W PSU offer for $650 at Newegg. That's not the best price for an RTX 5070 you'll find—there's another MSI RTX 5070 for $10 less at Best Buy—but given the fact you're getting a free power supply with it does make it far more tempting. Well, if you need a new PSU, anyways.

And if you are upgrading, it's quite likely you might need a new power supply to bolster your rig. With the PSU retailing for around $99, that drops the relative price of this GPU to almost sensible levels.

Free 750 W PSU

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7. MSI Ventus RTX 5070: was $699.99 now $649.99 at Newegg

Although the RTX 5070 is a good deal faster than its predecessor, the RTX 4070, it's less of an upgrade compared to the RTX 4070 Super. DLSS 4 just about tips the balance in favor of the newer model, but it's a very hard sell at this price. Which is why bundling in a 750 W PSU just about sweetens the deal. If you're doing a more substantial upgrade you might need that extra power. That's a $99 PSU, which almost makes up for a lack of MSRP cards.

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