There are still good deals to be had on gaming PCs, like this $1,515 AMD Ryzen machine with RTX 3070.

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There are still good deals to be had on gaming PCs, like this $1,515 AMD Ryzen machine with RTX 3070.

PC hardware is in short supply, but there are occasional deals on desktops featuring Nvidia's latest Ampere GPU. Now for $1,515.05 you can get a customizable iBuyPower gaming desktop with a GeForce RTX 3070.

This is after applying coupon code "TEEPEE" at checkout and is 5% off systems priced $1,299 or more (in this case, the price before discount is $1,599). If you upgrade some of the default components, you will save nearly $80.

Configuratively, this system combines an RTX 3070 with a Ryzen 5 3600 processor (6 cores/12 threads with 3.6 GHz to 4.2 GHz clock speeds and 32 MB of L3 cache). This is a previous generation chip, but still one of the best CPUs for gaming.

The motherboard is an MSI B550-A Pro, a current generation model. Other notable specs include 32GB of DDR4-3200 RAM, a 512GB SSD (SATA 6Gbps), and an 80 Plus Gold certified 750W power supply (a free upgrade from the 650W model that should come standard with this configuration).

If you insist on the Zen 2 CPU instead of the Zen 3, you can upgrade to a Ryzen 5000 series processor. If you stay in the mid-range segment, a possible configuration would be to upgrade to a Ryzen 5 5600X. In addition, consider replacing the SATA SSD with a faster 512GB Adata M.2 NVMe model. Applying these two upgrades would bring the discounted price to $1,636.85 (a savings of $86.15). However, this is only one of the possible combinations.

The only caveat is the wait time; BuyPower estimates that systems will ship on June 18.

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