Skytech's Shiva 2 gaming PC is named after Shiva, the god of destruction. With such a combination of core components and a strong enough spec to support it, the name starts to make a lot of sense.

Housed in this shiny white case is a previous generation Intel gaming chip and one of the most powerful in Nvidia's current generation Ada GPU lineup, the RTX 4070.

The Skytech Shiva II is currently $1,379.99 at Newegg. Destroyer of worlds, maybe. Not a "wallet destroyer".

The Intel Core i5 12400F is basically the same Core i5 12400 we tested last year and scored a whopping 95 points. The only difference is that this model does not have an iGPU. This means that if you ignore the inevitable arrow sticker on the back and connect your gaming monitor directly to the motherboard, you'll get nothing. Or, if you are going to get a cheap gaming PC and steal the GPU and sell it, you need a backup to actually display anything.

Otherwise, the RTX 4070 shows no signs of slowing down in our tests, tearing through frames like there's no tomorrow, even at 4K, and if Skytech backs it up with a terabyte of NVMe storage, many of the large, graphics-intensive games we're currently obsessed with would be available for download.

The storage will likely be somewhat slower than what is available on the market, but such sacrifices are necessary to get a good, cheap gaming PC. For generations, this has been the case.

Even 16 GB of RAM, while a bit slow, will stand up to gaming in most situations. If you play "Cities Skylines" with a lot of mods, this may be a problem, but memory can always be upgraded.