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Best gaming PC for Counter-Strike 2

The gaming desktops on sale today that should run Counter-Strike 2 fastest at 4K for $2,000 or less, ranked by estimated speed (est.) from published per-game results. We haven't benchmarked Counter-Strike 2, so there are no FPS numbers here.

Counter-Strike 2 is ranked by estimated speed (est.) from published per-game results. Counter-Strike 2 is very CPU-bound (a Ryzen 5 7500F is about 42% faster than a Core i5-12400F in it, against 20% on average). We haven't benchmarked it, so no FPS number is shown for it.

“est.”: worked out from each PC's graphics card, CPU and RAM with what published results say about Counter-Strike 2.

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Best pickTracking since Sep 24

Skytech Gaming - Skytech VIPER - AMD Ryzen 7 7700, 9070XT, 16GB 6000 MHz DDR5 RAM, 850W GOLD PSU - Green

RX 9070 XT · 16GB VRAM · Ryzen 7 7700 · 16GB RAM · 1TB storage

$1,699.99Price checked Oct 1, 4:11 PM CT

You don't need to spend $2,000. This $1,699 PC is as fast as anything at 4K within your budget.

Price history & similar PCs

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• 17% below similar PCs (same graphics card and CPU class)

Buy at Best Buy: Skytech Gaming - Skytech VIPER - AMD Ryzen 7 7700, 9070XT, 16GB 6000 MHz DDR5 RAM, 850W GOLD PSU - Green (opens in a new tab)☆ Watch this PCCheck FPS⇄ Compare

Worth stretchingTracking since Sep 28

Skytech Gaming Azure 3 Gaming PC, AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2GHz, AMD RX 9070XT 16GB, 2TB Gen4 NVMe SSD, 32GB DDR5 RAM 6000, 850W GOLD ATX 3 PSU, 360 ARGB AIO , Wi-Fi, Win 11, Desktop

RX 9070 XT · 16GB VRAM · Ryzen 7 7800X3D · 32GB RAM · 2TB storage

Sold by Skytech on Walmart.com

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$2,065.54Price checked Oct 1, 4:41 PM CT

The extra $66 buys 32GB of RAM (vs 16GB) and 2TB of storage (vs 1TB), at about the same speed.

Also at Newegg $2,199.99

Price history & similar PCs

• 14% below similar PCs (same graphics card and CPU class)
• X3D CPU, the fastest kind for gaming

Also sold at

• Newegg: $2,199.99Buy at Newegg: Skytech Gaming Azure 3 Gaming PC, AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2GHz, AMD RX 9070XT 16GB, 2TB Gen4 NVMe SSD, 32GB DDR5 RAM 6000, 850W GOLD ATX 3 PSU, 360 ARGB AIO , Wi-Fi, Win 11, Desktop (opens in a new tab)

Buy at Walmart: Skytech Gaming Azure 3 Gaming PC, AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2GHz, AMD RX 9070XT 16GB, 2TB Gen4 NVMe SSD, 32GB DDR5 RAM 6000, 850W GOLD ATX 3 PSU, 360 ARGB AIO , Wi-Fi, Win 11, Desktop (opens in a new tab)☆ Watch this PCCheck FPS⇄ Compare

Next bestTracking since Sep 28

AVGPC Whirlwind Gaming PC AMD Ryzen 7 5700X, Radeon RX 9070 XT, 32GB DDR4, 1TB NVME M.2 SSD, 360MM AIO Liquid Cooling, WiFi/AC, Tempered Glass Case...

RX 9070 XT · 16GB VRAM · Ryzen 7 5700X · 32GB RAM · 1TB storage

$1,799.99Price checked Oct 1, 4:15 PM CT

About as fast as the $1,700 RX 9070 XT PC here; the extra $100 buys 32GB of RAM (vs 16GB).

Price history & similar PCs

• 27% below similar PCs (same graphics card and CPU class)

Buy at Newegg: AVGPC Whirlwind Gaming PC AMD Ryzen 7 5700X, Radeon RX 9070 XT, 32GB DDR4, 1TB NVME M.2 SSD, 360MM AIO Liquid Cooling, WiFi/AC, Tempered Glass Case... (opens in a new tab)☆ Watch this PCCheck FPS⇄ Compare

Only new PCs that clear our quality bar, at stores we link to. Picked as our chat picks, by estimated speed in Counter-Strike 2; each model is one card, with the other stores that sell it.